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On 1/16/2022 at 2:51 PM, Vince G said:

No idea.  Could be the fine art people moving into comics, but I still think dumping 20k into a book is a lot of money.  Now many of these books are dropping for high 5 figures.  That's still quite a large sum of cash.  50k is a downpayment on a house or a fully loaded SUV purchased outright.

Maybe some investors got rich on crypto and are moving over to comics.

On 12/20/2021 at 9:36 PM, BriD. said:

Two copies of this popped up on MCS last week. Sold quickly so I feel lucky 

I'll have to see if I can find my copy. I paid $20 for my copy before the price explosion. It also wasn't advertised well.

On 10/12/2021 at 9:40 PM, C. Spaulding said:

I don’t think I’ve shared this one before. Love how the different colored dresses really separate all the couples.
 

Nicest copy I've seen.

On 10/10/2021 at 8:14 PM, comicnoir said:

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On 10/10/2021 at 8:12 PM, comicnoir said:

It's not just the hand, nothing in this drawing looks like Baker to me. The faces, the awkward pose, the lifelessness. One thing about Baker, his characters always looked like they had a soul. This isn't even a department store dummy.

ongrats on this great copy. I didn't even know a 7.0 had popped up.

What could have also happened is that another artist took previous Baker illustrations (we've seen this in other instances) and used it for APATLS. If you look at the male figure he looks a lot like the pose in CL26.

On 10/10/2021 at 2:11 PM, RareHighGrade said:

Is this a Baker cover?  It looks like it, but he's not credited on the CGC label.

 

I also never did get lucky to find one of these for sale. Rare issue and great cover!

On 10/10/2021 at 12:04 PM, Sqeggs said:

When I won a raw copy of the 2 on eBay, I believe it still wasn't listed in Overstreet. I don't seem to have a scan of this book graded, but it's a 7.0. It's been superceded on the census by the only other graded copy, which is a 7.5. My guess is that there may only be five or so copies in existence. 

Here's my theory on this one. The hands are clearly not Baker style. I'm thinking they were an after thought. I'm thinking this cover was modeled after Klimt, The Kiss.

On 10/8/2021 at 8:56 PM, Yorick said:

There's a panel here that seems awfully familiar... 

This one is from an Australian edition which I don't yet see on the GCD.  Pictorial Confessions #1.

Nothing gets by you Baker detectives.

On 10/3/2021 at 5:52 PM, comicnoir said:

Still the highest graded.

Worthy of living room fireplace mantel placement

On 10/3/2021 at 12:38 PM, Dr. Love said:

Joanna's greatest hits - of which there are many.  Her interest in romance books starts with Baker, but does not end there.

Joanna, your collection and participation in discussion of the genre made a big impression on me  

For instance, she receives a credit in The Art of Glamour and in fact conducted a fascinating interview with Fred Robinson, Matt's brother, almost 12 years ago to the day.  It's filled with insightful and interesting questions about Matt and what he was like to live with.  A must read!  Great takeaways you won't see elsewhere:

"No, I don't think he (Baker) cared for Colletta that much.  That was definitely a necessity thing."

"At 37 he (Baker) talked about how his hair was thinning, and he didn't like that prospect at all."

Fred didn't know the source for CL25.  But now we do, eh Joanna?

 

 

Thank you, how cool is it that the source for CL25 was uncovered. The cover for this Greek magazine is an incredible find and also to know he used this source for a Flamingo swipe as well.

On 10/1/2021 at 5:55 PM, catman76 said:

I have some comics with holes just bored right through the entire comic by some kind of bug but never saw anything like this. I guess when you are a tiny bug that extra thousandth of a inch thickness of the black ink is too much for you chew through. Meanwhile mice don't care....

Oh man that has to be the worse damage I've seen to a comic that is still around. Some mouse had a comfortable expensive nest.

On 10/3/2021 at 11:07 AM, MB1952 said:

Welcome back Joanna 

Thank you

On 10/2/2021 at 10:45 PM, szav said:

It got sadly quiet for about a year and fell even past the 5th page at times, particularly after Sqeggs ghosted...and the drop in chatter seemed to coincide perfectly with the pause in Baker prices (which was even a drop for VG and lower it seemed).  I think it was just a matter of Bakers hitting a temporary peak prior to the covid run up everything else saw and seemingly not reaping the full benefit.  Of late though prices seem to be surging across the board Baker romance, and non romance.   Happy with all the better non romance I got while it was still obtainable at upper middle class prices.  Pretty much given up on getting any upgrades now.

Thanks for the update. I'll add some images to the thread. I'd love to see yours and everyones favorite covers they own. I don't have a high grade but my favorite cover is CL26. I was trying to find the image of my best Baker find but I can't seem to locate it. There was once an auction I went to where you had to bid by the box and my heart pounded when there was Baker after Baker in this box. This guy knew he liked Baker. I sold most of it off and kept some of the ones I needed to fill in my collection.