Ricksneatstuff Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I know I have discussed this before but I have found these two to be the toughest. A raw 4.0 Teen-Age Romances 11 sold for $1200 recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Baker is on fire right now and getting some amazing bumps in the cash department Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said: I know I have discussed this before but I have found these two to be the toughest. A raw 4.0 Teen-Age Romances 11 sold for $1200 recently. I was fortunate to pick up the TAR11 3.0 on the census. I sold a xerox cover/complete interior to a guy who may have bought that incomplete copy (but with the cover) on ebay a few weeks ago. TAR9 is my kryptonite, and I had to pay over 600 for the 2.0 on Heritage. I should have just paid 3k for the 8.0 on ebay several months back. Nice TAR45! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 7 hours ago, tricolorbrian said: Must be a rare book... let's count them...me, you, some dude who won it on ebay, 2 on ebay now...Who else owns a copy of this rare book? I'm in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Definitely a tough one. I have this one and a raw I bought a while back from Harley. It came from an extensive romance collection that the OO kept in very nice shape ... but, unfortunately, she also wrote her name on each book in dark blue ink. Could be a 9.0 marked down to 7.0, or so, because of the writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Yorick said: 9 hours ago, tricolorbrian said: I don't see this one posted much. Is it rare too? got mine from Joe Naaca in the 90s for $15. I think this one is tougher to find than the TAT4. Definitely both tough, but in the last year or two several copies of TAR 39 have sold, so I think I would rate TAT 4 a bit above it on the toughness meter. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Yorick said: I am "some dude"! I didn't think it was that rare, but I didn't have a copy... Sorry dude, I didn't know it was you...You gotta brag about this stuff here so we know who the culprits are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I have this copy of TAR 39. Brighter than the scan makes it look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 8 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Definitely a tough one. I have this one and a raw I bought a while back from Harley. It came from an extensive romance collection that the OO kept in very nice shape ... but, unfortunately, she also wrote her name on each book in dark blue ink. Could be a 9.0 marked down to 7.0, or so, because of the writing. Oh my! With Off-white pages too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Robot Man said: I'm in... You're always in, so you don't count... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: I have this copy of TAR 39. Brighter than the scan makes it look. My first submission 39 came back 4.0. I bought the copy on ebay from Bakerfan last year. It looks slightly better and I intend on getting it graded soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, tricolorbrian said: 1 hour ago, Robot Man said: I'm in... You're always in, so you don't count... In the Robot_Man Photo-Journal Guides there are no white spaces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 He's a damn hoarder...they should do a TV show about him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 What ever happened to Joanna? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Just now, Yorick said: What ever happened to Joanna? She drops by every now and then, but I think she's sold most of her Bakers. I bought one off her on eBay a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Just now, Sqeggs said: She drops by every now and then, but I think she's sold most of her Bakers. I bought one off her on eBay a couple of years ago. She really helped me out several years back getting some super nice Bakers, and I notice that apparently this is her forum topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1 minute ago, Yorick said: 3 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: She drops by every now and then, but I think she's sold most of her Bakers. I bought one off her on eBay a couple of years ago. She really helped me out several years back getting some super nice Bakers, and I notice that apparently this is her forum topic. I think she last posted in it six months to a year ago, but she doesn't come by regularly, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) Well yeah, I won the GCE 12. My max bid started at $1500, went to $2000 and finally settled in at $2500. I decided to go for it because, even though the edges were ragged and there was writing along the top, I thought the colors were bright and the art clear. Also, my big collecting goal this year is to get a copy of FF 1. I'm looking for a low grade copy at a reasonable price. I've struck out so far but I had some money to spend so I decided to go for this. Now I can cross this one off my list. As I do whenever I buy an expensive comic -- when I buy at the top of the market -- I have some buyer's remorse. Especially when the comic has the issues this one has. But, I know from experience those feelings eventually go away. In my collecting life (going on 40+ years of active collecting now), the only deals I've regretted (where the regret has stuck with me) are the ones I passed on. I remember years ago at a SDCC buying TOS 39 and Sensation 1 (back then, the Sensation was the driver for the deal with the TOS thrown in at a discount). I had to run back to my hotel room for cash and it completely drained my funds for the con. I remember walking back to the con thinking "why the f* am I doing this?" Years later, they made Iron Man movies and now I can sell that TOS 39 for a down payment on a pretty nice car. And, the early appearance of WW is looking pretty good now (although, ahem, perhaps not as good Gal Gadot). My point is, our hobby is a pretty good investment too. That's what I tell my wife when I spend money on comics. She always looks skeptically at me though because she knows I won't sell, unless things get really bad (Knock on wood). Edited February 18, 2017 by n2wdw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, n2wdw said: Well yeah, I won the GCE 12. My max bid started at $1500, went to $2000 and finally settled in at $2500. I decided to go for it because, even though the edges were ragged and there was writing along the top, I thought the colors were bright and the art clear. Also, my big collecting goal this year is to get a copy of FF 1. I'm looking for a low grade copy at a reasonable price. I've struck out so far but I had some money to spend so I decided to go for this. Now I can cross this one off my list. As I do whenever I buy an expensive comic -- when I buy at the top of the market -- I have some buyer's remorse. Especially when the comic has the issues this one has. But, I know from experience those feelings eventually go away. In my collecting life (going on 40+ years of active collecting now), the only deals I've regretted (where the regret has stuck with me) are the ones I passed on. I remember years ago at a SDCC buying TOS 39 and Sensation 1. I had to run back to my hotel room for cash and it completely drained my funds for the con. I remember walking back to the con thinking "why the f* am I doing this?" Years later, they made Iron Man movies and now I can sell that TOS 39 for a down payment on a pretty nice car. And, the early appearance of WW is looking pretty good now (although, ahem, perhaps not as good Gal Gadot). My point is, our hobby is a pretty good investment too. That's what I tell my wife when I spend money on comics. She always looks skeptically at me though because she knows I won't sell, unless things get really bad (Knock on wood). Unspeakably jealous of that GCE12! Just keep in mind that the interiors vary from issue to issue so you've likely got a one-of-a-kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, n2wdw said: Well yeah, I won the GCE 12. My max bid started at $1500, went to $2000 and finally settled in at $2500. I decided to go for it because, even though the edges were ragged and there was writing along the top, I thought the colors were bright and the art clear. Also, my big collecting goal this year is to get a copy of FF 1. I'm looking for a low grade copy at a reasonable price. I've struck out so far but I had some money to spend so I decided to go for this. Now I can cross this one off my list. As I do whenever I buy an expensive comic -- when I buy at the top of the market -- I have some buyer's remorse. Especially when the comic has the issues this one has. But, I know from experience those feelings eventually go away. In my collecting life (going on 40+ years of active collecting now), the only deals I've regretted (where the regret has stuck with me) are the ones I passed on. I remember years ago at a SDCC buying TOS 39 and Sensation 1 (back then, the Sensation was the driver for the deal with the TOS thrown in at a discount). I had to run back to my hotel room for cash and it completely drained my funds for the con. I remember walking back to the con thinking "why the f* am I doing this?" Years later, they made Iron Man movies and now I can sell that TOS 39 for a down payment on a pretty nice car. And, the early appearance of WW is looking pretty good now (although, ahem, perhaps not as good Gal Gadot). My point is, our hobby is a pretty good investment too. That's what I tell my wife when I spend money on comics. She always looks skeptically at me though because she knows I won't sell, unless things get really bad (Knock on wood). Don't know if it would convince your wife, but I'm pretty sure that if you had that book graded and consigned it to one of the auction houses, you would more than make your money back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
