New High Grade Silver & Early Bronze Age Superman Run in Pedigree Comics' March Grand Auction

According to CEO and President Doug Schmell of Pedigree Comics, Inc., he recently purchased a high grade CGC Silver Age DC collection for his company's upcoming March Grand Auction. The auction is scheduled to begin in just a few days, on the night of Monday, March 2nd and last for ten (10) days until the night of Thursday, March 12th as a separate event on the Pedigree Comics website (www.PedigreeComics.com). The first half of lots end on Wednesday night, March 12th beginning at 8:30 PM EST and the second half of lots end on Thursday night, March 12th beginning at 8:30. There is no Buyers Premium on any of the lots in the auction and almost every listing (save for a few) will have no reserve. Every book is CGC or CBCS graded and the minimum bid is only $20 for this Grand Auction. You can view the high grade comics in the Auction Preview right now (over 750 brand new books). Just go to the Pedigree Comics website and click on the Auction banner.

The brand new Silver Age DC collection comes out of central New Jersey (Randolph) and consists of over 150 CGC certified books, mostly in high grade. Titles and runs include Action Comics (amazing run), Adventure Comics, Batman (fabulous run), Detective Comics, Flash, Superboy, Superman, World's Finest Comics and more. There are many keys and highest certified books in the collection, highlighted by the world's only known 9.4 copy of Batman #100 plus a Batman #121 in CGC certified 9.0!

Please check the Pedigree Comics website and this space each week for the next two weeks for more details and specific titles and runs from the collection. This week the focus is on the Silver Age to early Bronze Age Superman run, which consists of approximately 80 high grade issues from the late 1960's to the beginning of the 1970's. The Superman run is rivaled by only the Action Comics run as the best in the auction and features many keys and in-demand issues. A bunch are the highest certified copy to date. There are even a few doubles of issues in the run and many of the issues have white pages! Here are the highlights:

Superman 76 8.5
Superman 126 8.5
Superman 130 9.0
Superman 139 9.0
Superman 149 9.0
Superman 151 9.4
Superman 154 9.4
Superman 158 9.2
Superman 173 9.0
Superman 177 9.4
Superman 183 9.8
Superman 189 9.4 (Savannah)
Superman 197 9.4
Superman 200 9.4
Superman 202 9.4
Superman 203 9.6
Superman 204 9.6
Superman 205 9.6
Superman 208 9.8
Superman 212 9.6
Superman 214 9.6 (Northland)
Superman 215 9.8
Superman 220 9.8
Superman 221 9.8
Superman 222 9.8
Superman 224 9.6 (Twin Cities)
Superman 225 9.6
Superman 226 9.8
Superman 228 9.6
Superman 232 9.6
Superman 235 9.6
Superman 236 9.6
Superman 237 9.8
Superman 239 9.8
Superman 247 9.8
Superman 249 9.8
Superman 250 9.8
Superman 265 9.8
Superman 269 9.8
Superman 272 9.8
Superman 278 9.8
Superman 284 9.6

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].

Pedigree is still accepting consignments for the March Grand Auction. The sooner you consign your books the more exposure they will receive. Pedigree aggressively promotes and advertises each auction and send 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 the 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 their upcoming March Grand Auction. The only criteria is that the books must be CGC or CBCS graded and worth no less than $20.00. If you have high grade raw books that you want to have certified and sold in the January 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 optimal 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. They 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 March 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].