Am I Pedigree???

[ArAich]

This has been bugging me of late....What defines a pedigree collection??...I have been collecting for over 30 years and purchased books from the newstand and stored them away....does that mean that my collection is pedigree??....If not...why not???

 

I have yet to hear a concise explanation of exactly what it takes for CGC or the collecting community to assign a pedigree to a collection. I would be forever grateful for the "knowledgable" people out there to attempt to explain this to me....

 

[14 of spades]

you'd have to put your comic collection in a trash can, cover it, bury it, find it in 20 years, then we'd have the newest CGC recognized pedigree - the "Araich Trash Can Pedigree"

[ninanina]

It's my understanding that a pedigree collection is one that has a collection of high-grade comics or at least a high-percentage of hi-grade comics. It's possible yours may one day become a pedigree bronze age collection of books, but up until now - the only pedigrees I've seen or heard about are from the Golden/Silver Age era. I'm assuming your 70's collection are still hi-grade?

 

There have been silver-age pedigrees, right?

 

Anyone?

 

I am thinking Bronze Age may still be too new for it to be a pedigree, but BY DEFINITION, yours might be. I don't remember the definition specifically identifying "age" as a determining factor. I am thinking what you need to do is make an application to have it designated as one?

[Crackandpresstoan11]

I seriously doubt that there will ever be a bronze age pedigree... Most bronze books are plentiful in grade. There would be thousands of pedigree bronze collections.

[Ares]

Will my Run of Original X-men be a pedigree?

The Ares Pedigree.

[aardvark88]

May be able to pedigree a collection up to 1974. In 1975, Phil Seuling started direct distribution to comic/hobby shops so there are many hordes of 1975 up Marvel & Marvel #1 issues/giant size. Less backstock of DCs though. The jgreene pedigree of Man Thing??

[Ares]

May be able to pedigree a collection up to 1974. In 1975, Phil Seuling started direct distribution to comic/hobby shops so there are many hordes of 1975 up Marvel & Marvel #1 issues/giant size. Less backstock of DCs though. The jgreene pedigree of Man Thing??

 

We pool all of our stuff together and we can form the CGC forums Pedigree

[NewtSamson]

My modern collection will be a pedigree in a couple decades.

[murph0]

You'd need to have some keys in pretty good grade like AF 15 in VF or so, FF 1, Cap 1, Marvel 1, etc etc..I can't say I've seen many pedigrees that don't include at least a few major keys.

 

Brian

[NewtSamson]

In a couple hundred years my copy of Ravage 2099 #1 signed by Stan Lee, Will be worth millions.