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Baker Romance
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3 hours ago, kat123 said:

It’s insane Ron 

whos paying this prices???

low grade copies get premium prices....

Matt Baker 4life

Love your signature Kat (thumbsu

The interesting thing to me here is that, yes there were two buyers who took this book into the stratosphere, but there were another few who saw a 2.5 ish copy to be worth over a grand. This is showing more people are coming to the Baker party. I was late to learn about Mr Baker's work outside Phantom Lady and have had to pay pretty steep prices myself for almost anything I have. 

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1 hour ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

Love your signature Kat (thumbsu

The interesting thing to me here is that, yes there were two buyers who took this book into the stratosphere, but there were another few who saw a 2.5 ish copy to be worth over a grand. This is showing more people are coming to the Baker party. I was late to learn about Mr Baker's work outside Phantom Lady and have had to pay pretty steep prices myself for almost anything I have. 

Thanks Rick

I switch over into Baker OA, but if I could have predicted the future -I should have kept all my Baker books. Back in 2001 all this books cost pennies. lol 

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1 minute ago, kat123 said:

Thanks Rick

I switch over into Baker OA, but if I could have predicted the future -I should have kept all my Baker books. Back in 2001 all this books cost pennies. lol 

 Over the last year I’ve sold at least 75 or 80 Baker books here on the boards, mostly at prices that people thought were too high and yet as it turns out they were bargains.  

 I’m grateful that I do not have a completionist mentality.    That could get pretty expensive today. 

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16 hours ago, comicnoir said:

heh... I just read this word balloon for the first time :)

 

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17 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Are you kidding?  That's why the book is in such high demand.  It's like the Betty & Me "Beat Off" cover... lol

In fact I am going to have a commission done on this cover soon mainly for this reason.

Also, check out Chili #2 for double entendres  - http://www.dcindexes.com/features/comic.php?comicid=56250

Last, Adventure #42o. Oksner admitted in print he drew the canon as a phallic symbol. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Adventure_Comics_Vol_1_420

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19 minutes ago, otherworldsj331 said:

In fact I am going to have a commission done on this cover soon mainly for this reason.

Also, check out Chili #2 for double entendres  - http://www.dcindexes.com/features/comic.php?comicid=56250

Last, Adventure #42o. Oksner admitted in print he drew the canon as a phallic symbol. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Adventure_Comics_Vol_1_420

Never seen that Adventure cover before...that's a good one...but the chili is a little lame...:D and just to show the power of suggestion...I just bought an 8.5 copy of the Adventure.  Gotta have one before the word leaks out... lol

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27 minutes ago, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Yours looks a little better than my taped up copy...

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Top and bottom trimmed too.  They could have at least cut it straight on the bottom....

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3 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said:

I doubt it was trimmed...it's just a crappy copy...but it was only $5...

Nice to have any copy! I thought mine would do better than 2.5 but it presents well ! 

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5 hours ago, Yorick said:
5 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Yours looks a little better than my taped up copy...

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Top and bottom trimmed too.  They could have at least cut it straight on the bottom....

:gossip: What until he finishes Photoshopping it -- it look like a 9.2!

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29 minutes ago, Doc Joe said:
3 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said:

I doubt it was trimmed...it's just a crappy copy...but it was only $5...

Nice to have any copy! I thought mine would do better than 2.5 but it presents well ! 

One of my favorite Bakers and a tough book.  My copy is a 3.5.  I'd show it but PB looks like it's down yet again.

Thirteen copies on the census (high for a Baker book), but none higher than a 5.0.  I don't recall anyone posting a high-grade raw copy.  I assume there must be at least one or two out there somewhere.

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An obscure Baker cover (which I think it is, although not acknowledged by CGC).

Another of Archer St. John's brainstorms:  "Hey, let's reduce the size of the comic and still charge the same price!"

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12 minutes ago, szavisca said:

Was planning on my first actual Baker St John romance book to be CL 25, but thought it would be unwise to pass this one up at the LCS for $30....

 

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Now that's an LCS owner who is waaaay out of touch with the market!  Fabulous score!

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