Question about comic pedigrees

[MW1]

Which are the most desirable? Which are the least desirable? Are any of them considered "bogus" by collectors?

[bullseye]

Most - Church/Mile High

Least - not sure the name, the ones where they almost all have tanning and such.

 

bogus - Mile High 2/Nic Cage/Dallas Stephens although the last 2 don't really get the designation mile high 2 shows up as one.

[Arty]

Best of the best:

 

Edgar Church (Mile High pedigree)

Tom Reilly (San Francisco pedigree)

 

What makes them apart from other pedigrees?

 

-Quantity: Church: c.18000 books, Reilly c.5000 books

-Average technical grade

-Crisp cover colors

-Average page quality (whiteness of pages)

[MW1]

Thanks guys, that's helpful.

[FFB]

Which are the most desirable? Which are the least desirable? Are any of them considered "bogus" by collectors?

 

MW,

 

Go to Matt Nelson's site at www.comicrestoration.com and read his article on pedigrees. There is a link to it near the top of the page. He has a ton of information there about a lot of golden and silver age pedigrees and I think you'll find it very informative.

[FFB]

Most - Church/Mile High

Least - not sure the name, the ones where they almost all have tanning and such.

 

bogus - Mile High 2/Nic Cage/Dallas Stephens although the last 2 don't really get the designation mile high 2 shows up as one.

 

Nic Cage and Dallas Stephens aren't "pedigree" books. They are just books from famous collections and CGC notes this on the label.

 

Mile High 2 isn't really a pedigree either. It's a warehouse find. CGC does list some of the Mile High 2 books as "Mile High 2" pedigree books, but not for all 1.75 million books in that warehouse find. They limited the designation to one pallet of books that Chuck said he had still sitting unopened in his warehouse not too long ago.

[divad]

Most - Church/Mile High

Least - not sure the name, the ones where they almost all have tanning and such.

 

bogus - Mile High 2/Nic Cage/Dallas Stephens although the last 2 don't really get the designation mile high 2 shows up as one.

 

Nic Cage and Dallas Stephens aren't "pedigree" books. They are just books from famous collections and CGC notes this on the label.

 

Mile High 2 isn't really a pedigree either. It's a warehouse find. CGC does list some of the Mile High 2 books as "Mile High 2" pedigree books, but not for all 1.75 million books in that warehouse find. They limited the designation to one pallet of books that Chuck said he had still sitting unopened in his warehouse not too long ago.

 

Is that pallet where the 10.0 Thor came from that was auctioned off for the benefit of CBLDF?

[FFB]

Most - Church/Mile High

Least - not sure the name, the ones where they almost all have tanning and such.

 

bogus - Mile High 2/Nic Cage/Dallas Stephens although the last 2 don't really get the designation mile high 2 shows up as one.

 

Nic Cage and Dallas Stephens aren't "pedigree" books. They are just books from famous collections and CGC notes this on the label.

 

Mile High 2 isn't really a pedigree either. It's a warehouse find. CGC does list some of the Mile High 2 books as "Mile High 2" pedigree books, but not for all 1.75 million books in that warehouse find. They limited the designation to one pallet of books that Chuck said he had still sitting unopened in his warehouse not too long ago.

 

Is that pallet where the 10.0 Thor came from that was auctioned off for the benefit of CBLDF?

 

If it was listed as a Mile High 2 on the label, then yes.

[bullseye]

Most - Church/Mile High

Least - not sure the name, the ones where they almost all have tanning and such.

 

bogus - Mile High 2/Nic Cage/Dallas Stephens although the last 2 don't really get the designation mile high 2 shows up as one.

 

Nic Cage and Dallas Stephens aren't "pedigree" books. They are just books from famous collections and CGC notes this on the label.

 

Mile High 2 isn't really a pedigree either. It's a warehouse find. CGC does list some of the Mile High 2 books as "Mile High 2" pedigree books, but not for all 1.75 million books in that warehouse find. They limited the designation to one pallet of books that Chuck said he had still sitting unopened in his warehouse not too long ago.

 

yeh, hence why i labeled them bogus, but the general population picking up a cgc book and looking in the notes will think it has some signifigance other than being "bought by Ghost Rider's assistant/random geezer/stolen"