Pedigree Comics’ Magazine Mania Auction Part 3 with newly added CGC-certified high grade Marvel Silver Age comics and magazines, ends on Monday, November 25, 2024, according to Pedigree Comics’ CEO and President, Doug Schmell. This auction features many more high grade magazines from the Massachusetts pedigree plus some from a few original owner collections. The auction began on Friday, November 15 as a separate event on the Pedigree Comics website. The first lot (Action Force #1 9.6) ends on Monday, November 25 at 9:15 PM ET and the last lot (Wonderful World of Comics #1 9.6) ends at 11:30 PM ET.

There is no buyer’s premium on any of the lots in the auction and every book and magazine is listed with no reserve. Every book and magazine is CGC-certified and the minimum bid is only $30 for this auction. All of the high grade Massachusetts and non-pedigree magazines and comics can be viewed in the Auction Preview on the Pedigree Comics website.

Many of the magazines in the auction are doubles from the Massachusetts Collection, which was founded in 1993 by dealer Marnin Rosenberg after responding to an ad in the Comic Buyers Guide. The collection contained approximately 4,000 comic books from various publishers and approximately 500 Marvel magazines. Schmell purchased the entire run of Massachusetts magazines directly from Marnin Rosenberg in the early 2000s and began selling them piecemeal on his website beginning in 2006. The bulk of the magazines were recently certified by CGC in the last week with most of them in 9.6 to 9.8 grade.

The auction features many duplicate issues from the Savage Sword of Conan run from this pedigree but there are also duplicate issues of Savage Tales and Planet of the Apes. The non-pedigree titles and runs include Captain Britain, Creepy, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Eerie, Elfquest, Foom, Howard the Duck magazine, Marvel Preview, Marvel Super Special, Marvel Times, Six Million Dollar Man, Space: 1999 Magazine, Vampire Tales, and more.

This third part of the magazine auction also contains a high grade run of Vampirella with close to 50 issues from #2 to #112. The Vampirella run was just graded by CGC in time for this auction.

The auction also contains a group of high grade Silver Age Marvel comics that were just certified by CGC within the last two weeks. Highlights are Amazing Spider-Man #14 9.4, Fantastic Four #49 9.2 and #52 9.4, Giant-Size X-Men #1 9.6, Silver Surfer #1 9.6, Strange Tales #111 9.0 and #123 9.6, and Tales of Suspense #57 9.2.

The group of over 60 Marvel magazines were similarly just graded by CGC. Highlights are Action Force #1 9.6 and #2 9.8, Captain Britain #3 9.8, #9 9.6, #12 9.8, #13 9.6, #16 9.6, #20 9.6, #21 9.8, and #25 9.6, Creepy Yearbook #nn 9.6, Deadliest Heroes of Kung Fu #1 9.6, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #4 9.4, #5 9.6, #6 9.6, #17 9.4, #18 9.6, #20 9.6, #22 9.6, #27 9.6, #28 9.8, #29 9.6, #30 9.8, #31 9.6, and #32 9.6, Dracula Lives #5 9.4, Epic Illustrated #1 9.6, Foom #2 9.6, #3 9.6, #4 9.6, #5 9.8, #6 9.6, #7 9.6, #11 9.6, and #21.6, Golden Age Collector #1 9.4, Howard the Duck Magazine #1 9.8 and #2 9.8, Marvel Comics Postcard Book #nn 9.4, Marvel Comics Super Special #2 9.8, Marvel Movie Premiere #1 9.8, Marvel Preview #1 9.8, #7 9.6, and #8 9.4, Marvel Super Special #5 9.8, #9 9.8, and #27 9.6, Marvel Times #1 9.2, Monsters Unleashed #4 9.4, Nightmare #9 9.0 and #22 9.4, Planet of the Apes #3 9.6 and #4 9.6, Psycho #13 9.2 and #24 9.4, Rampaging Hulk #8 9.6, Savage Sword of Conan #24 9.8, #32 9.8, and #33 9.8, Savage Sword of Conan Annual #1 9.8, Six Million Dollar Man #1 9.6, #2 9.6, and #6 9.6, Vampire Tales #2 9.4, #3 9.4, and #8 9.6, Weird Tales of the Macabre #2 9.4, and Wonderful World of Comics #1 9.6.

Details and specific titles from Pedigree’s upcoming December Bronze and Copper Age Auction that begins on November 29 will be shared in the “Latest News” section on Pedigree’s website, as well as on Scoop.

Pedigree is now accepting consignments for their December Bronze and Copper Age 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 25,000 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.

If you have any questions or comments about the consignment process, any of the auction lots in the Marvelous Massachusetts Marvel Magazine Mania Auction Part III or about the 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 their CFO, Lisa Shapiro, at LisaJoy@pedigreecomics.com and for any technical related questions or concerns, contact their Web Master at WebDesigner@pedigreecomics.com.