Existence and Grades of Silver Age Key Books From the Major Pedigree Collections
The table below should be reasonably self-explanatory. It's a list of the CGC grades of key silver age comic books from several notable comic book pedigrees.
This is a work in progress. I've looked through GPA and all of my auction catalogs, but I'm still combing through sources. For example, I'll be going through my Overstreets soon. Any help people can give now is more than welcome.
There are three separate pieces of information I'm looking for here-
- Whether or not a book exists in a certain pedigree
- The CGC grade
- The original catalog/sale listing grade (especially if it's not CGC Graded)
I'm also open to suggestions as to other books that should be included.
Comments and emails are encouraged!
A Numerical Grade (9.4) indicates a CGC graded copy Exists
A Letter Grade (NM) indicates a copy exists and was graded in a catalog/auction Listing
An X indicates a book exists with no grade information.
| Beth | Bos | Cur | MA | MV | Nor | Ohio | PC | Sav | Slo | TC | WP | WM | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beth | Bos | Cur | MA | MV | Nor | Ohio | PC | Sav | Slo | TC | WP | WM | Win | |
| Adventure #247 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 6.5 | |||||||||||
| Amazing Fantasy #15 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 9.4 | |||||||||
| Amazing Spider-Man #1 | 9.4 (SP) | 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 8.5 | ||||||
| Avengers #1 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 8.5 | |||||||||
| Avengers #4 | 9.0/ 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.5 | ||||||
| Brave and the Bold #28 | 8.0 | 6.5 | ||||||||||||
| Brave and the Bold #34 | FN+ | 9.4 | 9.4 | 8.0 | ||||||||||
| Daredevil #1 | 9.6 | 9.4/ 9.4 | 5.0 | 9.4 | X | |||||||||
| Daredevil #7 | 9.2/ 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.5/ 9.4 | |||||||||||
| Fantastic Four #1 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 9.2 | |||||||||||
| Fantastic Four #2 | 7.5 | 9.4 | ||||||||||||
| Fantastic Four #5 | 8.0 | 9.4 | ||||||||||||
| Flash #105 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 4.5 | ||||||||||
| Flash #123 | 8.0 (SP) | 8.5 | 9.2 | |||||||||||
| Green Lantern #1 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 6.5 | |||||||||||
| Incredible Hulk #1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 8.0 | |||||||||
| JLA #1 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 6.0 | |||||||||||
| Journey into Mystery #83 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 9.6 | ||||||||||
| My Greatest Adventure #80 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | |||||||||||
| Showcase #4 | VF | 8.5 | 8.0 | 3.0 | X | |||||||||
| Showcase #8 | 8.0 | FN+ | ||||||||||||
| Showcase #9 | 8.0 | VF- | ||||||||||||
| Showcase #13 | 9.0 | VF | 6.0 | |||||||||||
| Showcase #22 | VF | 8.0 | 3.0 | NM/ M | ||||||||||
| Showcase #34 | VF | 8.0 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 9.4 | |||||||||
| Tales of Suspense #39 | 9.2/ 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 8.5 | ||||||||
| Tales to Astonish #27 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||
| X-Men #1 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 9.6/ 9.8 | 9.0 (SP) |
Rob: There were 2 copies of DD 1 9.4 in the PC Collection. I had 1 and Roter had 1.
Best, Tom
Brulato has alot of the Marvel WP books. He sent me a list I'll see ifr I can't find it.
Awesome. Thanks!
Hi Rob.
There were 2 Bethlehem TOS #39. One is in 9.2 and one is in 9.4 (my copy!). I discovered this because after I got mine slabbed at a 9.4 with the pedigree verified, I then saw the 9.2 for sale and questioned this with Borock. He made enquiries and got back to me to say there had been 2 in the OO collection.
Also, wasn't the Curator DD #1 sold in CL's November auction for $50K as an old label 9.6?
It's interesting because I bet Bethelehem is going to surprise people. I'm betting it's going to be one of the collections with the highest percentage of keys present.
Good call on the Curator DD #1. I've got to go through ComicLink's notable sales (maybe I'll do that right now…)
some additions:
Avengers 4 Northland = 9.4
FF 1 Northland = 8.0
Showcase 4 Ohio = 8.0
The Pacific Coast Amazing Fantasy 15 is a CGC 6.5, or at least it was back in 2001; I saw it for sale on ComicLink back then. HEAVY chipping on the right edge, otherwise it looked flawless.
Thanks for the update. I'll add that in today.
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