comicnoir Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 12:02 AM, szav said: Nice rare book for a completionist to win and knock off their list I know, but looking at this one always reminds me of WR 17 and seeing this makes me appreciate WR 17 more each time, its so much more detailed and fluid. Sorry to be the party pooper, I know its not a direct swipe but it feels close to one...and you just lose the feel of her showy strut that WR 17 captures so well. I think we talked about this before. What if Secrets was the original cover Baker handed in for WR 17 and the editor rejected it? He did another cover and the Secrets cover became inventory until St. John's did one more book and used the cover. Makes sense. The editors told Matt to jazz it up. Dr. Love 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post comicnoir Posted August 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2022 Still the best copy I've ever seen. Dr. Love, Sqeggs, Changer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mijael.Levy Posted August 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) On 7/31/2022 at 8:35 PM, Dr. Love said: $785 final on Ebay boardies were in there bidding aggressively meat on the bone at this price? 5 graded copies, highest is a 4.5 I won the auction. I decided to purchase it now because the HA copy is gonna end a lot higher . This is a lower grade but i rarely see this on the market Edited August 1, 2022 by Mijael.Levy Dr. Love, PeterPark, Sqeggs and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 1:03 AM, comicnoir said: Still the best copy I've ever seen. I'm assuming that's your copy? Mine is around here somewhere...bought it off of ebay about 2 years ago while I was at Disneyland, lol. Thought I paid too much at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijael.Levy Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) On 7/31/2022 at 10:19 PM, BakerFanOne said: I have a low grade copy of this scarce Baker so I bid a few times as this would have been a bit of an upgrade. I don't know if it is a printing issue, but the right edge looked a little oddly cut to me or I would have bid a lot higher. I compared it to the copy image on MyComicShop and there definitely was a difference but could not tell if there was any trimming. Anyhow rare enough that I am not sure if a trimming makes much of a difference in value. Congrats to the buyer and seller! I think the seller didn´t managed to scan the book correctly, i hope its not trimmed because it wasn´t mentioned in the description Edited August 1, 2022 by Mijael.Levy manetteska 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changer Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 9:01 AM, Mijael.Levy said: I think the seller didn´t managed to scan the book correctly, i hope its not trimmed because it wasn´t mentioned in the description I have some pics seller sent me via dm , not sure if this helps but size looks about right ? Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijael.Levy Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) On 8/1/2022 at 11:24 AM, Changer said: I have some pics seller sent me via dm , not sure if this helps but size looks about right ? Thanks for the pics, it looks suspicious , i will check it in hand , i hope its a bad centering but worst case scenario he is a good seller so i will work something with him Edited August 1, 2022 by Mijael.Levy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 9:37 AM, Mijael.Levy said: Thanks for the pics it looks suspicious , i will check it in hand i hope its a bad centering but worst case scenario he is a good seller so i will work something with him For what it's worth, even if it is trimmed, the price seems fair in my opinion given its scarcity. It is also a pretty nice looking copy and a must have for any Baker completist! Changer, Mijael.Levy and Point Five 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 12:01 PM, manetteska said: I'm assuming that's your copy? Mine is around here somewhere...bought it off of ebay about 2 years ago while I was at Disneyland, lol. Thought I paid too much at the time. Yes it's mine. Bought off ebay several years ago, although I can't remember the price. Would probably be highest graded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BakerFanOne Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 My low grade beater copy Yorick, Point Five, pmpknface and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BakerFanOne Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 My nicer TAR 32 Mijael.Levy, pmpknface, Yorick and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BakerFanOne Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 I have owned this one since the mid-1990s comicjack, szucchini, pmpknface and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Changer Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 this one is my favs OtherEric, Sqeggs, Funnybooks and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BakerFanOne Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 Also have owned this one since the 1990s OtherEric, MBFan, C. Spaulding and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changer Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 6:14 PM, BakerFanOne said: Also have owned this one since the 1990s wowza, congrats living up to your name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) On 8/1/2022 at 6:17 PM, Changer said: wowza, congrats living up to your name Just acknowledging that I am old. What is so cool is seeing so much Baker come out of the woodwork as prices have skyrocketed. It was very difficult to find Baker via mail order back then. It was mostly through conventions that you could find the scarcer St. John giants. Even though very few collectors seemed to be actively seeking Baker in the 90s, there was just not much to buy. Edited August 2, 2022 by BakerFanOne Changer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Microbia Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 Decided to let this one go to help cover home repairs. In September HA Sig. Highest Graded. And I think it’s Overstreet copy. https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/romance/diary-secrets-20-st-john-1953-cgc-fn-vf-70-off-white-to-white-pages-the-single-highest-graded-copy-of-a-matt-baker-rarity-this/p/7279-258004.s?ic2=myconsignmentspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyConsignment-112816 Yorick, szucchini, comicnoir and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1952 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 7:31 AM, Microbia said: Decided to let this one go to help cover home repairs. In September HA Sig. Highest Graded. And I think it’s Overstreet copy. https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/romance/diary-secrets-20-st-john-1953-cgc-fn-vf-70-off-white-to-white-pages-the-single-highest-graded-copy-of-a-matt-baker-rarity-this/p/7279-258004.s?ic2=myconsignmentspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyConsignment-112816 Sweet copy, love this cover. you can clearly see Matt Bakers hand writing on the book. Sqeggs and Microbia 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Changer Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) On 8/2/2022 at 7:31 AM, Microbia said: Decided to let this one go to help cover home repairs. In September HA Sig. Highest Graded. And I think it’s Overstreet copy. https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/romance/diary-secrets-20-st-john-1953-cgc-fn-vf-70-off-white-to-white-pages-the-single-highest-graded-copy-of-a-matt-baker-rarity-this/p/7279-258004.s?ic2=myconsignmentspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyConsignment-112816 Love that cover , I had a 7.0 pgx , pressed came back a 6.5, still happy Edited August 2, 2022 by Changer comicnoir, Microbia, pmpknface and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Changer Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 Here is a non romance one that I like pmpknface, Dr. Love, OtherEric and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...