Pedigree Comics Celebrating 10 Year Anniversary With Special June Grand Auction!

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The Silver and Bronze Age Marvels and DC’s are starting to come in for our upcoming Grand Auction, commemorating our EXACT 10 year anniversary (the Pedigree Comics website was launched on June 16, 2004). Scheduled to begin on the night of Monday, June 16, 2014 and last for ten (10) days until the night of Thursday, June 26, 2014, the auction will feature ultra high grade Marvels and DC’s plus much more investment quality items. The sooner you consign your books the more exposure they will receive. We aggressively promote and advertize each auction and send periodic newsletters to all of our over 19,500 customers announcing the auction items. There is no Buyers Premium on any of the lots in the auction and EVERY item will be listed with no reserve. Every book is CGC graded and the minimum bid for this special Grand Auction is only $100.00.

 

The focus of this article is the exceptional group of books that we picked up at the recent C2E2 show in Chicago. Most of the books (approximately 100) are at CGC’s offices awaiting certification and will be graded and listed within the next few weeks and in time for the auction. These books are incredible and come from a few different collections, with the average grade at least 9.4. We also picked up a few choice CGC certified books and these are already listed in the Auction Preview. Here are the highlights of the certified books from C2E2:

 

Amazing Spider-Man 30 9.4

Amazing Spider-Man 33 9.8

Amazing Spider-Man 37 9.6

Amazing Spider-Man 51 9.4

Amazing Spider-Man 53 9.6

Amazing Spider-Man 62 9.8

Amazing Spider-Man 129 9.6

Heroic Comics 25 9.6

Heroic Comics 26 9.6

Heroic Comics 27 9.6

Incredible Hulk 181 9.8 (CGC Signature SERIES)

Metamorpho 1 9.6

Superman 197 9.8

 

The following are the highlights of the ultra high grade books from C2E2 currently at CGC awaiting certification:

 

Adventure Comics 302

Amazing Spider-Man 10

Amazing Spider-Man 26

Amazing Spider-Man 40

Amazing Spider-Man 122

Batman 27

Batman 224

Batman 232

Daredevil 1

Daredevil 8

DC 100 Page Super Spectacular 4

Detective Comics 59

Detective Comics 140

Detective Comics 285

Detective Comics 363

Doom Patrol 91

Fantastic Four 1

Fantastic Four 3

Fantastic Four 4

Fantastic Four 6

Fantastic Four 10

Fantastic Four 22

Fantastic Four 23

Fantastic Four 26

Fantastic Four 51

Flash 123

Flash 141

Flash 151

Flash 188

Flash 198

Giant-Size X-Men 1

Green Lantern 76

Incredible Hulk 2

Iron Man 55

Iron Man and Sub-Mariner 1

Journey Into Mystery 86

Journey Into Mystery 125

Justice League of America 37

Sgt. Fury 3

Showcase 52

Super DC Giant 17

Superman 166

Superman 167

Tales of Suspense 42

Tales of Suspense 50

Tales of Suspense 57

Tales of Suspense 59

Tales of Suspense 61

Tales of Suspense 62

Tales to Astonish 57

Thor 127

Weird Fantasy 16

Wonder Woman 136

Wonder Woman 180

X-Men 4

X-Men 27

X-Men 28

X-Men 35

 

We also offer generous cash advances for quality consignments so check the site and read the following for consignment instructions and get your books in now.

 

Pedigree Comics, Inc. invites you to take advantage of our many outstanding services. Consignors maximize their profits selling in the Grand Auction, more so than on any other auction site or auction house. We do not charge a buyers’ premium, an amount that most bidders take into consideration when bidding in other sites (the bidders simply deduct the buyers’ premium amount, usually 20% of the winning price, from their final bid, meaning less $$ to the consignor and more to the auction site). The higher the value of your book(s) that sell in a Grand Auction, the more $$ you take home under Pedigree Comics’ Climbing Scale as follows:

 

A Climbing Scale is in effect for consigned items with a winning bid as follows:

10% Commission for any consigned item that sells up to $10,000 (Consignor’s Proceeds = $90% of the final bid price);

9% Commission for any consigned item that sells over $10,000 and up to $25,000 (Consignor’s Proceeds = $91% of the final bid price);

8% Commission for any consigned item that sells over $25,000 and up to $50,000 (Consignor’s Proceeds = $92% of the final bid price);

6% Commission for any consigned item that sells over $50,000 and up to $100,000 (Consignor’s Proceeds = $94% of the final bid price);

5% Commission for any consigned item that sells over $100,000 (Consignor’s Proceeds = $95% of the final bid price);

 

We consistently set new sales records for Golden Age, Silver Age and Bronze Age comic books and magazines in each of our bi-monthly auctions and we do not saturate the market with the same material each month. Grand Auctions are unique and exciting, with brand new CGC certified and diversified, highest quality material in each event. Why take home less $$ and settle for less by consigning with someone else?

 

There are three easy ways to consign your books to the upcoming June Grand Auction. The only criteria is that the books must be CGC graded and worth no less than $100.00. If you have high grade raw books that you want to have certified and sold in the Grand Auction, you can utilize our Raw To Riches Consignment Service, in which we will have your books certified under our account and we will lay out all the CGC grading fees in advance for you (refer to the website and our Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide advertisement for all the details of the Raw to Riches Consignment Service). Here is how to consign:

 

1. Ship your books directly to our offices in Wellington, Florida. We will inventory, scan and upload each book into the June Grand Auction listing. The books will be listed under your personal account and you will receive email notification at the conclusion of the auction with a list of every consigned book that sold along with the winning bid made.

2. Email the scans of the books you wish to consign directly to us at DougSchmell@pedigreecomics.com. We will format and upload each scan onto our server and then put each book into the Grand Auction listing. Please use a .jpeg format with the resolution set at 72 and the pixel width at 550 for optimal clarity. If you do not have a scanner you can use a digital camera.

3. You can upload your own scans, item information, book descriptions and reserve amounts, if any, by utilizing our Automated Consignment System. Just register onto the site (www.PedigreeComics.com) and login, click the “Customer Page” tab under “Your Account” and then click “Consignments” (under the “Auctions” heading). You will then be able to enter the Pedigree Comics Consignment Management System and list your own CGC certified books and magazines. We will receive an email once you have uploaded the scan and book information for each individual item into the system and we will then review the information imparted for accuracy. The item(s) will then be added to the June Grand Auction listing to be bid on. You will be amazed how simple it is to use the Automated Consignment System.

 

If you have any questions or comments about the consignment process, any of the auction lots or about the June Grand Auction in general, please contact Pedigree Comics' CEO and President, Doug Schmell, at (561) 422-1120 (office) or (561) 596-9111 (cell) or at DougSchmell@pedigreecomics.com. For any financial related and consignment payment questions, please contact our CFO, Lisa Shapiro, at Lisa@pedigreecomics.com and for any technical related questions or concerns, please contact our Web Master at WebDesigner@pedigreecomics.com.