comicnoir

I've cracked out PGX and found things that were not in keeping with the grade assigned, too lenient (never resubbed to CGC). However the classic "case" that I've posted before, is my Brenda Starr 14 PGX 6.0. Cracked out and submitted to CGC, it came back 7.0. Kissed the case when I picked it up at my LCS. Latest Cc auction of an 8.0 realized $16,866.00. I won my copy years ago on ebay for $450.00.

The GCE 12 that sold on Sparkle a number of months back is in the current CC auction. Anyone remember the price it sold for back then?

He had the same book on sale at Chicago Wizard World 2 years ago for $10K. The price has gone up. If you wait too long, it'll be 14.

I was the high bidder on this for a long time. Then Dale Roberts sold me a nice mid-grade at MotorCity and took the wind out of my sails. Great cover.

re: TAT #9 sold at a loss. You can't lose something you never had. His bins were opium induced. It might have fared better at CC. With their extended bidding they can really drive the price up. I should know. Still very strong prices . Maybe I'm a little sleepy right now, but wasn't the TAT #9 8.5 White one of the Lexcorp books that actually did sell on eBay? That would mean it was that particular buyer who's the one who took a loss. Or did I just make the same point you were making? (I'm tired...) My mistake. Of course Dr. Love was referring to a sale that was made and held for 6 months. In which case it was a loss. I was thinking Lexcorp was bringing his unsold Bakers to auction. Bad mistake to try and flip one of those books.

re: TAT #9 sold at a loss. You can't lose something you never had. His bins were opium induced. It might have fared better at CC. With their extended bidding they can really drive the price up. I should know. Still very strong prices .

I think I remember seeing this and thinking -there is something to those photo covers.

. Ah, ... as he was in Toronto... the Cap Annual interiors are b&w, right? That might explain it. Yes, he used the Cap Annual as plates for his reprints.

Is this the future of Baker OA? http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7093&lotNo=92225

Something new. Crippen.

They're just mis-cuts at the printer's. Nothing trimmed.

A recent pick-up from a fellow boardie.

Of course. Classic Baker. Got mine years ago.

Terry, who was back to back with Harley if I recall correctly. Harley had this at a show last month.

I saw this in the CG section. A thread on the Foreign Comics Convention in Indiana.. Here was their badge.

Check out the other Baker prices in this sellers auction. They went for cheap. These uncommon issues attracts the bids.

It seems if it came from Iger shop, there was a good chance it survived. That's why you see Fiction house art and Flamingo strips. But St. John's didn't come from Iger. It was owned by Archer St. John who died suddenly amidst financial ruin , leaving the company in the care of a son who ran what was left into the ground. The OA was never seen as an asset.

My impression from The Art of Glamour book is that Baker's family still has the art that was in Baker's possession at the time of his death. It doesn't appear that Baker had OA from his work at St John. So, I would guess that not much of that OA has survived. If you guys remember the Glamour book mention ones St John kid found out his father was screwing the assistant , he clean house and fire Matt and almost everyone else. I hope the KID didn't burn the OA. That's the other thing that points to the destruction of St. John's OA, the son who fired everybody thinking they knew about Dad's infidelity. Matt didn't even know and he was still fired. Obviously the son was not thinking straight. The business was going bankrupt and he fires his best artist. Also no St. John's art by other artists seems to have shown up. Doesn't look good.

It's just so little has surfaced in all these years. Not even one St. John's cover. Baker art from other publishers shows up. I don't mean to be a downer, but I've been waiting to see some to appear for a long time. Atlas Baker romance shows up a lot.

You've done an amazing job of acquiring those gems. My theory is St. John's OA didn't survive due to the company collapse. They couldn't afford to warehouse all those pages, so they were destroyed.

After Baker his best inker. Congratulations!

He's got the goods. (thumbs u

And the crooked contractors got their hands on the books before they were boxed and put in the garage as they were much better copies. I guess.

Didn't his family put them in the garage after his death?