JvR11 Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 Diary Secrets 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 This is low grade but you rarely see it up for auction. Anyone have a high grade copy of TR44? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 This is low grade but you rarely see it up for auction. Anyone have a high grade copy of TR44? Anyone have another copy of TR 44? (I do- it's about 5.0. As scarce as TR 45, IMO.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Wow the Romantic Marriage 23 went high on ebay at $335. Crazy prices! Here's mine I paid around $100 for it. I wish I would have held on to a lot of my doubles and sold them now. I'm going to have to dig through my boxes. Let us know if you find them and decide to list them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 This is low grade but you rarely see it up for auction. Anyone have a high grade copy of TR44? I think that's the first copy I've ever seen. I would guess St Jon's print runs were getting pretty small by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Diary Secrets 29 Whoa, you don't see that everyday, in that condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 This is low grade but you rarely see it up for auction. Anyone have a high grade copy of TR44? Anyone have another copy of TR 44? (I do- it's about 5.0. As scarce as TR 45, IMO.) Maybe it's fitting that as the Teen-Age Romances run drew to a close, that couple -- with his receding hairline and her hints of gray -- appear to be engaged in a Middle-Age Romance. It also looks like a fall cover for a book that likely hit the stands (the few stands that it hit!) in June. St John was probably beyond worrying about such things by then, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 My first Teen-age Romances. Bought it for $5.00 @ my LCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Kitty Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 This is low grade but you rarely see it up for auction. Anyone have a high grade copy of TR44? Anyone have another copy of TR 44? (I do- it's about 5.0. As scarce as TR 45, IMO.) Maybe it's fitting that as the Teen-Age Romances run drew to a close, that couple -- with his receding hairline and her hints of gray -- appear to be engaged in a Middle-Age Romance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Here is my copy. Has a long diagonal crease along rt. corner. Except for that, structurally beautiful with ow/w pages. Also, found this panel inside (upper left) Recognize it? Edited March 12, 2014 by RICK STARR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Sure, I recognize that panel... (of course, TAR 44 is the third reprinting of that story. The original publication was in Teen-Age Diary Secrets 7, then again in TADS 9, where that panel was used as the cover, then in TAR 25, and finally here in TAR 44.) I also recognize your copy of TAR 44 as being from the Neat Stuff collection in 2003. I knew you had a copy, in addition to those mentioned above, but I'm at a loss to recall very many more copies than that. I'm starting to form the opinion that 44 may actually be more scarce than 45. Could be it just seems that way, too, since 45 is probably the more sought after issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Here is my copy. Has a long diagonal crease along rt. corner. Except for that, structurally beautiful with ow/w pages. Also, found this panel inside (upper left) Recognize it? Interesting. Since TADS 9 was published years before TAR 44, the story that panel is from must be a reprint of an early Baker story. Is there another example of a Baker cover that is a swipe from a story panel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Sure, I recognize that panel... (of course, TAR 44 is the third reprinting of that story. The original publication was in Teen-Age Diary Secrets 7, then again in TADS 9, where that panel was used as the cover, then in TAR 25, and finally here in TAR 44.) I also recognize your copy of TAR 44 as being from the Neat Stuff collection in 2003. I knew you had a copy, in addition to those mentioned above, but I'm at a loss to recall very many more copies than that. I'm starting to form the opinion that 44 may actually be more scarce than 45. Could be it just seems that way, too, since 45 is probably the more sought after issue. My first question was answered! What about my second question: Other examples of a cover that is a panel swipe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Sure, I recognize that panel... (of course, TAR 44 is the third reprinting of that story. The original publication was in Teen-Age Diary Secrets 7, then again in TADS 9, where that panel was used as the cover, then in TAR 25, and finally here in TAR 44.) I also recognize your copy of TAR 44 as being from the Neat Stuff collection in 2003. I knew you had a copy, in addition to those mentioned above, but I'm at a loss to recall very many more copies than that. I'm starting to form the opinion that 44 may actually be more scarce than 45. Could be it just seems that way, too, since 45 is probably the more sought after issue. My first question was answered! What about my second question: Other examples of a cover that is a panel swipe? Yes, there is... kind of. The cover of Diary Secrets 16 is supposedly based on the splash page of a Baker story in Wartime Romances 12. If somebody else can post the DS 16 cover, I can post the WR 12 page: (Edit: Thanks, Comixcroz!) Edited March 12, 2014 by 29dukedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comixcroz Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 this is no longer my book but here it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I am tending to agree now about the TR 44 being scarce or HTF. Have all our boardies here posted theirs yet? If so, yow, what does that say about it. I do seem to recall a beat copy on Ebay just a little while back. I've had 2 copies of TR 45, but have not seen any others available otherwise. Duke, your memory is scary. Yes mine is the Neatstuff copy from 2004. It did not come cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I am tending to agree now about the TR 44 being scarce or HTF. Have all our boardies here posted theirs yet? If so, yow, what does that say about it. I do seem to recall a beat copy on Ebay just a little while back. I've had 2 copies of TR 45, but have not seen any others available otherwise. Duke, your memory is scary. Yes mine is the Neatstuff copy from 2004. It did not come cheap! I know... I remember. Heh Heh Heh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 this is no longer my book but here it is. Looks like this cover was inspired by the panel, but was substantially redrawn. In the other case, it looks as if the panel was just reused (by being blown up?) as the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) I am tending to agree now about the TR 44 being scarce or HTF. Have all our boardies here posted theirs yet? If so, yow, what does that say about it. I do seem to recall a beat copy on Ebay just a little while back. I've had 2 copies of TR 45, but have not seen any others available otherwise. Duke, your memory is scary. Yes mine is the Neatstuff copy from 2004. It did not come cheap! I know... I remember. Heh Heh Heh! I think I got onto Baker waaaay too late to have much hope of completing my collection. Edited March 12, 2014 by Sqeggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I am tending to agree now about the TR 44 being scarce or HTF. Have all our boardies here posted theirs yet? If so, yow, what does that say about it. I do seem to recall a beat copy on Ebay just a little while back. I've had 2 copies of TR 45, but have not seen any others available otherwise. Duke, your memory is scary. Yes mine is the Neatstuff copy from 2004. It did not come cheap! I know... I remember. Heh Heh Heh! I think I got onto Baker waaaay too late to have much hope of completing my collection. Just relax and enjoy the ones you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
