Original-Owner Three Rivers Collection Debuts in Pedigree Comics' August Grand Auction

According to Doug Schmell, CEO and president of Pedigree Comics Inc., his company’s upcoming Grand Auction, scheduled for August 2010, will debut a fantastic high-grade, original-owner collection out of Michigan called the Three Rivers Collection. This consignment of almost 1,000 comics features mostly Silver Age Marvels, DCs and Charltons, plus an amazing group of Dells and Gold Keys, all in high grade. There are many ultra-high-grade Bronze Age Marvels and DCs, plus a few magazines from the ‘70s. “This collection is amazing,” offers Schmell. “It is easily the nicest original-owner group of books we have ever received at Pedigree Comics. The collection was amassed by two brothers who loved comics and bought each issue new off the newsstand where they lived in Three Rivers, Michigan. Each book was carefully picked out, purchased and then put away. None of the books were ever read. The books were horizontally stacked and stored in boxes over the past 47-plus years and then just recently consigned to us. The collection is now in the process of being CGC-graded, and the initial 200 or so Silver Age books will be available to bid on and purchase in the auction. All the books have supple, white pages and are structurally Near Mint. We estimate that the average grade of the books is 9.2 or 9.4, with many 9.6 and 9.8 examples.”

The Marvel portion of the collection features very strong runs of Fantastic Four, Strange Tales and Tales to Astonish. The DCs include runs of Blackhawk, DC Special, Demon, Doom Patrol, Flash, Forever People, Freedom Fighters, Justice League of America, Metal Men, Mr. Miracle, New Gods, Super DC Giant, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, Tarzan, Tomahawk and Wonder Woman. The Dells and Gold Keys include myriad great titles (Bullwinkle, Four Color, Rocky and His Fiendish Friends, Snooper and Blabber, Quick Draw McGraw, Yogi Bear) and an INCREDIBLE, near-complete run of Flintstones #2 - #60. Charlton titles include Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Fightin’ 5, Gorgo, Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves, Peacemaker, Thunderbolt and many more.

Please check this space and the Pedigree Comics website, www.PedigreeComics.com. in the upcoming weeks for more announcements on the auction in general and on the Three Rivers Collection in particular.

If you have high-grade CGC-certified comic books to sell or consign, do yourself a favor and contact Pedigree Comics. Please go to the site for all consignment information, contact them at 561-422-1120 or 561-596-911 or e-mail DougSchmell@pedigreecomics.com. Pedigree Comics consistently sets new sales records for Silver and Bronze Age comics on its website and in each quarterly Grand Auction. Plus, consignors maximize their profits in the Grand Auction by utilizing Pedigree’s innovative Climbing Scale. The higher the value of your consigned books, the more money you take home. Why settle for less by consigning with someone else? 

Prospective consignors can also upload their own scans, item information, descriptions and reserve amounts for the upcoming Grand Auction by utilizing the Automated Consignment System. It is actually very easy and fun to do. Just register on the site, click “Customer Page” under “Your Account” and then click “Consignments” under “Auctions.” You will then be able to enter the Pedigree Comics Consignment Management System and upload your own CGC-certified books and magazines. Pedigree Comics will receive an e-mail automatically once you have uploaded the information and will review the imparted information for accuracy. The item(s) will then be added to the August Grand Auction to be bid on. You will be amazed how simple it is to utilize the Automated Consignment System.

This is a guest article. The thoughts and opinions in this piece are those of their author and are not necessarily the thoughts of the Certified Collectibles Group.