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I saw a really nice 5.5 at Bedrock City's booth in Chicago. Wasn't cheap.

I wish I could give more details, but the owner has his own plans. Besides, I'd like to go to the well one more time.

Very nice! Was it only Precode horror in the collection? What else did it include if you don't mind sharing. There was about 200 PCH. A lot of Atlas. About 1000 books. I wanted more but was only allowed a few.

A couple of books I purchased from an OO collection that recently surfaced.

That's a really sweet looking copy. Thank you.

Hopefully not another Baker addict.

Surprised no one's nominated this.

Planet Comics 71

Al and Davis

This was always tough and desirable due to the INSANE cover and story (which is a hoot). Although I am surprised at these results.

$1725 according to Brian. Another strong finish for another eBay copy tonight. It's official: this book could potentially bypass(gulp) GCE12 as romance book #1 ?!?! Not really. A GCE 12 in this condition would fetch many thousands. A MRA 50 in 3.5 recently went for $130.00. No GCE 12 would ever go for so little.

Love this book.

The black queen chants the funeral march, The cracked brass bells will ring; To summon back the fire witch To the court of the crimson king. Maybe she's a 21st Century Schizoid woman?

yes.

Baker romance collectors and romance collectors can be a different breed. I collect Baker art. He did romance and did some of his best work in romance, therefore I collect. There is GGA spillover into this genre that may not affect other romance titles, unless the women look really hot. There are other variables. I never made a conscious decision to get all Baker romance, but for whatever reason, here I am.

The TLP #9 is a book that I have waited to show up for years, then 3 show up almost immediately, although never in fine or better. That's because the first went for so much. The truly rare book is one that gets a big price and no others show up after.

Sometimes sniping works against an auction. I know sellers who pulled their auction the day before because of no or low bids. They didn't want to risk giving it away. Then someone messages them that they were going to bid heavy at the last moment.. That's the risk of waiting to the end.

Isn't jemfan1 a boardie?

Apparently she had never kissed a man before.

I'm posting my favourite Baker cover that hasn't been posted. My explanation rests with the design. The girl's beautiful face and jutting figure- yes, but the mini story in the bg is perfect. It has a beginning, middle and end that makes sense, nothing is missing. It has the elements of the archetypal story of the female desire for recognition, fame and love. She achieves and loses it all in 6 panels. All done in an brilliance of economy.

It's possible to lose money on any comic if you spend too much and flip too soon. I try not to panic and do deep breathing when I've overspent.

$2,577 last March. At the time that struck me as very high. I wouldn't be shocked if it went for less this time around. But I also wouldn't be shocked if it went for considerably more! Well, it should go for more...after all, it's part of the Toronto Riverdale Collection! What the heck is that all about? Are dealers now trying to call "collections" books that somebody bought as recently as last year? In that case, isn't every group of books a dealer buys from a collector a "collection"? It's not a new phenomenon nor is it limited to comics. For this Comic Connect auction they devoted a catalog to one person's collection. It can be a marketing ploy by the auction house or an ego trip or visual memento for the collector. For some art collections the seller negotiates specific criteria for their catalog even to designating the author, usually an art scholar. The John Wise collection I can see, although even there, to be honest, I thought it was a little shaky because clearly he had acquired some of the books -- the Ruben Blades books, for instance -- fairly recently. But unless I'm missing something, the CGE 12 was acquired just last year. Seems really pushing it to say it was part of any "collection." I skimmed the story of the collector and the collection was put together over a couple decades. Once they decided to denote the lots with "Toronto Riverdale" it probably wasn't worth it to leave some out nor would they necessarily know which lots were bought recently unless they were purchased through c-connect. Ultimately, I doubt annotations like this have any material affect on the resulting sales price. I guess it's all marketing and there is no attempt to get a CGC notation. Still, though, I think dealers ought to reserve "collection" for an OO group of comics or -- as with the John Wise books -- a group that has a significant number of key books. I'm tired of "collections". I have a collection, you have a collection. When I decide to sell will I insist on naming me after my books? Sure why not. The GCE 12 sold for $1950. Mister Riverdale took a bath. What commission does CC charge? Although given they were willing to label this group of books a "collection," I imagine the consignor got a break on the usual fees. Cc charges 10%. Unless the buyer uses a credit card. Then then seller gets nailed with the extra 3%. Under NY State law, they can't charge the buyer. Which is why the Clink is in Oregon.

$2,577 last March. At the time that struck me as very high. I wouldn't be shocked if it went for less this time around. But I also wouldn't be shocked if it went for considerably more! Well, it should go for more...after all, it's part of the Toronto Riverdale Collection! What the heck is that all about? Are dealers now trying to call "collections" books that somebody bought as recently as last year? In that case, isn't every group of books a dealer buys from a collector a "collection"? It's not a new phenomenon nor is it limited to comics. For this Comic Connect auction they devoted a catalog to one person's collection. It can be a marketing ploy by the auction house or an ego trip or visual memento for the collector. For some art collections the seller negotiates specific criteria for their catalog even to designating the author, usually an art scholar. The John Wise collection I can see, although even there, to be honest, I thought it was a little shaky because clearly he had acquired some of the books -- the Ruben Blades books, for instance -- fairly recently. But unless I'm missing something, the CGE 12 was acquired just last year. Seems really pushing it to say it was part of any "collection." I skimmed the story of the collector and the collection was put together over a couple decades. Once they decided to denote the lots with "Toronto Riverdale" it probably wasn't worth it to leave some out nor would they necessarily know which lots were bought recently unless they were purchased through c-connect. Ultimately, I doubt annotations like this have any material affect on the resulting sales price. I guess it's all marketing and there is no attempt to get a CGC notation. Still, though, I think dealers ought to reserve "collection" for an OO group of comics or -- as with the John Wise books -- a group that has a significant number of key books. I'm tired of "collections". I have a collection, you have a collection. When I decide to sell will I insist on naming me after my books? Sure why not. The GCE 12 sold for $1950. Mister Riverdale took a bath.