JazzMan Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 CGC just announced a newly recognized pedigree - John G. Fantucchio. It features nearly every comic published by Marvel and DC Comics from the inception of the Marvel era in the early 1960s through the mid-70s. Just by looking at some of the graded books, the colors look dripping wet! How many other collections are out there that we don't know about???!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitboss Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Just got the email too Books look amazing for sure,what a great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JazzMan Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Check your email - these doesn't seem to be a link on the CGC web page yet. CGC has recognized a new Silver Age Pedigree. The John G. Fantucchio Pedigree features nearly every comic published by Marvel and DC Comics from the inception of the Marvel era in the early 1960s through the mid-70s. Rounding out the collection are numerous other high grade comics from other publishers including Charlton, Gold Key, Dell, ACG, Tower and many others. "This collection was beautiful," said Paul Litch, CGC's Primary Grader, "It is a rare treat when a previously unseen collection of high grade comics becomes available to the public. It is even more rare for a collection to be recognized as a pedigree... a collection like this, cannot be denied." The books were collected by artist John G. Fantucchio and stored in ideal conditions. The result is a collection of beautifully preserved comics with amazing color and page quality. John had been a serious collector since the 1940's and was an adult at the beginning of the Silver Age. These books had been stored for decades until being viewed by Rick Lowell of Casablanca Comics. "I had known about these books for years, but nobody had ever seen them" says Lowell. "I was unsure what I was going to find and as I unpacked them I was amazed at the quality. I was also stunned at how complete the collection is." John Fantucchio was one of the most prominent artists during the early days of comic fandom. He created hundreds of covers and illustrations for fanzines such as Rocket's Blast Comic Collector, Fantastic Fanzine, Comic Crusader and many others. John also did covers for the early issues of The Buyer's Guide for Comic Fandom, including the very first issue. "It has been over eight years since we've brought out an original owner collection dating back to the early Silver Age of comics with depth like this," stated Josh Nathanson, Founder and CEO of ComicLink. "There is a distinct beauty in looking at book after book with a homogeneous look and feel, having been stored in the same place in the same way for decades. It's one of the perks of this job that I relish. I'm thrilled that ComicLink is working with Rick to disperse the collection into the hands of today's collectors. We've decided that Amazing Spider-Man will be the first title to be offered, within the ComicLink.com Winter Featured Auction commencing on February 15th. I'm looking forward to the event!" Some of the books shown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 How about showing us some books that are actually tough in that grade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Here's a site dedicated to him: http://www.fantucchio.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 How about showing us some books that are actually tough in that grade? That's all that's been shown so far. Looks like they will be hitting the CLink auction in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheWatcher Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAuctions%2Fsearch%2Easp%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3DStrange%2Btales%2Bannual%26GO%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1159391&id=1159391 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Thanks ! Lovely sample of books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Here's all the ones on CLink right now: http://comiclink.com/Auctions/search.asp?FocusedOnly=1&where=auctions&title=fantucchio&ItemType=CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I guess it will be some time before any DCs from the collection get subbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Maybe between now and February there will be some that start showing up. I'm sure they're going to piece meal it over some time if the collection is that voluminous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drummy Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Lovely pedigree, although not uniform in NM...I wonder where ASM #1 is if that title is indeed in the February auction? Maybe it will show up over time. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 It's pretty standard when collections like this come to the market for the first that the Marvel books come out first. The Marvel keys from this era are what bring in the big bucks. Not that there aren't any big D.C. Keys from that era, but Marvel has more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Lovely pedigree, although not uniform in NM...I wonder where ASM #1 is if that title is indeed in the February auction? Maybe it will show up over time. Dan Yeah, the ASM 1 they are auctioning is the GRR and not the real copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I guess it will be some time before any DCs from the collection get subbed. My contact at ComicLink said that he just submitted some JLAs recently but they have just scratched the surface on this collection. xoxo greggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmay Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I guess it will be some time before any DCs from the collection get subbed. My contact at ComicLink said that he just submitted some JLAs recently but they have just scratched the surface on this collection. xoxo greggy prepare to be bent over KFP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I guess it will be some time before any DCs from the collection get subbed. My contact at ComicLink said that he just submitted some JLAs recently but they have just scratched the surface on this collection. xoxo greggy prepare to be bent over KFP I'm already bent over for you, honey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
