jlee Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 What a beautiful looking book. The 4 and the 6 get most of the glory, but I have always appreciated the 5 with the prototypical Baker female pose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Thanks. The book looked and felt brand new and pages were snow white before I slabbed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Wow those last two classic Baker covers offered on eBay went for good money considering the low grade Cinderella Love #28 @ $305 and TAR #43 at $242 both appearing to be CGC 2.0 or so..... I can see why as they are two of the most MASTERFULLY drawn covers I have ever seen. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Wow those last two classic Baker covers offered on eBay went for good money considering the low grade Cinderella Love #28 @ $305 and TAR #43 at $242 both appearing to be CGC 2.0 or so..... I can see why as they are two of the most MASTERFULLY drawn covers I have ever seen. Bakers is hot! Those are two very tough books. The CL 28 is one of my favorite Baker covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Congratulation Squeggs on your recent two new eBay Baker acquisitions FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) Wow those last two classic Baker covers offered on eBay went for good money considering the low grade Cinderella Love #28 @ $305 and TAR #43 at $242 both appearing to be CGC 2.0 or so..... I can see why as they are two of the most MASTERFULLY drawn covers I have ever seen. Where was there a TAR #43? Didn't see it, can't seem to find it. Edit: Oh, that one, from about a month ago. Edited February 25, 2016 by 29dukedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Jeez, I won this copy for just under $100., a few years ago on eBay. (I should point out, though, it was running simultaneously with a slightly nicer copy, and I correctly deduced that the nicer copy would draw attention away from this one.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Congratulation Squeggs on your recent two new eBay Baker acquisitions Nope. Wasn't me. Already have nicer copies. Tough books, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Beautiful copy and even more so when compared to the one that recently sold FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Jeez, I won this copy for just under $100., a few years ago on eBay. (I should point out, though, it was running simultaneously with a slightly nicer copy, and I correctly deduced that the nicer copy would draw attention away from this one.) You should have bought them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Jeez, I won this copy for just under $100., a few years ago on eBay. (I should point out, though, it was running simultaneously with a slightly nicer copy, and I correctly deduced that the nicer copy would draw attention away from this one.) You should have bought them both. Yeah. Curses on me and my finite disposable income! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 TAR #34 6.0 Volde listed on CL a few days ago for...$1520 while the recent Going Steady #14 6.0 that went for $2271 might be considered an outlier of sorts, I think it's clear that there is a disturbance in the force. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 TAR #34 6.0 Volde listed on CL a few days ago for...$1520 while the recent Going Steady #14 6.0 that went for $2271 might be considered an outlier of sorts, I think it's clear that there is a disturbance in the force. If you want to see some real fireworks, I suggest you watch the Cinderella Love 25 ending Tuesday night on eBay. Anybody care to make an estimation? It's a darn nice raw copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 TAR #34 6.0 Volde listed on CL a few days ago for...$1520 while the recent Going Steady #14 6.0 that went for $2271 might be considered an outlier of sorts, I think it's clear that there is a disturbance in the force. If you want to see some real fireworks, I suggest you watch the Cinderella Love 25 ending Tuesday night on eBay. Anybody care to make an estimation? It's a darn nice raw copy. It is nice, although the additional pictures show some damage that will keep the grade down. And, of course, you are rolling the dice with a raw book. Still, I would think it will go above $1,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Can one of you Baker experts list the top 10 Baker romance books in terms of value and/or desirability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 It's quite something when a non comic person goes out of their way to provide a wealth of pictures about what they're selling. Shame on this community. On the boards you can't even get a back cover shot anymore. It's gotten under my skin big time. wtf rant time. I saw a sales thread recently for a restored 4.5, no bc scan. The seller went out of his way to advise bidders that if you take the time to ask for a bc scan, you might very well lose out to someone else posting an I'll take it while that info is being provided. That's what its come to. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Can one of you Baker experts list the top 10 Baker romance books in terms of value and/or desirability? Probably the number one Baker romance issue, in those terms, would be Giant Comics Editions #12, the "prostitute" cover. Beyond that, it would be extremely difficult to provide a ranked list, but among the top ten, you'd most likely find: Diary Secrets nn giant, due to its extreme scarcity. Diary Secrets 7 and 9, the digest sized issues, also very scarce. Teen-Age Diary Secrets 6 features a young Marilyn Monroe on the cover, and is coveted by both comic collectors and Marilyn fans. Teen-Age Romances 9 always sells extremely well. Teen-Age Romances 41 through 45 (especially 45) are very tough to find and typically desirable. Cinderella Love 25 is widely considered Baker's romance masterpiece and is a very popular issue. CL 25 through 29 are all highly sought after issues. True Love Pictorial 11 is another popular cover. After that, I'd say it comes down to which individual covers are more popular than others, and therefore more coveted by collectors. Just my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Can one of you Baker experts list the top 10 Baker romance books in terms of value and/or desirability? This hasn't been done in a while. Fun for the whole family and beyond a certain point, subjective. Ten may not handle it. These come to mind right away. All Picture All True Love Story 1 Cinderella Love 25 Diary Secrets nn Giant Comics Editions 12 Going Steady 14 Teen-Age Diary Secrets 6 Teen-Age Romances 9 True Love Pictorial 11 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 And an interesting corollary to this conversation is pricing. Is there a base these days that we can recognize for Bakers - that is, books with Baker covers at least? Or is it so individualistic as to be nearly impossible, with every book going through a market discovery process? In this wild wild west can one say that a base is VG $250-$400, Fine $500-$700, VF $750-1000, VF/NM $1000+? 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Two excellent lists, to which I would add this one (only three known copies) Which kind of gets to the desirability v. scarcity issue. This one is high on the scarcity scale, but below CL 25, CGE 12, and TLP 11 on the desirability scale, I think. Then there's Teen-Age Diary Secrets 6 (mentioned by Dr. L), which lacks a Baker cover (although it has Baker interior art) but has a photo cover featuring a very young Marilyn Monroe (or so most people think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
