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Lily Renee passed away 3 days after this topic was created, ironic. She was fantastic.

Thank you. I referenced previously that I thought it might be based on an interview I saw, and it was confirmed by a boardie that I know is informed on everything GA Batman. That said, you could certainly be right. The interview refers to the Superman 1 7.0, and the first appearance of Batman. But he may have meant the Batman 1. …boardie mentioned that he spoke with Heritage to confirm.

I can see this as a tough situation that an auction house like Heritage would have experience with, and have to have a plan of what to do if/when. I don’t know all of the details. But the 7.0 was in previews before the 8.0 came along. The 8.0 was from the Fanfast collection from Detroit, which may have been as big of a find as the Promise Collection. The Tec 27 was from the same collection. If part of that collection comes to your doorstep, you need to thread the needle where both conisgnors are happy. What you can’t do is alienate the whale, while also not treating the consignor of the 7.0 like they’re not valued. If it were me, I’d probably make both consignors aware, and offer both the alternative of being in the following signature auction 3 months later. Inform consignor #2, the 8.0 upfront, offer placement of their copy in either. Then inform the 7.0, and perhaps offer some concession to the 7.0 of a percent take or placement later. In the end, there’s no perfect answer. Supply and demand, but supply is what it is. What they couldn’t do is turn down either book.

I guess the Detective 27 is from this collection. Might qualify as a pedigree down the road if so?

I don’t own one, but have always thought this to be undervalued…

Exceptional work, thank you for sharing this with us.

Great job!

Anyone aware of a high grade copy of this book anywhere on the planet? I believe the highest graded is an 8.0, then a 7.0. But my guess is one or more of the forever raw collections out there has a minty copy

My understanding of their grading process is they have three graders that give it a grade and not defects, but there is one primary grader that assigns a final grade. He/she doesn’t average anything. The final grader chooses the number.

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Can’t go wrong with Mr. Baker

Snagged these two

I get it. I was needling a little, didn’t take the time to read that others had already. I don’t think you even intended it exactly as it’s written. Kamen was prolific. And yeah, they knew each other. Much of their art is similar enough to where they can be mistaken for the other. CGC gets their slabs wrong consistently, attributing certain covers to one when it’s the other. And in some cases, nobody knows which of the two it was. To your point, much of Baker’s best was the St. John books in the early 50s. The cover that I’m most curious about is Jo-Jo 25. If I didn’t know the history and was purely guessing based on other work, I would guess Phantom Lady 17 was Jack Kamen and Jo-Jo 25 Baker. Kamen was very good. Thanks for the thread.