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02/26/2010 to 04/29/2010

Fantastic Four #1 in 9.4 in Our April Grand Auction! - MAJOR NEWS!! We will be offering an incredible group of Silver Age Marvels in our upcoming Grand Auction, scheduled to begin on Sunday night, April 18th at 8:00 p.m. The auction will last for 10 days until the evening of Sunday, April 28th and will feature a few hundred choice high grade and ultra high grade Silver and Bronze Age Marvels and DC’s. The highlight of the auction is the second best known copy of Fantastic Four #1, a CGC graded 9.4 with white pages. It is one of only 4 certified 9.4 copies in the world, trailing only one in 9.6, and represents only the second time a certified Near-Mint example has been publicly offered for sale. The last sale of an FF #1 in 9.4 was almost 8 years ago, back in June, 2002! Featuring the origin and first appearance of the Fantastic Four, the book represents the second most valuable Silver Age comic , trailing only Amazing Fantasy #15 (origin and first appearance of Spider-Man). It is also extremely rare to find in the higher grades, with only 1 in 9.6, 4 in 9.4, 2 in 9.2 and 1 in 9.0, easily making it one of the toughest early Silver Age Marvel keys to find in VF/NM or better (comparatively, there is 1 Amazing Fantasy #15 in 9.6, plus 6 in 9.4, 2 in 9.2 and 5 in 9.0). It is widely considered one of the most important comic books of all time as it ushered in what is now called the “Marvel Age of Comics” and spearheaded Marvels launch to greatness. Cover-dated November, 1961, it was on the newsstands in early August, 1961 and is rapidly approaching its 50th anniversary. We estimate the book will sell for over $250,000 and establish a new record for a Silver Age comic book. Many other Silver Age Marvels will be featured in the April Grand Auction as well as some high-end 1970’s books. Here is a list of some of the early highlights: Amazing Adventures 16 9.8; Amazing Spider-Man 3 9.3; Amazing Spider-Man 19 9.8; Amazing Spider-Man 43 9.8; Avengers 4 9.4; Avengers 94 9.6; Fantastic Four 1 8.5; Fantastic Four 5 9.4; Fantastic Four 6 9.6; Fantastic Four 89 9.8; Daredevil 1 9.4 (Pacific Coast); Incredible Hulk 5 8.5; Incredible hulk 6 9.2; Incredible Hulk 122 9.8; Marvel Feature 1 9.8; Tales of Suspense 57 9.4; X-Men 1 9.2; X-Men 2 9.6; X-Men 3 9.6 and X-Men 94 9.8. Many more new books will be listed in the upcoming weeks so please check the site every day (www.PedigreeComics.com) for all the latest news, announcements and updates about the auction. You can begin viewing the items in the Auction Preview beginning on Monday, March 1st. Do yourself a favor and go through your CGC graded books now in order to get early billing for the auction. Pedigree aggressively markets and advertises their auctions so the sooner your consignments are included, the more publicity and attention they will receive. In addition, the higher the value of your book(s) that sell in the auction the more $$ you take home under Pedigree's Climbing Scale. Pedigree consistently sets new sales records for Silver and Bronze Age comics in each Grand Auction as well as on its Web site. 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 Grand Auction by utilizing the Automated Consignment System. It is actually very easy and fun to do. Just register onto 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 email automatically once you have uploaded the information and they will then review the information imparted for accuracy. The item(s) will then be added to the April Grand Auction to be bid on. You will be amazed how simple it is to utilize the Automated Consignment System.