Pedigree - Who/What Decides4706

Originally Posted by MarcJ
For pedigrees, who or what decides what is considered an "official" pedigree? Or is there even such a thing as an official pedigree?

For example, I wouldn't consider just any collection "The xxxx Pedigree".

Originally Posted by West_S
Occasionally, new collections are discovered that are worthy of being designated as a pedigree collection. Listed below are some aspects that help determine whether or not a new collection can be considered for pedigree status for CBCS.

The collection must be from one source. Typically, pedigree collections are accumulated by an original comic book purchaser who bought them off the newsstand when the comics were first published. A collection cannot be a pedigree if the comics were acquired from buying back issues from dealers and assembled in that fashion.

The comic books must be vintage. The first named pedigree collections were all Golden Age books (Comics dating 1930’s -1950’s). In the 1990’s the hobby started to recognize comic books from the 1960’s could also attain pedigree status as the marketplace accepted these newly discovered collections as pedigrees. Today, a comic book collection that has comics from the 1970’s can be considered for pedigree status, but the collection must also contain comic books from the 1960’s or earlier as well.

The comics must be in high grade. There are a lot of collections discovered that are old and from an original source, but equally important is condition. A vast majority of the comics must be in high grade for it to be considered a pedigree. Also, the comics must also have a high state of preservation, meaning books must be fresh with above average paper quality. Collections with significant tanning or brittle pages will not be considered for pedigree status.

Finally, the collection must have a certain amount of books in the collection. Collections of 20 books would not be enough. Often, pedigree collections will have 1,000 to 10,000 or more comics. Some smaller collections have surfaced that were pedigree worthy, but those collections generally consisted of key issues and #1 issues.

Originally Posted by BLBcomics
"pedigree" is over hyped marketing non-sense.

Originally Posted by OrbitCityComics
Basically, a lot of it boils down to CGC recognizing it as such. I'm curious to see what, if anything, becomes of the modern age.

The current age has a ton of unread comics, and not sure if it's possible to prove single ownership of any given set of moderns.

Originally Posted by martymann
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Originally Posted by West_S
Occasionally, new collections are discovered that are worthy of being designated as a pedigree collection. Listed below are some aspects that help determine whether or not a new collection can be considered for pedigree status for CBCS.

The collection must be from one source. Typically, pedigree collections are accumulated by an original comic book purchaser who bought them off the newsstand when the comics were first published. A collection cannot be a pedigree if the comics were acquired from buying back issues from dealers and assembled in that fashion.

The comic books must be vintage. The first named pedigree collections were all Golden Age books (Comics dating 1930’s -1950’s). In the 1990’s the hobby started to recognize comic books from the 1960’s could also attain pedigree status as the marketplace accepted these newly discovered collections as pedigrees. Today, a comic book collection that has comics from the 1970’s can be considered for pedigree status, but the collection must also contain comic books from the 1960’s or earlier as well.

The comics must be in high grade. There are a lot of collections discovered that are old and from an original source, but equally important is condition. A vast majority of the comics must be in high grade for it to be considered a pedigree. Also, the comics must also have a high state of preservation, meaning books must be fresh with above average paper quality. Collections with significant tanning or brittle pages will not be considered for pedigree status.

Finally, the collection must have a certain amount of books in the collection. Collections of 20 books would not be enough. Often, pedigree collections will have 1,000 to 10,000 or more comics. Some smaller collections have surfaced that were pedigree worthy, but those collections generally consisted of key issues and #1 issues.

EXCELLENT EXPLANATION! Exactly what I have been told by both CGC
and CBCS when asking about my Collection.

Marty Mann

Originally Posted by Homer
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Originally Posted by BLBcomics
"pedigree" is over hyped marketing non-sense.

You just posted on Ebay a Crack comics 37 self graded 8.5 at 400% of guide, you listed it as the Tom Reilly High Grade.