Pedigree Comics’ January 2020 Grand Auction began on Monday, January 13, 2020 and lasts for ten days until the night of Thursday, January 23 as a separate event on the Pedigree Comics website (www.PedigreeComics.com).

The first half of lots (1st Issue Special #1 9.8 to Justice League of America #88 9.4) end beginning at 8:00 PM ET on the night of Wednesday, January 22 and the second half of lots (Justice League of America #94 9.6 to X-Men #141 9.8) end on Thursday night, January 23 beginning at 8 PM ET.

There is no buyer’s premium on any of the lots in the auction and almost every listing will have no reserve. Every book is CGC or CBCS-graded and the minimum bid is only $100 for this Grand Auction. A total of 984 high grade comics and magazines are open for bidding on Pedigree’s website in the Auction Listing by clicking on the Auction banner.

The auction has many runs and groups of books, plus many individual highest certified comics. The highlight is the incredible, original owner Bronze Age Marvel and DC find from Davie, Florida. The Davie Collection has approximately 600 Bronze Age Marvel comics with some DC issues and some choice magazines. The new, recently certified collection is graded CGC 9.6 and higher. It spans from 1968 to the mid-1980s and features almost every Marvel title and many from DC. There are over 500 comics in the collection and nearly 100 magazines, all in CGC 9.6 and 9.8 grade.

The collector bought every book brand new from a few different comic book shops located in South Florida and never read one of them. He just put each book away in a mylar sleeve and backing board in acid free boxes and stored them in a climate controlled closet for the past 40-plus years. Almost every book has white pages and impressive cover gloss. There are many keys in the collection and many are the CGC highest graded copies and a few are the single highest. Every Davie book is being auctioned with no reserve.

Highlights from the Davie Collection include a run of late Silver to early Bronze Age X-Men, a selection of highest graded and single highest graded early 1970s DC horror, a great group of high grade Superman titles, high grade Batman and Detective Comics, a run of 9.8 graded Star Wars comics, highest certified Vampirella, and many more.

This is one of the very best auctions of high grade Bronze Age Marvel and DC comic books that Pedigree has offered. Many of the books are in CGC 9.8 condition and are the highest graded copies. A bunch are also the single highest graded. Many of the books were recently graded by CGC and many come from different consignments.

This final group of books come from a consignment out of North Carolina includes Action Comics #386 9.8, Amazing Spider-Man #19 9.8, #31 9.8 (German Edition), #91 9.8, and #132 9.8, Avengers #3 9.6, #11 9.6, #13 9.6, #17 9.6, and #47 9.8, Avengers Annual #7 9.8, Batman #206 9.8 and #207 9.8, Bone #1 9.8 (CGC Signature Series), Bloodshot #0 9.8 (Platinum printing variant), Captain America #143 9.8, Captain Marvel #14 9.8, #30 9.8, #32 9.8, and #35 9.8, Cat #2 9.8 and #3 9.8, Chamber of Chills #1 9.8, Daredevil #8 9.8, #34 9.8, #73 9.8, #74 9.8, #85 9.8, #91 9.6, #92 9.8, #97 9.8, and #158 9.8, Fantastic Four #62 9.8, #63 9.8, and #73 9.8, Flash #129 9.6, Incredible Hulk #112 9.8 and #172 9.8, Incredible Hulk Annual #1 9.8, Inhumans #1 9.8, Iron Fist #1 9.6, Iron Man #42 9.8, #46 9.8, #78 9.8, #84 9.8, #87 9.8, and #98 9.8, Nova #12 9.8, Marvel Premiere #16 9.8, Marvel Team-Up #15 9.8 and #26 9.8, Nick Fury #8 9.8 and #14 9.6, Our Fighting Forces #118 9.6, #121 9.8, and #122 9.8, Skull, the Slayer #1 9.8, Strange Tales #170 9.8, Superman #222 9.8, Wonder Woman #141 9.6 and #144 9.8, and X-Men #102 9.8 and #103 9.8.

The late Silver to early Bronze Age X-Men run from the Davie Collection includes a near-complete group of the Claremont and Byrne issues with almost every issue graded 9.8 or 9.6. There are around 50 issues in total and all of them have white pages save for a few late 1960s issues. They include X-Men #49 9.4, #50 9.6, #56 9.6, #78 9.6, #79 9.6, #83 9.4, #84 9.8, #85 9.8, #87 9.6, #88 9.6, #90 9.4, #93 9.6, #94 9.2, #98 9.6, #100 9.6, #107 9.6, #108 9.8, #109 9.8, #112 9.8, #115 9.8, #116 9.8, #117 9.8, #118 9.8, #120 9.8, #126 9.8, #127 9.8, #129 9.6, #130 9.8, #132 9.8, #133 9.8, #134 9.8, #138 9.8, #139 9.8, and #141 9.8.

The 1970s DC horror comics from the Davie Collection includes a run of mostly never before offered Bronze Age DC horror gems. Almost every issue is a 9.8 or 9.6 with the rest in 9.4. There are over 40 issues in total and the majority have white pages. Many are the highest certified copy, and a few are the single highest.

They include Doorway To Nightmare #1 9.8 (highest certified copy), Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion #13 9.6 (highest certified copy) and #15 9.6, From Beyond the Unknown #24 9.6 (highest certified copy), Ghosts #8 9.4, #9 9.6, #21 9.8 (highest certified copy), and #36 9.8 (highest certified copy), House of Mystery #211 9.4, #214 9.4, #216 9.4, #217 9.6, #220 9.8 (highest certified copy), #221 9.4, #252 9.6, #256 9.6 (single highest certified), #262 9.8 (single highest certified copy), #278 9.6 (highest certified copy), and #281 9.8 (highest certified copy), House of Secrets #105 9.2, #113 9.4, #124 9.4, and #145 9.8 (highest certified copy), and Phantom Stranger #18 9.6 and #33 9.8 (highest certified copy).

Additional highlights from this group are Secrets of Haunted House #1 9.6, Secrets of Sinister House #7 9.8 (highest certified copy), Unexpected #150 9.8 (single highest certified copy), #151 9.8 (single highest certified copy), #152 9.8 (single highest certified copy), #153 9.8 (highest certified copy), and #159 9.6 (highest certified copy), Weird Mystery Tales #13 9.6, #14 9.8 (single highest certified copy), #15 9.6 (single highest certified copy), and #19 9.8 (single highest certified copy), Weird War Tales #14 9.4, #23 9.8 (highest certified copy), #38 9.8 (highest certified copy), #64 9.8 (highest certified copy), and #93 9.8 (highest certified copy), and Witching Hour #24 9.6 (highest certified copy), #34 9.6 (highest certified copy), and #46 9.6 (highest certified copy).

The high grade run of late 1960s and early 1970s Superman titles from the Davie Collection are in 9.8 or 9.6 with the rest in 9.4 with a few in 9.2 and 9.0. There are almost 50 issues in total and the majority have white pages. Many are the highest certified copy, and a few are the single highest.

Highlights are Superboy #138 9.2, #165 9.8, #171 9.8, #173 9.6, #177 9.6, #197 9.6, and #198 9.8, Supergirl #1 9.8, #7 9.6, and #8 9.6, Superman #204 9.6, #215 9.6, #220 9.8, #221 9.8, #222 9.6, #224 9.6, #225 9.6, #226 9.6, #232 9.6, #236 9.6, #237 9.8, #239 9.6, #242 9.6, #267 9.6, #269 9.8, #270 9.6, #272 9.6, #278 9.8, and #279 9.8, Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane #105 9.6, #112 9.8, #115 9.6, #119 9.6, #121 9.8, #122 9.8, #126 9.8, and #133 9.6, and Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #119 9.6, #122 9.4, #136 9.8, #138 9.6, and #139 9.6.

Almost every issue in the Batman group from the Davie Collection is a 9.6 and higher with only a few in 9.4 and 9.2. There are over 40 issues in total and almost every one has white pages. A bunch are the highest certified copy to date. They include Batman #199 9.2, #221 9.2, #224 9.6, #225 9.6, #228 9.6, #233 9.6, #235 9.8, #236 9.8, #239 9.4, #241 9.6, #245 9.4, #252 9.4, #253 9.8, #255 9.8, #256 9.4, #258 9.6, #259 9.6, #294 9.8, #317 9.8, #321 9.8, #323 9.8, #334 9.8, #357 9.8, and #359 9.8, and Detective Comics #403 9.8, #412 9.8, #413 9.6, #415 9.4, #416 9.8, #422 9.6, #436 9.6, #446 9.8, #455 9.6, #477 9.8, #482 9.8, #489 9.8, and #532 9.8.

Most of the Marvel/Curtis and other publishers’ magazines are the highest or second highest certified copy. There are many never before offered issues for sale and most have white pages. There are over 40 magazines to choose from, including Comix International #1 9.4, Crazy #1 9.8, Dracula Lives #9 9.8, Love and Rockets #1 9.6 and #2 9.6, Marvel Preview #10 9.8, Marvel Super Special #5 9.8, #10 9.6, #14 9.8, #18 9.8, #20 9.6, and #27 9.6, Mr. A #1 9.6, Monster Madness #3 9.6, Rampaging Hulk #5 9.6, #8 9.8, and #9 9.8, Savage Sword of Conan #1 9.6, #2 9.8, and #4 9.6, Vampire Tales #2 9.2, and Vampirella #46 9.6, #59 9.8, #62 9.6, #72 9.6, #77 9.6, #86 9.6, #87 9.8, #88 9.8, #89 9.8, #92 9.6, #99 9.8, #109 9.6, and #110 9.6.

If you have any questions or comments about the January Grand Auction, 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.