How To Know If A Comic Book Is From A Pedigree Collection

How do I know if a book is from a pedigree collection?

Determining whether a comic book is from a pedigree collection is very important because there will be a significant amount of money at stake here. Some of the comic books you can tell because there is a designation on the book. Perhaps like the Larson books: many of them have Larson written on them because the drug store which they came into wrote his name so that they knew to hold it for him. Others, like the Bethlehem pedigree comic book collection, have a drug store stamp that the store put on that says it's from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Others have a certain smell, a certain look to them that only certain collectors and dealers can ascertain. In those comic books, you have to look and trace back the provenance. You have to ask, Who did you buy the comic book from? Trace back it back and check where did they buy the book from? Because you will have people who try to sell you an Edgar Church Mile High comic book, and it's not. It's another beautiful copy, but it's not worth the five times guide that the Church copy is. So this is an area where collectors, especially new collectors and investors, need to be wary to ensure the provenance of a pedigree comic book.