CGC new pedigree label9526

Originally Posted by CatmanAmerica
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Originally Posted by BigRedOne1944
I tend to side with Donnied.... The "Pedigree" Thing is a bunch of BS. Just another slick marketing ploy to dup people into paying a premium.

I would never give a premium for any pedigree book and if I did somehow end up with one I would have it re-slabbed as I have no desire to have someone else name on my book.

The (BOOK) and its (GRADE) is (ALL) that matters, where it came from is irrelevant.

Sides are fine when they add to a well rounded meal, but for a great main coarse my preference is the filet mignon.

Originally Posted by BigRedOne1944
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Originally Posted by Jesse_O
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Originally Posted by BigRedOne1944
... and if I did somehow end up with one I would have it re-slabbed as I have no desire to have someone else name on my book.

@BigRedOne1944 I just have to play Devil's advocate for a second. If there were a Lee Marvin Pedigree of Golden Age Captain America Comics, and you owned a slabbed one with the pedigree right on the label, would you still send it in to get the pedigree note taken off??

Apples and Oranges here Jessie

Lee Marvin is a celebrity, as is Jack Kirby. Both with distinguished careers in their respected genres.
Any books such as those may very well draw a premium for their "celebrity status" regardless of actual book condition. The Book grade is not necessarily the Star here

"Pedigree Status" of some Tom, Dick or Harry is based Solely on book condition and the reprieved perception that it came from a superior cared for collection. There is no celebrity status involved here.
Book condition is the Star here... Tom, Dick and Harry are irrelevant.

Originally Posted by BigRedOne1944

Depends on how big of an ego your trying to feed. Chief can serve it on silver platter or a paper plate but its still the same filet Mignon

Originally Posted by BigRedOne1944
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Originally Posted by GAC
it's more information about the actual book. Why is this an issue for people? if you had a book right from, let's say Jack Kirby's collection, you wouldn't want that noted? I don't understand complaints for services you wouldn't use. its like being angry with Sesame Street..if you wont use the service then you're not the target audience.

More Information? Useless Information IMHO. There are plenty of people with super nice collections, many on this very board. I have some superior looking books myself.... would you like my name on the label of your newly acquired book? Oh and I'll need to charge you a premium for it of coarse.

This Pedigree thing would most certainly make P.T Barnum proud

Originally Posted by Donnied
If I bothered to send in my comics from the Edgar Church collection to CGC, even with my receipt from Mile High, they would not put a black label on them. Because if they did, CGC would lose all credibility as experts, since they could not tell that those exact books are the copies that I bought over thirty years ago. Even if they had a label on the bags! Think of it along the lines of the signature program with red and yellow labels.