According to Pedigree Comics’ Doug Schmell, the President and CEO of the company, the consignments are coming in for their upcoming Grand Auction, scheduled to begin in just over five (5) weeks on the night of Tuesday, July 12th, and last for seven (7) days until the evening of Tuesday, July 1, 2011. The auction will have over 300 choice high grade CGC certified Marvels and DC’s from the Silver and Bronze Ages. The sooner you consign your books the more exposure and press they will receive. Pedigree aggressively promotes and advertizes each Grand Auction on many online sites and trade publications and they also send periodic newsletters to all of their over 17,000 customers announcing the individual auction items. There is no Buyers Premium on any of the lots in the auction and most of the books will have no reserve. Every book is CGC graded and the minimum bid is only $100. You can check out the Auction Preview right now at www.PedigreeComics.com.
There are already some incredible high grade Marvels in the auction, which will also feature some brand new Silver Age DC’s and Marvels from the Bogota Collection and more choice investment quality Silver and Bronze age comics. Here are some of the initial auction consignments, some of which are the highest CGC certified and best existing copies:
Amazing Spider-Man #33 9.6
Amazing Spider-Man #62 9.8
Amazing Spider-Man #129 9.8
Avengers #4 9.4
Avengers #93 9.6
Daredevil #16 9.8
Strange Tales #121 9.6
Strange Tales #147 9.8
Strange Tales #166 9.6 (Pacific Coast)
Strange Tales #167 9.6 (Boston)
Tales of Suspense #95 9.6 (Northland)
Tales to Astonish #38 9.6
Tales to Astonish #43 9.6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 9.6
X-Men #37 9.6 (Rocky Mountain)
The absolute highlight of this auction will be the over 30 ultra high grade early Silver Age Marvels from the Twin Cities Collection that Mr. Schmell recently purchased. Every book is in certified CGC 9.4 and higher (save for a couple in 9.0 and 9.2) and has off-white to white or white page quality. The books from this newly minted pedigree are just phenomenal and are amongst the nicest existing copies for each particular issue. Every Twin Cities book will be listed without a reserve. Here is the list of the books from this amazing original owner collection:
Amazing Spider-Man #3
Amazing Spider-Man #10
Amazing Spider-Man #14
Amazing Spider-Man #21
Amazing Spider-Man #25
Amazing Spider-Man #27
Avengers #6
Avengers #7
Avengers #10
Avengers #13
Avengers #25
Batman #169
Daredevil #1
Daredevil #8
Fantastic Four #12
Fantastic Four #13
Fantastic Four #17
Fantastic Four #45
Fantastic Four #46
Hawkman #1
Journey Into Mystery #83
Journey Into Mystery #92
Journey Into Mystery #98
Journey Into Mystery #100
Journey Into Mystery #101
Silver Surfer #3
Strange Tales #121
Tales of Suspense #40
Tales of Suspense #62
X-Men #13
X-Men #17
X-Men #18
X-Men #47
Pedigree will continue to accept consignments for the auction until midnight on Wednesday, July 13th, so check the site and/or read the following for consignment instructions and get your books in now.
Mr. Schmell invites you to take advantage of Pedigree’s many outstanding services. Pedigree does 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 money 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 money you take home under Pedigree Comics’ Climbing Scale.
A Climbing Scale is in effect for consigned items 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 Comics consistently sets new sales records for Golden Age, Silver Age and Bronze Age comic books and magazines 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 certified and diversified, highest quality material in each event.
There are three easy ways to consign your books to any of Pedigree’s upcoming Grand Auctions. The only criteria is that the books must be CGC graded and worth no less than $100.00. If you have high grade raw books that you want to have certified and sold in a 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 grading fees in advance for you (refer to the website for all the details of the Raw to Riches Consignment Service).
Here is how to consign:
1. Ship your books directly to their offices in Wellington, Florida. They will inventory, scan and upload each book into the Grand Auction listing. The books 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 DougSchmell@pedigreecomics.com. 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 550 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 our 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 certified books and magazines. Pedigree 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.
If you have any questions or comments about the consignment process, any of the auction lots or about the Grand Auction in general, please contact Mr. Schmell, at 561-422-1120 (office) or 561-596-9111 (mobile) or by email at DougSchmell@pedigreecomics.com. For any financial related and consignment payment questions, please contact Pedigree's CFO Lisa Shapiro at Lisa@pedigreecomics.com and for any technical related questions or concerns, please contact their Web Master at WebDesigner@pedigreecomics.com.