comicnoir Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Picked this up on the bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlee Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Picked this up on the bay. Congrats! Nice looking copy of a cool Baker cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Picked this up on the bay. Congrats! Nice looking copy of a cool Baker cover. I'm a big fan of Baker's western covers. Brutal to find in grade, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Happy to get this one. Major upgrade from the seriously beat copy I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Happy to get this one. Major upgrade from the seriously beat copy I had. Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 People say this is the toughest WR. I got my copy around 2000 when I first started collecting St. John's. Came out of a box of Bakers Harley got from a collector. I purchased a few- should have bought the whole box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlee Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 That is really a great copy. My copy is super beat and I have only seen 1-2 other copies over the years. This definitely could be the rarest of the Wartime Romances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 People say this is the toughest WR. I got my copy around 2000 when I first started collecting St. John's. Came out of a box of Bakers Harley got from a collector. I purchased a few- should have bought the whole box. Nice copy. I can believe its rarity. Only three on the census and I could only find one in the HA archives -- a 4.0 sold in 2007. One of the holes in my collection. You gotta love Harley; he comes up with great stuff. He offered me a group of Bakers a while back. Relatively common but most were in nice condition. Scooped 'em up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Surprised this one went so low. Kind of rough shape, but only two copies on the census. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 This is an interesting cover. By the time it was published Baker was already gone from St John. This feels like an unfinished sketch that was filled in. I find the character posing evocative - the juxtaposition of the man's nonchalant hand in pocket with his woman's arm threaded through in a tender clutch. However, the background is atrocious, both in terms of composition and coloring. The bullpen doesn't have to be landscape quality, but those clouds (cumulus, btw, and a favorite staple of certain artists like Colletta, who made it an art form in itself) are just wrong. The perspective is alarming. It suggests they're on top of a very high mountain, in which case the foliage is off. And then adding those strange cirrus clouds, coming in from the right edge. The two tone sky coloring, and what's that color extension on the left all about? Individually, those elements are a mess. But in this case is the sum greater than the parts? does this cover work for you and mesh upon first sight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I remember the first time I ever saw this issue(cover) around 9-10 years ago, I thought it was stunning. If you find a copy with full colors and no fading, it is striking, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 This is an interesting cover. By the time it was published Baker was already gone from St John. This feels like an unfinished sketch that was filled in. I find the character posing evocative - the juxtaposition of the man's nonchalant hand in pocket with his woman's arm threaded through in a tender clutch. However, the background is atrocious, both in terms of composition and coloring. The bullpen doesn't have to be landscape quality, but those clouds (cumulus, btw, and a favorite staple of certain artists like Colletta, who made it an art form in itself) are just wrong. The perspective is alarming. It suggests they're on top of a very high mountain, in which case the foliage is off. And then adding those strange cirrus clouds, coming in from the right edge. The two tone sky coloring, and what's that color extension on the left all about? Individually, those elements are a mess. But in this case is the sum greater than the parts? does this cover work for you and mesh upon first sight? Great analysis. Rick Starr makes a good point that a better copy might increase the attractiveness. I agree that the man and woman are posed in an interesting and appealing way, while the background is rather problematic. The cover from the previous issue is one of my favorites. Don't know if it's also from inventory, but it certainly seems more finished than No. 27. My understanding from the Benson book is that by this time St John was skating by making up books from reprints and old inventory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trory140 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I have a question for the experts. I remember that when SC had a big bunch of Baker books a couple months back there was some chatter about some of them not being on the census yet. There was a Cinderella Love 25 that sold and by looking at GPA it was a 6.0 and has never shown up. I saw the 5.5 on CL and wanted to search a bit, this copy looks to be the 2nd 5.5 and I guess the 6.0 was regarded a 7.5? The timelines make sense but the 6.0 is nowhere to be found on CGC Data. Is it pretty normal to have things not show up on CGC Data? Does anyone know if this book was indeed bumped to a 7.5 or is this 5.5 the old 6.0 (graded about 2 months after 6.0 auction) Thanks Rory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I have a question for the experts. I remember that when SC had a big bunch of Baker books a couple months back there was some chatter about some of them not being on the census yet. There was a Cinderella Love 25 that sold and by looking at GPA it was a 6.0 and has never shown up. I saw the 5.5 on CL and wanted to search a bit, this copy looks to be the 2nd 5.5 and I guess the 6.0 was regarded a 7.5? The timelines make sense but the 6.0 is nowhere to be found on CGC Data. Is it pretty normal to have things not show up on CGC Data? Does anyone know if this book was indeed bumped to a 7.5 or is this 5.5 the old 6.0 (graded about 2 months after 6.0 auction) Thanks Rory The 6.0 is there but the label misspelled the title as "Cindrella Love." Search the census under that title and you'll find it. I forget who discovered this, but it's mentioned somewhere in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teen-age-Diary-Secrets-9-CGC-6-0-Matt-Baker-art-Exceptionally-Rare-/360779216271?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item54001df58f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teen-age-Diary-Secrets-9-CGC-6-0-Matt-Baker-art-Exceptionally-Rare-/360779216271?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item54001df58f Yes, and it will only cost you... one billion, gagillion, fafillion, shabolubalu million illion yillion dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teen-age-Diary-Secrets-9-CGC-6-0-Matt-Baker-art-Exceptionally-Rare-/360779216271?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item54001df58f Yes, and it will only cost you... one billion, gagillion, fafillion, shabolubalu million illion yillion dollars. I know. He may as well have set that as the price. I can't see him getting close to $3,300 for a 6.0 copy of that book, scarce though it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Just back from CGC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teen-age-Diary-Secrets-9-CGC-6-0-Matt-Baker-art-Exceptionally-Rare-/360779216271?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item54001df58f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Just back from CGC Sweet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
