Pedigree Comics’ upcoming February Grand Auction will feature many new and recently graded Silver and Bronze Age high grade Marvels plus books from other genres and publishers, according to Doug Schmell, President and CEO of Pedigree. The auction is scheduled to begin in just over one week, on the night of Sunday, February 7, 2016 and last for ten days until the night of Wednesday, February 17 as a separate event on the Pedigree Comics website, www.PedigreeComics.com. There is no buyer’s premium on any of the lots in the auction and every item will have no reserve. Every book is CGC or CBCS graded and the minimum bid is only $100 for this Grand Auction. You can view over 75 books in the Auction Preview right now. Just go to the Pedigree Comics website and click on the Grand Auctions banner.

The focus of this article is the brand new group of high grade Silver and Bronze Age Marvels that were just graded this week and added to the Auction Preview. Many of the books are the highest certified copy and there are many early Silver Age issues to choose from. There are a few choice DCs and other publishers’ titles in the group as well.

Highlights include Amazing Spider-Man #3 9.6, #19 9.6, #25 9.4, #27 9.4, and #129 9.8 (highest certified), Aquaman #1 9.4, Avengers #3 9.4 (Twin Cities), #4 9.4, #63 9.8 (highest certified), #67 9.8 (highest certified), #73 9.8 (Suscha News, highest certified), #96 9.8 (highest certified), and #98 9.8 (highest certified), Cat #1 9.6, Fantastic Four #1 9.0, #2 9.0, #3 9.2, #6 9.4, #9 9.8 (single highest certified), #10 9.2, #15 9.6, #26 9.6, and #33 9.6, Flash #106 8.5, Flash Comics #73 9.6 (Big Apple, single highest certified), Forbidden Worlds #1 9.4 (River City) (single highest certified), Green Lantern #76 9.4, Hawkman #4 9.8 (highest certified), Iron Man #3 9.8 (Suscha News, highest certified), Marvel Feature #1 9.6, Marvel Super-Heroes #18 9.8 (highest certified), Saint #1 9.6 (single highest certified), and Tales of Suspense #37 9.4 (highest certified).

Check www.PedigreeComics.com and the Latest News section as well as Scoop next week on Friday, February 5, plus each week over the next couple of weeks for all the latest additions to the auction, including the near-complete run of high grade Avengers (9.4 and higher) between #1 and #100 that Pedigree Comics purchased in November that will be the highlight of the auction. There are only a handful or two of scattered issues missing from this great run that is 95% in 9.4 and higher and more than 50% in 9.6 and 9.8. As a bonus, there are many pedigrees included in the run.

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.

Pedigree Comics is now accepting consignments for their upcoming February Grand Auction. 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 21,500 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.

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 and 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 or about the upcoming February 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.