Pedigree Comics' July 1970's & 80's Marvel Winnipeg Auction Ends Tonight, Wednesday July 26th Beginning at 7:30 PM EST! 0

[Captain Tripps]

MAJOR WINNIPEG NEWS! Pedigree Comics' Incredible July 1970's & 80's Marvel Winnipeg Auction ends tonight, Wednesday July 26th. The first lot (2009 A.D. Apocalypse #1 9.6) ends at 7:30 PM on Wednesday July 26th and the last lot (X-Men Adventures #4 9.4 Winnipeg) ends at 11:30 PM. There is no Buyers Premium on any of the lots in the auction and every book is listed with no reserve. Every book is CGC graded and the minimum bid is only $20 for this auction. You can view and bid on the high grade comics in the Auction Listing right now (600 lots). Just go to the Pedigree Comics website and click on the Auction banner.

This latest batch of Winnipeg Marvels was just recently graded by the CGC and represents many of the duplicate issues that Pedigree Comics' CEO and President, Doug Schmell, has stored over the past 25 plus years, when he originally bought the collection back in 1995. There are many different titles and issues to choose from, all in high grade and all (save for a handful) with white pages. There are approximately 400 brand new Winnipegs to choose from, from Alpha Flight to X-Men Adventures. There are nice runs of a few titles, including Avengers, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor and Web of Spider-Man, plus a deep run of Spectacular Spider-Man (over 70 issues). Most of the Winnipeg Marvels were just recently graded by the experts at the CGC over the last couple of weeks and many are the highest certified copy to date!

If you have high grade CGC certified comic books to sell or consign, do yourself a favor and contact Mr. Schmell. Please go to the site (www.PedigreeComics.com) and read the following for all consignment information or contact him directly at (561) 422-1120 or (561) 596-911 or by email at DougSchmell@pedigreecomics.com. 

We are now accepting consignments for our upcoming Grand Auction beginning on August 11th. The sooner you consign your books the more exposure they will receive. We aggressively promote and advertise each auction and send periodic newsletters to all of our over 25,000 customers announcing the auction items. We also offer generous cash advances for quality consignments so check the site for consignment instructions and get your books in now.

Mr. Schmell 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.

We consistently set new sales records for Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age and Modern comic books in each of our monthly auctions and we do not saturate the market with the same material each month. We also specialize and feature quality consignments and collections in their own exclusive themed auction, something that other auction houses simply can not do. 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 our August Grand Auction. The only criteria is that the books must be CGC graded and worth no less than $20.00. If you have high grade raw books that you want to have certified and sold in the August auction or a future Grand Auction, you can utilize our Raw To Riches Consignment Service, in which we will have your books certified under our account and 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 to our offices in Wellington, Florida. We will inventory, scan and upload each book into the Grand Auction listing. The items 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 no more than 1200 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. 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 Grand Auction listing to be bid on. You will be amazed how simple it is to use the Automated Consignment System. 

Please check the website (www.PedigreeComics.com) and the Latest News section over the next couple of weeks for all the latest additions to the auction.

If you have any questions or comments about the consignment process, any of the auction lots in the July 1970's & 80's Marvel Winnipeg Auction or about the auctions in general, please contact Mr. 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 LisaJoy@pedigreecomics.com and for any technical related questions or concerns, please contact our Web Master at WebDesigner@pedigreecomics.com.

[Sauce Dog]

Only found out about this auction a few days ago and it was a dream for pedigree collectors like me. I managed to snag a Tales of Suspense pedigree I needed, and picked up a few Spider-Man books with pedigrees for a friend (who has never owned a pedigree and has wanted to get into buying them) since everything went for SUPER CHEAP (Honestly, when a graded book sells for $35 that just seems like a no-brainer purchase to make - especially so if they are a unique pedigree copy!).

Unfortunalty I think there are problems with the website, as I cannot checkout and pay for my order due to the website calculating my cart incorrectly (it is doubling every invoice amount I owe at the moment)

[MAR1979]

On 7/27/2023 at 9:13 AM, Sauce Dog said:

Only found out about this auction a few days ago and it was a dream for pedigree collectors like me. I managed to snag a Tales of Suspense pedigree I needed, and picked up a few Spider-Man books with pedigrees for a friend (who has never owned a pedigree and has wanted to get into buying them) since everything went for SUPER CHEAP (Honestly, when a graded book sells for $35 that just seems like a no-brainer purchase to make - especially so if they are a unique pedigree copy!).

Unfortunalty I think there are problems with the website, as I cannot checkout and pay for my order due to the website calculating my cart incorrectly (it is doubling every invoice amount I owe at the moment)

Yeah but if all one wins is a single $35 dollar book, I believe Doug still charges $40-50 in shipping.  So not such a deal in those cases.

[Sauce Dog]

On 7/27/2023 at 11:21 AM, MAR1979 said:

Yeah but if all one wins is a single $35 dollar book, I believe Doug still charges $40-50 in shipping.  So not such a deal in those cases.

This was my first time using them and honestly didn't see the shipping...seems worse for me being in Canada. I'm paying 30% of my total order just for shipping (and I swear, if I get hit with additional duties/import fees after this I'll have to avoid using them again just on account of shipping costs if I'm only buying cheaper items - expensive big stuff this is fine for obviously, but not batches of little books)

$70.00 for up to two (2) books plus $14.00 for each additional two (2) books to Canada;
 

Edited July 27, 2023 by Sauce Dog

[Sauce Dog]

Am I crazy...
 

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There is no Buyers Premium on any of the lots in the auction and every book is listed with no reserve.

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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.

...or does that sound like there isn't a Buyer's Premium at all, right? That's how I read it.

Because that was one reason I jumped into trying Pedigree Comics for the first time ever, after having been told by a few people there was a hidden BP and to avoid, but I've just been charge 4% extra and told that the BP is only ever waived if you pay by cheque/cash/money order....something that wasn't mentioned anywhere in that above press release and I didn't know prior to bidding  

[Black_Adam]

On 7/27/2023 at 8:41 AM, Sauce Dog said:

This was my first time using them and honestly didn't see the shipping...seems worse for me being in Canada. I'm paying 30% of my total order just for shipping (and I swear, if I get hit with additional duties/import fees after this I'll have to avoid using them again just on account of shipping costs if I'm only buying cheaper items - expensive big stuff this is fine for obviously, but not batches of little books)

$70.00 for up to two (2) books plus $14.00 for each additional two (2) books to Canada;
 

Compared to Comiclink and Heritage, $70 to Canada is a deal. IMHO the only "auction" house with reasonable shipping rates to Canada is MCS. I think a slab is about $20.

[Sauce Dog]

On 7/27/2023 at 4:02 PM, Black_Adam said:

Compared to Comiclink and Heritage, $70 to Canada is a deal. IMHO the only "auction" house with reasonable shipping rates to Canada is MCS. I think a slab is about $20.

Yup, I use MCS often so I've become used to the reasonable rates