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Here's one. And the only one other than yours that I have seen... Great copy Robot Man. It was nice meeting you at Terry's convention.

Very nice John. Definitely right place!

This is such a great cover and very tough to find. How lucky you are to have found a copy!

Hard to argue with many on the list, but in terms of my 10 favorite Baker romance covers ignoring scarcity and $$ value:in no particular order: Pictorial Romances 17 Teen-age Romances 11, 13, 18, 33 Cinderella Love 25, 27 Going Steady 11 Wartime Romances 18 Teen-age Temptations 8

Such a stunning cover and a gorgeous high grade copy. Thanks for sharing!

Have completed a few deals with Brian. He is great to work with and is always fair and honest. Highly recommend him as both a buyer and seller.

What a beautiful looking book. The 4 and the 6 get most of the glory, but I have always appreciated the 5 with the prototypical Baker female pose.

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like it will be a great show. I remember attending one many years ago and seeing some good stuff.

This is a great view of all the St. John titles. Thanks so much for sharing.

Interesting point. I think both GCE 12 and SS 4 benefit from crossover interest from non-romance collectors. I'm not sure that a Baker book that is strictly romance would break the $10K barrier unless it was, say, an uber-high-grade copy--like a 9.6 or 9.8--of a very scarce book. Even then, I'm not sure how the auction would go. I haven't checked recently, but I don't recall if there are any CGC 9.6 or 9.8 Baker romance books. I have a CGC 9.2 as my highest graded Baker romance book. My guess is you would need the ultra high grade combined with an iconic cover like a Cinderella Love 25 to break 10K.

It is possible that this Heritage Auction was a unique situation as many books went for astronomical prices. I guess folks just love owning the best existing copy and have little price sensitivity for that honor. Of course, that price might encourage a few additional CGC submissions on that book.

I got my copy many years ago and have seen a few available over the past 15 years. But agree very tough in Fine or better as my copy is definitely not as nice as the Heritage copy. It will be interesting to see how Baker romances do in future auctions as there are many other ones that I could see threaten the 5K barrier like Teen Age Romances 9 and Giant Comics Edition 12. That barrier has already been broken: A GCE 12 CGC 7.0 went for $9,300 in a CLink auction in August 2013. Thanks for the reminder on that one. I guess I should have said 10k! There's a CGC 8.0 copy of GCE 12 out there that would presumably blow through the $10K barrier if it were auctioned. The Seven Seas 4 CGC 9.0 might do the same. There are probably some high-grade copies of other issues as well that would sell above $10K. I wish I owned them! That makes two of us! If we were talking about only Baker romance titles excluding Giant Comics Edition, it would be interesting to see which issue would have the best shot of breaking the 10K barrier.

I considered this issue as an ok, middlin', issue. However, my copy was one of the last Baker romance issues I needed to help nearly complete my Baker romance collection. I am shocked at the final price of this issue. I am happy with my VG+ copy. John - Sounds like we are both in agreement on this one as not Baker's finest moment. But definitely not the most common book either.

I got my copy many years ago and have seen a few available over the past 15 years. But agree very tough in Fine or better as my copy is definitely not as nice as the Heritage copy. It will be interesting to see how Baker romances do in future auctions as there are many other ones that I could see threaten the 5K barrier like Teen Age Romances 9 and Giant Comics Edition 12. That barrier has already been broken: A GCE 12 CGC 7.0 went for $9,300 in a CLink auction in August 2013. Thanks for the reminder on that one. I guess I should have said 10k!

I got my copy many years ago and have seen a few available over the past 15 years. But agree very tough in Fine or better as my copy is definitely not as nice as the Heritage copy. It will be interesting to see how Baker romances do in future auctions as there are many other ones that I could see threaten the 5K barrier like Teen Age Romances 9 and Giant Comics Edition 12.

Got a Startling 49 and Brenda Starr 14 from Roger. It was a great pleasure to work with Roger as he was very friendly and fair. He also has a great eye for comics and I look forward to many future deals with Roger.

Curious if others were as surprised at the final price for the Going Steady 14 in the Heritage Auction. It was a CGC Blue 6.0 and sold for $2270.50 including BP. I know this is a tougher Baker romance book, but I figured this issue would top out at maybe $800-900 as this is not as highly sought after as some of the Cinderella Loves and late issues of Teen-Age Romances. Given some of the crazy prices realized in this auction, is this an outlier or a sign of things to come?

Bought a Strange Tales 110 and a Fantastic Four 5 from Casey. It was really a great overall transaction. The books were packaged extremely securely and the shipping was super fast. Everything went very smoothly and all I can say is that I am looking forward to more transactions with Casey!

I have always loved this cover. Cow Puncher is definitely an overlooked GGA series with fantastic covers.

Awesome photos. Many thanks for posting them. Unlike a lot of the sci fi guys here, I like these the most. I used to have many of those but sold a lot when they were real hot. I collected them strictly for the covers. I doubt many people here know how hard it is to find most of those... I definitely understand how hard it is to find them. I have been collecting digests actively for the past 20+ years and the really great covers are super tough to find. And finding them in decent shape is a huge challenge.

What an amazing picture. I love those digests! So underrated and underpriced in my humble opinion.

Haven't seen that one before, so I did some poking around. Grand Comics Database has it listed with the cover and a majority of the stories as being by Matt Baker. http://www.comics.org/issue/319820/ Interesting. First one I've seen. Added: Just looking at the checklist in The Art of Glamour and they don't list it. Wow. Never have seen this one before! I believe that is Baker. At a minimum, he contributed some pencils to that cover in my opinion.

That is an awesome cover. I have never seen it before. Another one to add to my wantlist.

I believe this is the first copy I've ever seen. I've got one too... Great to see another copy. In the last 20 years, I can't recall seeing too many of these.