Dr. Love Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 badda bing! swish, all net, score! CONGRATS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Heckuva deal! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Arriving at the Matt Baker party as late as I did, it's been frustrating to see some of you brag about the good ol' days when one could purchase certain coveted Baker books for a pittance. I must have been due a Good Karma payment though, because I finally scored a rare book for a sweet price. A couple of weeks ago, during a cross-country trip to visit my son in Syracuse, New York, I stopped off at a few comic shops near my route. At one store, the proprietor checked his special boxes of books behind the counter and said he didn't have any of the issues I had asked for, but I was welcome to look through his regular back issue boxes out on the display floor. Sure that I would run onto nothing but the usual plethora of Marvel foil cover multiples and other over-printed issues, I was reluctant at first, but something told me to give it a brief try before getting back on the road. Going straight to the “D” section, I started looking for a specific St. John romance title. Digging past tons of Detective Comics from the 1990's and the 2000's, I came upon something that made my heart stop. The sticker on the front had the incorrect issue number, and the price seemed wrong, too, but I wasn't one to quibble. I paid the man and got the book out of there as soon as I could. Very nice. A tough one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 That's the kind of score that makes hours of pawing through boxes of dreck worthwhile. At least as long as you don't think too much about how many hours that's been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Arriving at the Matt Baker party as late as I did, it's been frustrating to see some of you brag about the good ol' days when one could purchase certain coveted Baker books for a pittance. I must have been due a Good Karma payment though, because I finally scored a rare book for a sweet price. A couple of weeks ago, during a cross-country trip to visit my son in Syracuse, New York, I stopped off at a few comic shops near my route. At one store, the proprietor checked his special boxes of books behind the counter and said he didn't have any of the issues I had asked for, but I was welcome to look through his regular back issue boxes out on the display floor. Sure that I would run onto nothing but the usual plethora of Marvel foil cover multiples and other over-printed issues, I was reluctant at first, but something told me to give it a brief try before getting back on the road. Going straight to the “D” section, I started looking for a specific St. John romance title. Digging past tons of Detective Comics from the 1990's and the 2000's, I came upon something that made my heart stop. The sticker on the front had the incorrect issue number, and the price seemed wrong, too, but I wasn't one to quibble. I paid the man and got the book out of there as soon as I could. Whoa! Good one! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Arriving at the Matt Baker party as late as I did, it's been frustrating to see some of you brag about the good ol' days when one could purchase certain coveted Baker books for a pittance. I must have been due a Good Karma payment though, because I finally scored a rare book for a sweet price. A couple of weeks ago, during a cross-country trip to visit my son in Syracuse, New York, I stopped off at a few comic shops near my route. At one store, the proprietor checked his special boxes of books behind the counter and said he didn't have any of the issues I had asked for, but I was welcome to look through his regular back issue boxes out on the display floor. Sure that I would run onto nothing but the usual plethora of Marvel foil cover multiples and other over-printed issues, I was reluctant at first, but something told me to give it a brief try before getting back on the road. Going straight to the “D” section, I started looking for a specific St. John romance title. Digging past tons of Detective Comics from the 1990's and the 2000's, I came upon something that made my heart stop. The sticker on the front had the incorrect issue number, and the price seemed wrong, too, but I wasn't one to quibble. I paid the man and got the book out of there as soon as I could. Whoa! Good one! (thumbs u Yeah man. that book is so scarce that at one time there was even debate if it had ever been printed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Arriving at the Matt Baker party as late as I did, it's been frustrating to see some of you brag about the good ol' days when one could purchase certain coveted Baker books for a pittance. I must have been due a Good Karma payment though, because I finally scored a rare book for a sweet price. A couple of weeks ago, during a cross-country trip to visit my son in Syracuse, New York, I stopped off at a few comic shops near my route. At one store, the proprietor checked his special boxes of books behind the counter and said he didn't have any of the issues I had asked for, but I was welcome to look through his regular back issue boxes out on the display floor. Sure that I would run onto nothing but the usual plethora of Marvel foil cover multiples and other over-printed issues, I was reluctant at first, but something told me to give it a brief try before getting back on the road. Going straight to the “D” section, I started looking for a specific St. John romance title. Digging past tons of Detective Comics from the 1990's and the 2000's, I came upon something that made my heart stop. The sticker on the front had the incorrect issue number, and the price seemed wrong, too, but I wasn't one to quibble. I paid the man and got the book out of there as soon as I could. Whoa! Good one! (thumbs u I saw what you did, Mr PunMeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Arriving at the Matt Baker party as late as I did, it's been frustrating to see some of you brag about the good ol' days when one could purchase certain coveted Baker books for a pittance. I must have been due a Good Karma payment though, because I finally scored a rare book for a sweet price. A couple of weeks ago, during a cross-country trip to visit my son in Syracuse, New York, I stopped off at a few comic shops near my route. At one store, the proprietor checked his special boxes of books behind the counter and said he didn't have any of the issues I had asked for, but I was welcome to look through his regular back issue boxes out on the display floor. Sure that I would run onto nothing but the usual plethora of Marvel foil cover multiples and other over-printed issues, I was reluctant at first, but something told me to give it a brief try before getting back on the road. Going straight to the “D” section, I started looking for a specific St. John romance title. Digging past tons of Detective Comics from the 1990's and the 2000's, I came upon something that made my heart stop. The sticker on the front had the incorrect issue number, and the price seemed wrong, too, but I wasn't one to quibble. I paid the man and got the book out of there as soon as I could. Whoa! Good one! (thumbs u I saw what you did, Mr PunMeister If only I was that clever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Great score on the Diary Secrets. I'm often fascinated by these "hidden in plain sight" GA gems. The Baker cover is beautiful, but thinking back to the years before I found these boards, if I'd seen that same issue in a dealer's box I'm sure I would have skimmed over it without a second thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Great score on the Diary Secrets. I'm often fascinated by these "hidden in plain sight" GA gems. The Baker cover is beautiful, but thinking back to the years before I found these boards, if I'd seen that same issue in a dealer's box I'm sure I would have skimmed over it without a second thought. I'm with you there. Although I've become something of a Baker maniac, as I've mentioned before, until I started reading this Baker thread I would have been hard pressed to explain who Baker was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) This was my first Baker romance. First time I ever saw one. I was looking for Phantom Lady's and Seven Seas. I didn't now about St. John's. I was at a dealers house talking about my new found interest and he pulled this out. Threw it in with my other purchases. 1999/2000. Edited June 3, 2015 by comicnoir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I've got one, too. There appear to be exactly zero copies on the census. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Me, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Let's all get them graded and swamp the census! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Damn...that's the kind of deal I'm talking about...great find... (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 (Hannah and her horse). Great cover on that book, gotta get me one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) Wow, that got more chuckles than my turtle gag in the HA thread... "Virginia, there IS a sense of humor on the forum..." Edited June 3, 2015 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Great score on the Diary Secrets. I'm often fascinated by these "hidden in plain sight" GA gems. The Baker cover is beautiful, but thinking back to the years before I found these boards, if I'd seen that same issue in a dealer's box I'm sure I would have skimmed over it without a second thought. There's no telling how long Diary Secrets #26 was in that box waiting for me. The 1990 edition of Overstreet has it listed as $9 in Fine, so perhaps it had been there for decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
