The End Of Pedigrees?

[tth2]

Cool.

 

I'm wondering now whether a combination of CGC and eBay/other online auction services might actually contribute to the death of pedigrees, at least for semi-sophisticated OOs, who can now slab their books and then sell them directly instead of having to go through a middleman. Pedigrees were typically a marketing angle hyped by the dealer that "discovered" the collection, so an OO who's able to sell on his own might not even try or care about getting a pedigree designation.

[drdonaldblake]

yeah, but look @ the oakland "pedigree", 1968-1975 books.....common, common , common in NM+, how many oakland colelctions are out there waitingto be slabbed?

 

just shows u how many collectors believe the hype

[Mushroom]

Cool.

 

I'm wondering now whether a combination of CGC and eBay/other online auction services might actually contribute to the death of pedigrees, at least for semi-sophisticated OOs, who can now slab their books and then sell them directly instead of having to go through a middleman. Pedigrees were typically a marketing angle hyped by the dealer that "discovered" the collection, so an OO who's able to sell on his own might not even try or care about getting a pedigree designation.

 

With the increase in cleaning and pressing the importance of provenance may actually increase the role of the known pedigrees.

[blowout]

With the increase in cleaning and pressing the importance of provenance may actually increase the role of the known pedigrees.

 

Assuming they haven't had post discovery work done to them.