Pedigree Comics’ upcoming October Grand Auction will include many new and recently graded Silver and Bronze Age high grade Marvels as well as the company’s first ever original art offering, according to Doug Schmell, President and CEO of Pedigree. The auction is scheduled to begin in just a few days, on the night of Monday, October 10, 2016 and last for ten days until the night of Thursday, October 20 as a separate event on the Pedigree Comics website, www.PedigreeComics.com. The comic book listing of the auction ends on the night of Wednesday, October 19 and the original art listing ends on the night of Thursday, October 20. There is no buyer’s premium on any of the lots in the auction and every comic book listing will have no reserve. Some of the original art items will be listed with a reserve. Every book is CGC graded and the minimum bid is only $100 for this Grand Auction. You can view over 475 high grade lots in the Auction Preview right now. Just go to the Pedigree Comics website and click on the Grand Auctions banner.

There are many incredible groups of books, runs as well as individual highest certified comics from a myriad of titles in the auction, many from a fabulous group of books that Mr. Schmell picked up at Comic-Con in San Diego in July plus the Wizard World Chicago show in August and the Baltimore Comic-Con in September. Most of these books were recently graded by the CGC with phenomenal results.

High grade Silver Age first appearance issues and keys include Amazing Spider-Man #3 9.6, Atom #1 9.0, Avengers #1 9.4 and #4 9.2, Daredevil #1 9.4, Fantastic Four #5 9.6, #5 9.4, and #53 9.8, Incredible Hulk #2 9.4, Strange Tales #89 8.5 and #110 8.0, Tales of Suspense #39 9.0, Tales to Astonish #27 8.0 and #35 9.2, and Teen Titans #1 9.6

Late Silver and early Bronze Age Marvel keys graded 9.6 to 9.8 are Amazing Spider-Man #121 9.8, #122 9.8, and #129 9.6 (CGC Signature Series), Avengers #55 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), Conan the Barbarian #1 9.6, Giant-Size X-Men #1 9.6, Incredible Hulk #102 9.8 and #181 9.8, Iron Fist #14 9.8, Iron Man #55 9.8, Marvel Feature #1 9.6, Marvel Premiere #15 9.8, Marvel Preview #7 9.8, Marvel Super-Heroes #12 9.6 (CGC Signature Series), Ms. Marvel #18 9.8, Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #1 9.8, Night Nurse #1 9.6, Sub-Mariner #1 9.8, Tomb of Dracula #1 9.8 and #10 9.6, and X-Men #94 9.6.

The high grade Amazing Spider-Man group includes Amazing Spider-Man #1 9.4, #3 9.6, #7 9.6 (Twin Cities), #9 9.4, #10 9.6, #12 9.6 (Mannarino), #17 9.4, #19 9.4, #23 9.6, #39 9.8, #40 9.4, #42 9.4, #43 9.8, #47 9.8, #48 9.6, #121 9.8, #122 9.8, and #129 9.6 (CGC Signature Series), and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5 9.6 (Pacific Coast).

The Silver Age Avengers group that Pedigree described as gorgeous includes Avengers #1 9.4, #2 9.6 (Mass. copy), #4 9.2, #12 9.6, #28 9.4 (CGC Signature Series), #50 9.8, #55 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), #57 9.6, #67 9.8, #68 9.8 (Winnipeg), #69 9.8, #70 9.8, #71 9.8, #83 9.6, #89 9.8 (Suscha News), #91 9.8, #92 9.6, #93 9.6, #95 9.6 (Suscha News), and #97 9.6, and Avengers Annual #2 9.8 (single highest graded).

The high grade early Fantastic Four run highlights are Fantastic Four #2 9.2, #5 9.6, #5 9.4, #7 9.4, #9 9.8 (single highest graded), #12 9.6, #12 9.2, #15 9.6, #16 9.4, #20 9.8 (single highest graded), #21 9.4, #26 9.6, #30 9.4, #41 9.8, #42 9.6, #43 9.6, #45 9.4, #46 9.4, #49 9.8 (single highest graded), #50 9.6, #51 9.6, #53 9.8, #54 9.8, #61 9.8, #66 9.4, #67 9.4, #73 9.8, and #76 9.8.

High grade early Incredible Hulk issues are Incredible Hulk #2 9.4, #3 9.0, #4 9.4, and #5 9.2.

The Journey Into Mystery group graded 9.4 to 9.6 includes Journey Into Mystery #88 9.4 (CGC Signature Series, single highest graded), #95 9.6 (Bethlehem), #96 9.6, #106 9.4, #108 9.4, #109 9.6 (U.K. edition, single highest graded), #112 9.4 (CGC Signature Series, single highest graded), #115 9.4, #122 9.6, #124 9.4, and #125 9.4, Thor Annual #2 9.8, and Tales of Asgard #1 9.6.

The Silver Surfer run graded 9.4 to 9.8 highlights are Silver Surfer #1 9.6, #1 9.4, #2 9.8, #3 9.4, #5 9.8 (Mass. copy), #6 9.6 (Mass. copy), #7 9.4, #8 9.6, #10 9.6 (Mass. copy), #11 9.8, #12 9.4 (Mass. copy), #13 9.4, #14 9.4, #16 9.6, #17 9.8 (Mass. copy), and #18 9.8.

The high grade Strange Tales group includes Strange Tales #89 8.5, #110 8.0, #114 9.4, #121 9.4, #122 9.6, #123 9.6, #124 9.4, #126 9.6, #127 9.8 (single highest graded), #129 9.6, #132 9.6, #133 9.8, #135 9.4, and #138 9.4.

The early Tales of Suspense group that Pedigree described as incredible are Tales of Suspense #39 9.0, #40 9.4, #41 9.4, #42 9.4, #43 9.4, #44 9.4, #47 9.6, #49 9.2, #54 9.4, #57 9.6, #58 9.4, and #63 9.4.

The brand new high grade Silver Age X-Men group highlights are X-Men #2 9.4, #2 9.2, #7 9.4, #9 9.6, #9 9.4, #32 9.6, #34 9.6, #36 9.6, #38 9.6, #40 9.6, #51 9.6, #54 9.6, #59 9.6, #61 9.6, #64 9.6, and #66 9.6.

The new all 9.8 new X-Men consignment includes X-Men #94 9.6, #95 9.6, #96 9.6, #103 9.8, #108 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), #109 9.8, #110 9.8, #112 9.8, #114 9.8, #115 9.8, #118 9.8, #119 9.8, #120 9.8, #121 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), #122 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), #123 9.8, #124 9.8, #125 9.8, #128 9.8, #129 9.8, #130 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), #132 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), #134 9.8, #135 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), #136 9.8, #138 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), #139 9.8, and #140 9.8.

Check www.PedigreeComics.com and the Latest News section as well as Scoop next week (by Friday, October 14) for all the last minute additions to the auction, including a batch of high grade Marvels that Mr. Schmell will be picking up this weekend at the New York Comic Con.

Mr. Schmell is still accepting consignments for the October Marvel Grand Auction and will continue to do so until midnight on the night of October 12. The sooner you consign your books the more exposure they will receive. Pedigree promotes and advertises each auction and sends periodic newsletters to all of their over 22,500 customers announcing the auction items. Pedigree also offers cash advances for quality consignments so check the site for consignment instructions and get your books in now.

If you have high grade CGC or CBCS certified comic books to sell or consign contact Pedigree Comics. Go to the site and read the following for all consignment information or contact them directly at (561) 422-1120 or (561) 596-9111 or by email at DougSchmell@pedigreecomics.com.

The higher the value of the comics sold in a Grand Auction, the more money the consignor takes home under Pedigree Comics’ Climbing Scale 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)

There are three easy ways to consign your books to any of Pedigree's upcoming Grand Auctions. The only criteria is that the books must be CGC or CBCS graded and worth no less than $100. If you have high grade raw books that you want to have certified and sold in the Grand Auction, you can utilize Pedigree’s Raw To Riches Consignment Service, in which they will have your books certified under their account and will lay out all the CGC or CBCS grading fees in advance for you (refer to the website and their Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide advertisement for all the details of the Raw to Riches Consignment Service).

To consign you can ship your books directly to their offices in Wellington, Florida. They will inventory, scan, and upload each book into the 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.

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

You can upload your own scans, item information, book descriptions and reserve amounts, if any, by utilizing their Automated Consignment System. Just register onto the site 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 or CBCS certified books and magazines. Pedigree will receive an email once you have uploaded the scan and book information for each individual item into the system and they will then review the information imparted for accuracy. The items 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.

If you have any questions or comments about the consignment process, any of the auction lots in the upcoming October auction or about the Grand Auctions in general, 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, contact Pedigree's CFO, Lisa Shapiro, at LisaJoy@pedigreecomics.com and for any technical related questions or concerns, contact their Web Master at WebDesigner@pedigreecomics.com.