Brand New High Grade CGC Magazines in Pedigree Comics' April Grand Auction

According to Pedigree Comics' President and CEO, Doug Schmell, his upcoming April auction will feature a fabulous collection of high grade, all CGC certified magazines. The auction is scheduled to begin in just over three (3) weeks, on the night of Monday, April 13th and last for ten (10) days until the night of Thursday, April 23rd as a separate event on the Pedigree Comics website (www.PedigreeComics.com). There is no Buyers Premium on any of the lots in the auction and every listing will have no reserve. Every book is CGC graded and the minimum bid is only $20 for the magazines and $100 for the comic books in this auction. You can begin to view the initial high grade Marvel comics and high grade magazines in the Auction Preview right now. Just go to the Pedigree Comics website and click on the Auction banner.

This auction will also feature a low to mid-grade consignment of early Silver Age Marvels, including almost every key, from a collection out of Norfolk, Virginia (the Forrest Brothers Collection) that was put together by two brothers growing up in the 1960's and early 1970's. There are some early runs of Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Journey Into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense and Tales to Astonish. Keys include Amazing Fantasy 15, Avengers 1, Avengers 4, Daredevil 1, Daredevil 7, Fantastic Four 1, Fantastic Four 5, Fantastic Four 12, Journey Into Mystery 85, Sgt. Fury 1, Strange Tales 101, Strange Tales 110, Tales of Suspense 39, Tales to Astonish 27 and Tales to Astonish 35. The Forrest Brothers consignment also contains a bunch of Atlas/Marvel pre-hero monster books plus a nice group of Timelys (All Winners Comics, Captain America and Human Torch).

Please check this space and the Pedigree Comics website each week over the next month for all the latest news, highlights and features from the Forrest Brothers Collection. Most of the books are being finalized at CGC's headquarters and will be scanned and uploaded to the Auction Preview in the next few weeks.

The magazine collection contains over 100 high grade magazines, all CGC certified, almost all in 9.4 and higher grade! There are many different publishers and genres included with nice groups of  Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Dracula Lives, Eerie, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Savage Sword of Conan and Vampirella. Many of the magazines are the highest certified and single highest certified copy so far. EVERY magazine in the collection is being auctioned without a reserve and the minimum bid is only $100.00. Here are the highlights:

Comix Book 1 9.6
Crazy 1 9.8
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 5 9.8
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 7 9.6
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 11 9.8
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 18 9.8
Dracula Lives 1 9.4
Dracula Lives 3 9.6
Dracula Lives 6 9.8
Dracula Lives 7 9.8
Dracula Lives 9 9.6
Eerie 6 9.6
Eerie 10 9.8
Eerie 33 9.8
Eerie 61 9.8
Eerie 68 9.8
Eerie 70 9.6
Eerie 82 9.8
Eerie 88 9.8
Eerie 90 9.8
Eerie 99 9.8
Famous Monsters of Filmland 2 7.5
Famous Monsters of Filmland 5 7.5
Famous monsters of Filmland 8 8.0
Famous Monsters of Filmland 36 9.4
Famous Monsters of Filmland 41 9.4
Famous Monsters of Filmland 44 9.4
Fangoria 1 9.8
Haunt of Horror 1 9.8
Hell Rider 2 9.8
Marvel Comics Super Special 1 9.8
Marvel Comics Super Special 14 9.8
Marvel Graphic Novel 5 9.8
Marvel Preview 2 9.6
Marvel Preview 7 9.6
Nightmare 7 9.8
Psycho 17 9.8
Psycho 23 9.6
Savage Sword of Conan 1 9.6
Savage Sword of Conan 6 9.4
Savage Sword of Conan 19 9.6
Savage Sword of Conan 72 9.8
Savage Sword of Conan 81 9.8
Savage Sword of Conan 83 9.8
Savage Sword of Conan 96 9.8
Savage Sword of Conan 107 9.8
Savage Sword of Conan 113 9.8
Savage Sword of Conan 145 9.8
Savage Tales 1 9.4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 9.6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 9.6
Vampirella 58 9.8

If you have high grade CGC or CBCS certified comic books to sell or consign, do yourself a favor and contact Pedigree Comics' CEO and President, Doug Schmell. Please go to the site (www.PedigreeComics.com)and read the following for all consignment information or contact him directly at (561) 422-1120 or (561) 596-911 or by email at [email protected].

We are now accepting consignments for the April Grand Auction and will continue to do so until the night of Monday, April 13th. The sooner you consign your books the more exposure they will receive. Pedigree Aggressively promotes and advertises each auction and sends periodic newsletters to all of their over 24,000 customers announcing the auction items. They also offer generous cash advances for quality consignments so check the site for consignment instructions and get your books in now.

Mr. Schmell invites you to take advantage of Pedigree’s many outstanding services. Consignors maximize their profits selling in a Grand Auction, more so than on any other auction site or auction house. They do not charge a buyers’ premium, an amount that most bidders take into consideration when bidding in other sites (the bidders simply deduct the buyers’ premium amount, usually 20% of the winning price, from their final bid, meaning less $$ to the consignor and more to the auction site). The higher the value of your book(s) that sell in a Grand Auction, the more $$ you take home under Pedigree Comics’ Climbing Scale as follows:

A Climbing Scale is in effect for consigned comics with a winning bid
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 price).

Pedigree consistently sets new sales records for Golden Age, Silver Age and Bronze Age comic books in each of their bi-monthly auctions and they do not saturate the market with the same material each month. Grand Auctions are unique and exciting, with brand new CGC and CBCS certified and diversified, highest quality material in each event. Why take home less $$ and settle for less by consigning with someone else?

There are three easy ways to consign your books to the upcoming April Grand Auction. The only criteria is that the books must be CGC or CBCS graded and worth no less than $100.00. If you have high grade raw books that you want to have certified and sold in the March/April 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). Here is how to consign:

1. Ship your books to their offices in Wellington, Florida. They will inventory, scan and upload each book into the Grand Auction listing. The items 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.

2. Email the scans of the books you wish to consign directly to them at [email protected]. They will format and upload each scan onto their server and then put each book into the Grand Auction listing. Please use a .jpeg format with the resolution set at 72 and the pixel width at no more than 1200 for optimum clarity. If you do not have a scanner you can use a digital camera.

3. 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 (www.PedigreeComics.com) 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. You 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 item(s) 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 April Grand Auction in general, please contact Mr. Schmell at (561) 422-1120 (office) or (561) 596-9111 (cell) or at [email protected]. For any financial related and consignment payment questions, please contact their CFO, Lisa Shapiro, at [email protected] and for any technical related questions or concerns, please contact their Web Master at [email protected].