Pedigree Comics has just acquired a consignment of an incredible collection of all Modern Variants for their upcoming January 2016 Grand Auction, according to Doug Schmell, President and CEO of Pedigree. The auction is scheduled to begin on the night of Monday, January 4 and last for ten days until the night of Thursday, January 14 as a separate event on www.PedigreeComics.com. The first half of lots will end on the night of Wednesday, January 13 and the second half on the night of the January 14. There is no buyer’s premium on any of the lots in the auction and every item will have no reserve. Every book is CGC or CBCS graded and there is no minimum bid for this special auction. You can view over 200 lots in the Auction Preview right now. Just go to the Pedigree Comics website and click on the January 2016 Modern Variants Grand Auction banner.

The Modern Variants come from a collection of just over 700 high grade CGC certified comics, that are all Modern or Copper Age, out of Wellington, Florida that was recently consigned to Pedigree for the auction. Over 97% of the books in the collection are graded at least 9.6, and most are 9.8 and higher. Every book was carefully picked out by the seller for its eye appeal, structure and centering. He would only buy a book from each stack if it was the absolute nicest looking one and was basically perfect. He also mainly chose the books based on their covers, concentrating on superheroes and #1 issues. He then submitted every one of his raw comics to CGC for certification with spectacular results, with no book getting less than a 9.4 grade. Most of the books are the highest certified copy to date and a few are the single highest certified.

More than half of the books, approximately 500, are Marvels but there are other publishers as well, including approximately 150 books from DC, plus Image, Valiant, Dark Horse, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW, Radical Comics, and Archie Publications. Almost every Modern comic book title you can think of is part of the collection in brand-new, scratch-free CGC holders and almost every issue is one type of variant or another.

The variants include sketch covers, variant covers, 3-D variant covers, movie variant covers, action figure variant covers, negative editions, premiere editions, retail incentive editions, sketch editions, special editions, limited editions, variant editions, and others. In addition, there are a bunch of CGC Signature Series copies.   

As you can imagine with this many Modern books and the collector’s passion for only the nicest looking example of that particular issue he could find, every book has white pages with perfect registration and cover gloss. Overall, this is the greatest collection of Modern Variants ever offered at Pedigree. There are many great issues in the collection to upgrade on lower certified copies or to fill holes in your want-lists.

Pedigree Comics is very proud to bring this incredible Modern Variants Collection to market. In addition to providing the usual high resolution scans of the front cover of each issue, they will provide larger size scans as well as back cover scans for any book in the run upon request. Again, every book is professionally graded by the experts at the CGC and every book will be listed without a reserve or minimum bid.

Check www.PedigreeComics.com and the Latest News section as well as Scoop next week on Friday, December 11, plus each week over the next six weeks for all the latest additions to the auction.

If you have high grade CGC or CBCS certified comic books to sell or consign, contact Pedigree Comics. Go to the site www.PedigreeComics.com and read the following for all consignment information or contact them directly at (561) 422-1120 or (561) 596-911 or by email at DougSchmell@pedigreecomics.com.

Pedigree Comics is now accepting consignments for their upcoming January Grand Auction. The sooner you consign your books the more exposure they will receive. Pedigree promotes and advertises each auction and sends periodic newsletters to all of their over 21,000 customers announcing the auction items. Pedigree also offers cash advances for quality consignments so check the site for consignment instructions and get your books in now.

The higher the value of the comics sold in a Grand Auction, the more money the consignor takes home under Pedigree Comics’ Climbing Scale 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

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 or CBCS graded and worth no less than $100. If you have high grade raw books that you want to have certified and sold in the 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).

To consign you can 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.

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. Use a .jpeg format with the resolution set at 72 and the pixel width at 550 for optimum clarity. If you do not have a scanner you can use a digital camera.

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 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 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 items 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 January Grand Auction in general, contact Mr. Schmell at (561) 422-1120 (office) or (561) 596-9111 (cell) or at DougSchmell@pedigreecomics.com. For any financial related and consignment payment questions, contact Pedigree’s CFO, Lisa Shapiro, at LisaJoy@pedigreecomics.com and for any technical related questions or concerns, contact their Web Master at WebDesigner@pedigreecomics.com.