Pedigree Comics’ High Grade May Auction is now open. The auction began on the night of Monday, May 20, 2019, and lasts for ten days until the night of Thursday, May 30 as a separate event on the Pedigree Comics website (www.PedigreeComics.com). The first lot (Action Comics #285 9.4) ends beginning at 7:50 PM ET and the last lot (X-Men #135 9.8) ends at 11:30 PM ET on Thursday night, May 30.

There is no buyer’s premium on any of the lots in the auction and almost every listing has no reserve. Every book is CGC or CBCS-graded and the minimum bid is only $100 for this Grand Auction. Over 522 high grade comics can now be viewed on Pedigree’s website in the Auction Preview by clicking on the Auction banner.

This is easily one of their best auctions for high grade Marvel and DC comic books. There are many incredible groups of books and runs as well as individual highest certified comics from several titles in the auction. Many of the books are CGC 9.8 and are the highest graded copies. A bunch are also the single highest graded. Many of the books were just recently graded by CGC and many come from different consignments.

During MegaCon, Pedigree added a consignment of over 15 Bronze Age Marvel keys and gems, graded 9.8 with a couple of 9.6 grades mixed in. Most of these books have never been offered for sale before and were just added to the Auction Listing on Sunday night.

Highlights are Amazing Spider-Man #101 9.8 (highest certified copy), Doctor Strange #169 9.8 (Fantucchi, highest certified copy), Giant-Size X-Men #1 9.8 (highest certified copy), Incredible Hulk #141 9.8 (highest certified copy) and #181 9.6, Silver Surfer #5 9.8 (highest certified copy), Tomb of Dracula #10 9.8, Tales of Suspense #54 9.6 (Pacific Coast), and X-Men #94 9.8 (highest certified copy), #96 9.8 (highest certified copy), #104 9.8 (highest certified copy), #121 9.8 (highest certified copy), #130 9.8, and #133 9.8 (highest certified copy).

There’s also a new consignment of Silver and Bronze Age Marvel and DC comics, graded 9.4 and higher, from a collection out of Tampa, Florida. Highlights are Action Comics #285 9.4, #299 9.8, #414 9.8, and #419 9.8, Amazing Spider-Man #45 9.6, #71 9.6, #78 9.6, #79 9.8, #98 9.4, #114 9.4, #122 9.8, and #300 9.4, Batman #235 9.8 and #241 9.6, Fantastic Four Annual #3 9.6, Flash #225 9.8, Justice League of America #12 9.4, #13 9.6, and #115 9.8, Marvel Comics Super Special #1 9.8, Marvel Preview #7 9.6, Superboy #72 9.6, Superman #243 9.8, Swamp Thing #1 9.6, Tales to Astonish #35 8.5, and Thor #134 9.4.

The auction contains a consignment of over 50 books, graded 9.4 and higher, from a high grade collection out of Alameda, California. It includes Action Comics #354 9.4 and #371 9.6, Adventure Comics #340 9.4, #356 9.6, #368 9.4, and #385 9.6, Atom #17 9.4, Batman #180 9.4, #192 9.4, #207 9.6, #215 9.6, and #217 9.6, Brave and the Bold #75 9.4, Detective Comics #356 9.6, #357 9.6, #358 9.8, and #386 9.6, Flash #189 9.6, Green Lantern #54 9.4, #58 9.4, and #64 9.5, House of Mystery #152 9.4, House of Secrets #77 9.4, Justice League of America #37 9.4, #40 9.4, #41 9.4, #57 9.4, #58 9.4, #61 9.4, #66 9.4, and #70 9.4, Plastic Man #7 9.6, Showcase #84 9.4, Spectre #3 9.4, #4 9.4, and #8 9.4, Superboy #153 9.6 and #158 9.4, Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane #62 9.4, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #110 9.8, #112 9.4, and #118 9.4, Teen Titans #9 9.4, Wonder Woman #162 9.4, #169 9.6, #171 9.4, #172 9.4, #176 9.6, #183 9.6, and #184 9.6, and World’s Finest Comics #149 9.4, #155 9.4, and #165 9.4.

There’s a consignment of over 30 books from a high grade collection out of Big Rock, Illinois. Almost every book is a 9.4 and higher, including a group of over 15 Bronze Age X-Men all in 9.8, between #95 and #129. They include Amazing Spider-Man #21 9.4, #34 9.6, and #59 9.8, Avengers #36 9.8 and #70 9.8, Fantastic Four Annual #3 9.6 (Boston), Incredible Hulk #181 9.4, Iron Man #55 9.8, Marvel Tales #6 9.8 and #7 9.6, More Fun Comics #74 7.0, New Gods #1 9.8, Sgt. Fury Annual #1 9.8, Strange Tales #114 9.2 and #120 9.2, Tales of Suspense #59 9.8, Tales to Astonish #35 8.5, and X-Men #38 9.8 (Rocky Mountain), #95 9.8, #97 9.8, #99 9.8, #100 9.8, #101 9.8, #103 9.8, #105 9.8, #106 9.8, #110 9.8, #111 9.8, #113 9.8, #117 9.8, #123 9.8, #126 9.8, #128 9.8, and #129 9.8.

A group of Silver and Bronze Age Marvel and DC comics were purchased by Pedigree CEO and President, Doug Schmell, at C2E2 in late March. These books were just graded last month by CGC and almost every book is a 9.4 and higher. There are over 40 high grade books to choose from, including a few keys.

Highlights are Adventure Comics #310 9.6, Amazing Spider-Man #62 9.4, #77 9.4, #91 9.4, and #136 9.4, Avengers #55 9.8 and #100 9.4, Batman #27 9.2, #234 9.4, and #251 9.2, Blackhawk #208 9.6, Captain America #104 9.4 and #127 9.6, Daredevil #43 9.6 and #51 9.4, Detective Comics #295 9.4, #309 9.4, and #359 9.4, Fantastic Four #11 9.0, Flash #132 9.6, #160 9.6, #169 9.6, and #175 9.4, Giant-Size Spider-Man #4 9.6, Giant-Size X-Men #1 9.6, Hero For Hire #1 9.4, Incredible Hulk #181 9.4, Justice League of America #75 9.2, New Gods #7 9.8, Nova #1 9.6, Star Spangled War Stories #154 9.8, Strange Tales #107 9.4, Superman #119 9.2, Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane #24 9.6, Tales of Suspense #39 7.0, Tales to Astonish #39 9.4, and Thrilling Comics #52 9.0.

A consignment of Bronze Age and a few Silver Age Marvel and DC issues will be offered. The group of over 150 books comes from several titles with over 90% graded 9.8. They include Action Comics #285 9.4, #403 9.8, #405 9.8, and #411 9.8, Adventure Comics #278 9.6, #417 9.8, #418 9.8, #428 9.8, and #440 9.8, Amazing Spider-Man #45 9.6, #48 9.8, #71 9.6, #78 9.6, #79 9.8, and #194 9.8, Aquaman #50 9.8 and #57 9.8, Atom #34 9.8, Avengers #11 9.6, #70 9.8, #88 9.8, #98 9.8, and #127 9.8, Batman #182 9.8, #215 9.6, #221 9.6, #235 9.8, #241 9.8, #246 9.8, #261 9.8, #266 9.8, and #300 9.8, Black Panther #1 9.8, Captain America #116 9.8, DC Comics Presents #26 9.8, DC Superstars #17 9.8, Detective Comics #440 9.8, Fantastic Four #46 9.4 and #137 9.8, Flash #206 9.8, #208 9.8, #210 9.8, and #218 9.8, Green Lantern #77 9.8, #79 9.6, and #89 9.8, Iron Man #68 9.8 and #69 9.8, Justice League of America #12 9.4, #13 9.6, and #123 9.8, Marvel Comics Super Special #1 9.8, Marvel Spotlight #3 9.8 and #8 9.8, Marvel Super-Heroes #16 9.8, Marvel Team-Up #32 9.8, Ms. Marvel #1 9.8, New Gods #1 9.8 and #5 9.8, Shazam #28 9.8, Sub-Mariner #23 9.8, Superboy #72 9.6 and #202 9.8, Superman #294 9.8, Swamp Thing #7 9.8, Teen Titans #37 9.8, Tomb of Dracula #24 9.8 and #28 9.8, Wonder Woman #197 9.8, #199 9.8, #202 9.8, and #205 9.8, and X-Men #135 9.8.

Pedigree is seeking high grade CGC or CBCS-certified comic books to sell or consign. Those interested can 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 is now accepting consignments for their upcoming July Comics and Magazines Grand Auction. Consigning books sooner means that they will receive more exposure. Pedigree promotes and advertises each auction and sends periodic newsletters to all of their over 24,000 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 the upcoming July Auction. 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 July Auction or a future 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 1200 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 or art 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. 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.

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