Pedigree Comics’ special high grade Marvel auction is underway. The auction began on the night of Monday, October 10, 2016 and lasts for nine days until the night of Wednesday, October 19 as a separate event on the Pedigree Comics website, www.PedigreeComics.com. The first lot will end beginning at 8:14 PM ET (Action Comics #277 9.2) and the last lot will end at 11:59 PM ET (X-Men #140 9.8). There is no buyer’s premium on any of the lots in the auction and every item, save for three, has no reserve. Every book is CGC or CBCS graded and the minimum bid is only $100. You can view and bid on all 451 high grade certified comic books right now in the Auction Listing. Just go to the 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, easily their very best auction of 2016 and one of their best online Marvel auctions. Many of the lots come from a fabulous group of books that Pedigree Comics’ CEO and President Doug Schmell, picked up at the New York Comic Con this past weekend, the San Diego Comic-Con 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.

The brand new last minute additions from New York Comic Con are Amazing Spider-Man #8 9.8 and #129 9.8, Avengers #6 9.8, Captain America #100 9.8, Conan the Barbarian #1 9.8, Detective Comics #109 9.2, Hero For Hire #1 9.6, Incredible Hulk #102 9.8, Iron Fist #15 9.8, Marvel Premiere #15 9.8 and #16 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), Marvel Spotlight #5 9.8, Marvel Team-Up #1 9.8, Silver Surfer #4 9.6, Tales of Suspense #51 9.6 and #52 9.4, and X-Men #99 9.6 and #114 9.6.

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 #1 6.0 and #2 9.4, Strange Tales #89 8.5 and #110 8.0, Tales of Suspense #39 9.4, 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, #129 9.8, and #129 9.6 (CGC Signature Series), Avengers #55 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), Captain America #100 9.8, Conan the Barbarian #1 9.8, Giant-Size X-Men #1 9.6, Hero for Hire #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 Spotlight #5 9.8, Marvel Super-Heroes #12 9.6 (CGC Signature Series), Marvel Team-Up #1 9.8, 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), #8 9.8, #9 9.4, #10 9.6, #12 9.6 (Mannarino), #17 9.4, #19 9.4, #23 9.6, #37 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, #129 9.8, #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, #6 9.8, #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, #56 9.6, #61 9.8, #66 9.4, #67 9.4, #71 9.8, #73 9.8, #75 9.6, and #76 9.8.

High grade early Incredible Hulk issues are Incredible Hulk #1 6.0, #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, #101 9.4, #106 9.4, #108 9.4, #109 9.6 (U.K. edition, single highest graded), #112 9.4 (CGC Signature Series, single highest graded), #113 9.6, #115 9.4, #116 9.4, #121 9.8, #122 9.6, #124 9.4, and #125 9.4, Journey Into Mystery Annual #1 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, #4 9.6, #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, #15 9.6, #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, #120 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, #47 9.4, #49 9.2, #51 9.6, #52 9.4, #53 9.4, #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, #20 9.6, #28 9.6, #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.

If you have any questions or comments about the consignment process, any of the auction lots in the October Marvel 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 Comics’ CFO, Lisa Shapiro at LisaJoy@pedigreecomics.com and for any technical related questions or concerns, contact their Web Master at WebDesigner@pedigreecomics.com.