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. 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?

Ppl were posting their copies of TR13 and I'll repost mine. I always thought the cover was striking when I first saw the Crippen copy on Ha. I bid aggressively and won. the stylization of design was unique to the previous issues. Her thought balloons seem to form a heart.

I know... I remember. Heh Heh Heh! I think I got onto Baker waaaay too late to have much hope of completing my collection. Just relax and enjoy the ones you have.

My first Teen-age Romances. Bought it for $5.00 @ my LCS.

Whoa, you don't see that everyday, in that condition.

I remember owning a real purty copy and deciding I didn't need it. Took me forever to sell and it went cheap. Now looking at yours makes me want it back.

This ended last night. Even RM's are commanding $$$. Went to my CC bids and saw a cgc 6.0 went for $36.00 a few years back. Those were the days. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310886764215&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:CA:3160

Tanks.