The Lamont Larson Pedigree Project is officially digital, searchable, and open source. Following the framework we built over at EdgarChurchData.com, I have spent months decoding a notoriously brutal, abbreviated handwritten inventory of the legendary Lamont Larson collection. Today, the first functional version of this master data sheet is officially complete, and I am putting the information directly into the hands of the collecting community.

In this quick housekeeping video, we take a look at the base structure of the tracking list, discuss how to navigate it on GitHub, and break down some of the shocking baseline statistics hidden within the first 325 verified CGC-graded copies.

CSV: https://d299m2wou7dqvp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20165651/larson-list.csv

Original PDF: https://d299m2wou7dqvp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20165843/larson-list.pdf

The Project on Github: https://github.com/roblarsen/comic-book-pedigree-data/tree/main/Larso

Browsable interface: https://roblarsen.org/comic-book-pedigree-data

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📊 The Edgar Church Data Project
The ultimate resource for tracking the most important pedigree collection in history.

Official Site: http://edgarchurchdata.com

📝 Deep Dives & Analysis
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The $100,000 Club: https://itsalljustcomics.com/100000-club/
Timeline of Record Sales: https://itsalljustcomics.com/a-timeline-of-world-record-comic-book-sales/
Silver Age Key & Pedigree Data:https://itsalljustcomics.com/existence-and-grades-of-silver-age-key-books-from-the-major-pedigree-collections/
Most Valuable Comics: https://itsalljustcomics.com/the-most-valuable-comic-books-in-the-world/

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We are taking a trip back to one of the highlights of the "serious" 1990s comic book auctions. This Thursday, I’m bringing out pristine overhead scans of one of the most historically interesting artifacts in our hobby's history: the 1994 Sotheby’s Comic Books and Comic Art catalog. As with all the early Sotheby's catalogs, this auction was chock full of incredible lots, including several truly iconic original art lots.

Using high-resolution, full-page scans, we are going to flip through this historic catalog page-by-page, looking for gems.

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/edgar-churchs-basement/id1872746765
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📊 The Edgar Church Data Project
The ultimate resource for tracking the most important pedigree collection in history.

Official Site: http://edgarchurchdata.com

📝 Deep Dives & Analysis
The Main Blog: https://itsalljustcomics.com/
The $100,000 Club: https://itsalljustcomics.com/100000-club/
Timeline of Record Sales: https://itsalljustcomics.com/a-timeline-of-world-record-comic-book-sales/
Silver Age Key & Pedigree Data:https://itsalljustcomics.com/existence-and-grades-of-silver-age-key-books-from-the-major-pedigree-collections/
Most Valuable Comics: https://itsalljustcomics.com/the-most-valuable-comic-books-in-the-world/

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🎙️ Edgar Church’s Basement Podcast

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/edgar-churchs-basement/id1872746765
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0IdlxY2AB8ExWRPwzWCIde?si=dd5837d35faa4dee
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/620e2e28-9264-4485-bfad-bcba7471fabf/edgar-church's-basement

📊 The Edgar Church Data Project
The ultimate resource for tracking the most important pedigree collection in history.

Official Site: http://edgarchurchdata.com

📝 Deep Dives & Analysis
The Main Blog: https://itsalljustcomics.com/
The $100,000 Club: https://itsalljustcomics.com/100000-club/
Timeline of Record Sales: https://itsalljustcomics.com/a-timeline-of-world-record-comic-book-sales/
Silver Age Key & Pedigree Data:https://itsalljustcomics.com/existence-and-grades-of-silver-age-key-books-from-the-major-pedigree-collections/
Most Valuable Comics: https://itsalljustcomics.com/the-most-valuable-comic-books-in-the-world/

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🎙️ Edgar Church’s Basement Podcast

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/edgar-churchs-basement/id1872746765
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0IdlxY2AB8ExWRPwzWCIde?si=dd5837d35faa4dee
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/620e2e28-9264-4485-bfad-bcba7471fabf/edgar-church's-basement

📊 The Edgar Church Data Project
The ultimate resource for tracking the most important pedigree collection in history.

Official Site: http://edgarchurchdata.com

📝 Deep Dives & Analysis
The Main Blog: https://itsalljustcomics.com/
The $100,000 Club: https://itsalljustcomics.com/100000-club/
Timeline of Record Sales: https://itsalljustcomics.com/a-timeline-of-world-record-comic-book-sales/
Silver Age Key & Pedigree Data:https://itsalljustcomics.com/existence-and-grades-of-silver-age-key-books-from-the-major-pedigree-collections/
Most Valuable Comics: https://itsalljustcomics.com/the-most-valuable-comic-books-in-the-world/

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We are going deep into the archives to audit one of the most notable chapters in comic auction history. This Tuesday, I am firing up the high-resolution overhead scanner to take you live inside the printed pages of the infamous October 2001 MastroNet (Mastro Auctions) catalog. Long before the FBI investigations and the full-scale sports memorabilia scandal brought Bill Mastro’s empire down, this elite catalog played host to some of the absolute highest-tie comic book grails in existence—including the legendary, missing Detective Comics #27 graded CGC 8.0.

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/edgar-churchs-basement/id1872746765
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Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/620e2e28-9264-4485-bfad-bcba7471fabf/edgar-church's-basement

📊 The Edgar Church Data Project
The ultimate resource for tracking the most important pedigree collection in history.

Official Site: http://edgarchurchdata.com

📝 Deep Dives & Analysis
The Main Blog: https://itsalljustcomics.com/
The $100,000 Club: https://itsalljustcomics.com/100000-club/
Timeline of Record Sales: https://itsalljustcomics.com/a-timeline-of-world-record-comic-book-sales/
Silver Age Key & Pedigree Data:https://itsalljustcomics.com/existence-and-grades-of-silver-age-key-books-from-the-major-pedigree-collections/
Most Valuable Comics: https://itsalljustcomics.com/the-most-valuable-comic-books-in-the-world/

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If you collected comics in July of 1994, you remember exactly where you were when "Splatt Mania" took over the industry.

Following the jaw-dropping $137,000 sale of a Stephen Platt Prophet promotional image at Heritage Auctions, I wanted to take a nostalgic trip down the "Road to Insanity." In this video, we dig into the full glory of Wizard Magazine #35 and the infamous "Extreme Wizard Prophet Contest"—where fans were tasked with trying to count every single flying shell casing exploding out of Platt's hyper-detailed, maximalist splash pages.

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/edgar-churchs-basement/id1872746765
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Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/620e2e28-9264-4485-bfad-bcba7471fabf/edgar-church's-basement

📊 The Edgar Church Data Project
The ultimate resource for tracking the most important pedigree collection in history.

Official Site: http://edgarchurchdata.com

📝 Deep Dives & Analysis
The Main Blog: https://itsalljustcomics.com/
The $100,000 Club: https://itsalljustcomics.com/100000-club/
Timeline of Record Sales: https://itsalljustcomics.com/a-timeline-of-world-record-comic-book-sales/
Silver Age Key & Pedigree Data:https://itsalljustcomics.com/existence-and-grades-of-silver-age-key-books-from-the-major-pedigree-collections/
Most Valuable Comics: https://itsalljustcomics.com/the-most-valuable-comic-books-in-the-world/

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0:00 1994 Comic Hysteria & The Rise of Stephen Platt
0:34 Moon Knight #55: The Birth of "Splatt Mania"
1:06 Rob Liefeld, Image Comics, and Prophet
1:23 Wizard #35: "The Road to Insanity" Contest
1:53 The $137,000 Heritage Auction Connection
2:10 Can You Actually Count the Shell Casings?
2:38 The 2013 Cover Sale vs. Modern Market Insanity