Tom and Jerry #136 Cereal Box Pedigree Collection

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Price Guide Says $47; I say we don't need no steenking price guides! Buy more than one item this week and all items after the first mail out for only 25 cents per item. Buy in bulk; save like the Hulk!For those not familiar with this Pedigree collection. It was discovered some years back. The dealer who bought it from the original owner's heirs found the boks stored vertically in empty cereal boxes. Almost all the books in the collection are VF/NM or better. The only drawback to the pedigree is that almost all have very mild age tanning since they were not stored under climate controlled conditions. The books from this collection that i have sold have been very well received by my customers.Let's talk grading for a second. Excuse the rant, but slabbing comics is the biggest scam in the history of collecting. I know several major dealers who have sent in big ticket books, been disappointed with the grade, unslabbed the books, resubmitted them, and got a different grade that was more to their liking. Want more proof? Last year at a convention, 4 dealers with 120+ years of grading experience looked at a book and agreed that it was a 5.5-6.5. We all compromised at 6.0. The buyer submitted the book to CGC and some jack leg who probably hasn't been alive as long as any of the four dealers graded it a 3.5.I have been grading books for 4 read more