The Rocky Mountain comic book collection, was declared a pedigree when a few titles were brought to market by ComicLink for the original owner earlier this year, is now being recognized by CGC as a pedigree on the company's certification label. The Rocky Mountain pedigree, so named based on its Colorado roots, contains over 5,000 comic books in high grade runs of Marvel and DC titles from the 1960s and up. 

The comic books were stored meticulously for decades in a cool, dry basement, and have bold, newsstand fresh colors and white or off-white to white pages. There are many Rocky Mountain examples that are the highest certified for their issue. Examples included Amazing Spider-Man #31 sold for $21,961, Fantastic Four #54 sold for $6,400, and X-Men #39 sold for $7,100, all of which were certified by CGC with grades of 9.8. 

The collection is being offered by ComicLink within their Focused Auctions, within which Amazing Spider-Man, and the Silver and Bronze Age Fantastic Four and X-Men runs have already been sold. According to Josh Nathanson, ComicLink President, “There has been overwhelming collector interest in these comic books, and this is the finest collection we’ve brought to market since we opened in 1996. Many of the realized prices for already sold Rocky Mountain examples blew away pre-existing sales records for the issues in the assigned grades.” A few examples of the sales Nathanson is referring to are Fantastic Four #50 CGC 9.4 at $12,750, X-Men #12 CGC 9.6 at $14,000, and Amazing Spider-Man #50 CGC 9.8 at $32,500.

Mark Haspel, CGC President and Primary Grader comments, “One of the unique things about the Rocky Mountain pedigree is that there are photographs of it in its original state, making it one of the most thoroughly documented pedigrees. It has long runs of Marvel and DC, and because of their high grades and their market acceptance, this collection certainly has special merit.”

Comic books previously sold by ComicLink as the Rocky Mountain pedigree without notation on the CGC label can be sent in for pedigree reholdering for an $11 service fee. To qualify, books must remain in their CGC holder as originally certified. Contact CGC for additional information.

The Rocky Mountain Avengers run, among others, is slated to be auctioned by ComicLink in the February Featured Auction, an event which will include vintage comic books from the 1930s up and original art. ComicLink is still taking seller consignments for the February Featured Auction as well as for the January Focused Auction, which will primarily feature Silver and Bronze Age. For more information, contact Josh Nathanson or Douglas Gillock at 718-246-0300 or email buysell@comiclink.com.