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On 3/6/2023 at 7:12 AM, Robot Man said:

I can remember the first con he brought them to (Casual Con in Buena Park), people thought he was crazy but still buying. His rationale was, everything we had thought was “mint” was shattered with this collection. EVERY book looked like they were printed yesterday. 

Thanks for sharing simply mind boggling to see those prices. That Baker War Romance run for $62 bucks 

ps Many collectors/dealers still didn’t know who Matt Baker was in 2000 when I started buying his books and art. 

The joy when you add a book or art from your want list.  

On 3/1/2023 at 6:03 PM, Robot Man said:

The “Thrill of the Hunt”…

Yes 

On 3/2/2023 at 8:07 AM, OtherEric said:

Holding a comic and imagining its history.  What route has this taken to get to me?  How many others have enjoyed it before me?  How did it survive the ravages of time when so many other copies didn't?

 Agree 100% 

To be more specific about the 10k minimum value for consignment, was related to a GA showcase auction. HA spending time and resources to focus on a particular artist only they needed at least $10k in value. Which some GA artist books & artwork can easily reach hundreds in value. 

On 2/24/2023 at 9:35 AM, ThatNerdyCanuck said:

Shock Suspenstories #6 CGC 2.5

$1525 USD 

Toes included 

 Yes there’s a lot of non-romance great artwork by Matt Baker. 

This book has benefit from Baker prices jump. What will be the impact going forward knowing is not Baker cover at all. 
will it take a value hit? 

Agree, doesn’t look Baker to me. More like trying to ape his style. Definitely not Baker inks look at the guy holding gun bad inking. Female face also doesn’t look Baker. This is 1948! Baker joined St John late 1948. 
 

Baker rarely ink, but when he did it’s was a very smooth hand, not heavy inks. Really early was inking Alex Blum pencils. 
Also ink several Flamingo strips. 

On 2/12/2023 at 4:52 PM, Ricksneatstuff said:

I love Suzie 56! One of the covers that has sat a little bit under the radar. I was surprised to see the Cindy 37 drop, and I bet the next copy will do better. I think GGA will permanently cool as soon as people stop being attracted to beautiful women. 

 Matt Baker GGA is obviously on fire 

on my last HA consignment, I was told they needed 10 grand. 

On 1/25/2023 at 12:16 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

It was suspended in legislation until next year  so expect one, unless it changes again, next year for 2023

 

so, this also applies the rest of the platforms. Like mercari,poshmark,whatnot? thanks

I sold over $600 last year on Bay, trying to find tax forms 1099-k I see eBay indicates there's no forms for me? 

On 1/24/2023 at 10:17 AM, thirdgreenham said:

Spawn #97 CGC 9.8 WHITE pages $75

Black cover beauty  

Me three, cool books  

On 1/11/2023 at 4:34 AM, ak47po said:

The new Mechanical errors tier is the fastest growing service they have.at CGC and growing yearly.

this is just ridiculous how much money/time and double work goes into fixing QC mistakes. 

On 12/31/2022 at 11:47 AM, Inaflash said:

Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds 14 CGC 9.2 ow/white. Bethlehem pedigree. Single highest graded. $600

 

On 1/1/2023 at 3:53 PM, Inaflash said:

Spectacular Feature 11 CGC 8.0 white (cracked out but the label will be sent). $350

 

I have a few early generation red label slabs. 
here’s one I found. 

Incredible Collection 

Deadline was Dec 9. Hopefully is soon!!!

anyone else send books for this event. 

On 12/13/2022 at 10:57 AM, Yorick said:

I did one of those too.  But I went from the other "P _ _" company to CGC.  Other Co gave it a green label and noted the "hand-trimmed cover wrap" but CGC just gave it the PLOD "trimmed" notation.  Look at that wavy top edge:

many St John books heavy miscut. there's miscut fightin marines 7 cgc 5.0 on HA coming up, that was my sold-on bay really cheap. 

also the fightin marines 4 cgc 8.5 highest graded is miscut. on my pc.

On 12/14/2022 at 12:37 PM, manetteska said:

Agreed; I've asked questions to figure out how limited these actually are (or aren't) and never received a real answer.

I have a couple (one has a 2020 backing board on it so there's that), and they are nice to complement my GA copies, but I treat them just as a produced item from a store. I'm not paying over the starting bid (usually $25) as I'm assuming they can continue to churn them out. I see some of these go for multiple hundreds and am shocked.

This seller push this for sale before pandemic and didn’t sell. The new and no knowledge Baker collectors are over paying for this prints now. 

Thanks Adam for your business. 2 books purchased everything when smooth. Recommend boardie.