Tri-Color Brian Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) A fellow boardie once told me "It's feast or famine" when it comes to Baker. I think it's feast time right now...but you're going to pay as if you were ordering food at Disneyland or a ballpark. I'm glad my Baker taste is limited... 10 more years? I've been collecting Baker already for 20 years...I'm the new guy on the forum, but not the new guy on the block...and I didn't just fall off the turnip truck. this could be the dawn of the Baker renaissance, or it could be the dawn of the Baker implosion... I was reading an old issue of RBCC from 1967 last night and found this in an article from a Canadian dealer. He must have been a prophet: Hmmm, whatever happened to those $10.50 FF #1s... Edited February 16, 2014 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 10 more years? I've been collecting Baker already for 20 years...I'm the new guy on the forum, but not the new guy on the block...and I didn't just fall off the turnip truck. this could be the dawn of the Baker renaissance, or it could be the dawn of the Baker implosion... 20 years? Then, you've probably found more "bargain Bakers" than I've found in the past ten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 A fellow boardie once told me "It's feast or famine" when it comes to Baker. I think it's feast time right now...but you're going to pay as if you were ordering food at Disneyland or a ballpark. I'm glad my Baker taste is limited... 10 more years? I've been collecting Baker already for 20 years...I'm the new guy on the forum, but not the new guy on the block...and I didn't just fall off the turnip truck. this could be the dawn of the Baker renaissance, or it could be the dawn of the Baker implosion... I was reading an old issue of RBCC from 1967 last night and found this in an article from a Canadian dealer. He must have been a prophet: Hmmm, whatever happened to those $10.50 FF #1s... I'm pretty sure it was in an RBCC from around that period that G.B. Love wrote about how the sale of a Superman 1 for $20 represented the beginning of the end of the hobby because with such prices, the average fan could no longer hope to build complete runs. The reference to the varying prices of FF 1 also indicates that people were pretty blasé about condition and grading in those days. I'll venture a guess that the dealer with FF 1 at $10.50 was probably Howard Rogofsky. As I remember, in his TOS Rogofosky stated that he didn't consider writing or tape to be defects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I've found my share...but my wants are limited (fortunately for my budget), so I probably have fewer issues than most of you guys. I just try to look for bargains when I see them, or break out the bucks for issues I really want. It's really too bad the comic hobby has gotten so commercial and expensive. Makes a person want to start collecting 60s Archies or (ugh) Charltons or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I'm pretty sure it was in an RBCC from around that period that G.B. Love wrote about how the sale of a Superman 1 for $20 represented the beginning of the end of the hobby because with such prices, the average fan could no longer hope to build complete runs. The reference to the varying prices of FF 1 also indicates that people were pretty blasé about condition and grading in those days. I'll venture a guess that the dealer with FF 1 at $10.50 was probably Howard Rogofsky. As I remember, in his TOS Rogofosky stated that he didn't consider writing or tape to be defects. Yes, he did say that...he was a terrible dealer. I only bought one book from him. Those were the good old days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Whoa! That TAR 36 just went for a strong price. eBay auction Amazing, one of my first Baker Romances, loved the suggestive cover, which brings out a premium in the market. My copy is comparable to the one just sold, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 They're going nuts on HA today too...it's the beginning of the end...Repent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 They're going nuts on HA today too...it's the beginning of the end...Repent! You might say that. Someone just paid $979.90 for a raw FN- copy of WTR 3. The only thing I can think of is that the scan (only the FC was shown) looked much better than FN- and the buyer thinks he just bought a census topper (currently 7.0). I hope so for his sake, but I don't think HA is prone to significant undergrading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Wow...the HA auction was full of surprises...some got deals, some didn't. Books I thought would go thru the roof went for reasonable prices and others I thought would go for cheap went thru the roof. Someone paid nearly $1,000 for the WR #3 in F-. Unbelievable. I bid on one book and lost it by $20...grumble, grumble. Who won some of those books? Did any of you luck out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Looks like Sqeggs and I posted at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Looks like Sqeggs and I posted at the same time. So, you bid $959 on that WTR 3? Is that book actually scarcer than it seems? Three copies on the census and I've seen raw ones posted. Looks like I may have a long wait to get one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Wow, that exceeded my expectations... almost $500. for the VG+ TAR 34... almost $750. for the TLP 5 CGC 6.5... almost a grand for that WR 3... Too rich even for my blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) No, I bid $125 on the Authentic Police 15...should have went for the TLP 2... It's kinda like Vegas... Edited February 17, 2014 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Looks like Sqeggs and I posted at the same time. So, you bid $959 on that WTR 3? Is that book actually scarcer than it seems? Three copies on the census and I've seen raw ones posted. Looks like I may have a long wait to get one now. Yes, many of us are agreed that WR 3 is the toughest issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Well, about the WTR 3, more than one person bidded the book up. So there was more than one who was willing to pay top dollar for it. I admit that I put what I thought would be a winning bid on it and lost by a wide margin. I did get the Diary Secrets 18, lost out on the TR 34 which also went for big bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) $740 for the TLP 5...whoa...so, one of us got somethin'... so much for us being experts... Edited February 17, 2014 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Well, about the WTR 3, more than one person bidded the book up. So there was more than one who was willing to pay top dollar for it. I admit that I put what I thought would be a winning bid on it and lost by a wide margin. I did get the Diary Secrets 18, lost out on the TR 34 which also went for big bucks. I also put in what I thought would be a winning bid and didn't come close. I'm thinking there must be something going on with the back cover, or there must be a spine split or something because the front cover scan sure looks better than FN-. I assume that's what the top bidders were thinking, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Wow...the HA auction was full of surprises...some got deals, some didn't. Books I thought would go thru the roof went for reasonable prices and others I thought would go for cheap went thru the roof. Someone paid nearly $1,000 for the WR #3 in F-. Unbelievable. I bid on one book and lost it by $20...grumble, grumble. Who won some of those books? Did any of you luck out? Within the last ten minutes, I knew everything I wanted was going to end way beyond what I decided would be my max. bids. I was surprised to win the APC 27 F- for $125. Also scored a coverless Fantastic Four 5 for the same price. Now I'm free to sell my G copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 OMG. That auction was really something. I almost went for the TLP 5, but just...couldn't. Who knows what it would have taken. Rick Starr, congrats. Recap Diary Secrets 18 F- $406 Dairy Secrets 24 VG/F $323 Pictorial Romances 6 F+ $203 Teen-Age Romances 14 VG $261 Teen-Age Romances 34 VG+ $478 Teen-Age Temptations 7 VG/F $149 True Love Pictorial 2 VG $137 True Love Pictorial 5 6.5 $741 True Love Pictorial 8 6.0Q $103 True Love Pictorial 10 6.0 $299 Wartime Romances 3 F- $980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Wow...the HA auction was full of surprises...some got deals, some didn't. Books I thought would go thru the roof went for reasonable prices and others I thought would go for cheap went thru the roof. Someone paid nearly $1,000 for the WR #3 in F-. Unbelievable. I bid on one book and lost it by $20...grumble, grumble. Who won some of those books? Did any of you luck out? Within the last ten minutes, I knew everything I wanted was going to end way beyond what I decided would be my max. bids. I was surprised to win the APC 27 F- for $125. Also scored a coverless Fantastic Four 5 for the same price. Now I'm free to sell my G copy. ..... lot of nice Baker..... and that FF 5 looked like PRIME marrying material. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
