If you're a high-grade Silver Age Spider-Man collector you won't want to miss the opportunity to acquire the only CGC 9.8 of Amazing Spider-Man #5. The copy is the only 9.8 example out of over 920 copies submitted to CGC. The copy is currently being offered in the Pedigree Comics Grand Auction which ends January 18, 2012.
The auction has over 400 high grade CGC certified Marvels and DC's from the Silver and Bronze, but there are some incredible books to choose from. 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.
Collectors looking for Bronze Age keys have many to choose from including Amazing Spider-Man #100 CGC 9.6, Amazing Spider-Man #121 CGC 9.6, Amazing Spider-Man #122 CGC 9.8, Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 9.6, Conan the Barbarian #1 CGC 9.6, Ghost Rider #1 CGC 9.6, Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.8, Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.6, Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.8, Iron Fist #14 CGC 9.6, Marvel Spotlight #5 CGC 9.4, Tomb of Dracula #1 CGC 9.6, Tomb of Dracula #10 CGC 9.8, Werewolf By Night #1 CGC 9.6, X-Men #94 CGC 9.4, X-Men #95 CGC 9.8.
Another area CPG fans should check out is a high grade Silver Age Marvels from the orignal owner and being labeled as the New York State Collection.
This amazing group of books comes from the private collection of an artist who worked for both DC and Marvel. He began as an inker in the early 1980's for DC and then shortly thereafter for Marvel. In the later years he worked for Dark Horse, Valiant and Topps. At DC he was the inker on various mystery titles plus Tomahawk and Challengers of the Unknown (in which George Tuska was the penciler). For Marvel, he worked on Crazy, Defenders, Powerman and Iron Fist and especially G.I. Joe, A Real America Hero, G.I. Joe Special Missions, Vision and the Scarlet Witch, Barbie plus a few issues of Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man and a Spider-Man Graphic novel. For Dark Horse he inked the first Droids series, Indiana Jones, Young Indiana Jones and Aliens. He also was the inker for Valiant's Zelda/Link adventures and for Topps' Zorro and his career ended in 1997.
He began collecting comics in the early 1960's, concentrating on the Marvel superhero titles. All of the books in his collection were bought first hand in New York State, initially in Scarsdale and later on in New York City. He purchased them from local news stands, read each book carefully and then stored them in his bedroom closet. After a few years they were put into polypropylene bags. He also collected DCs, Warren magazines, Heavy Metal, Atlas, Tower, comic strip collections, etc. This non-Marvel portion of his collection is still in storage and will be consigned to Pedigree Comics in the near future.
The auction contains only the high grade issues from his runs of Marvel titles. The titles include the most popular ones such as Amazing Spider-Man; Avengers; Daredevil; Fantastic Four; Journey Into Mystery; Sgt. Fury; Tales of Suspense; Thor and X-Men. There are strong runs of these titles with many books in the 7.5 to 8.5 range plus many in 9.0 to 9.6. Only the high grade copies will be debuting in the auction as the remaining books from the collection will be available in the New Arrivals and For Sale section of the site. Every book will be listed in the auction without a reserve.
You can view the auction offerings at www.PedigreeComics.com.