Tri-Color Brian Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) Because it was Mexican edition... Edited December 30, 2017 by Tri-ColorBrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 On 12/30/2017 at 12:26 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: A friend of mine replaced staples in a book and submitted it...he got a blue label. He must be good... You need era authentic staples (different metals used and different weight staples) and you have to be very careful pulling the old staples and then putting the replacements back. The hardest part is probably bending the replacement staples closed without damaging the paper. You'd probably want to make a special frame to hold the book while you do all of that. Personally, if the staples were that much of a problem I would remove them and leave them off entirely. Paper hates staples... Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Yorick said: You need era authentic staples (different metals used and different weight staples) and you have to be very careful pulling the old staples and then putting the replacements back. The hardest part is probably bending the replacement staples closed without damaging the paper. You'd probably want to make a special frame to hold the book while you do all of that. Personally, if the staples were that much of a problem I would remove them and leave them off entirely. Paper hates staples... Well, I don't plan to do it...but i just wondered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 12/26/2017 at 1:10 PM, Ricksneatstuff said: Love your signature Kat 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. It got to high too fast but when it first showed up I considered going as high as grand as a flip book. It has decent eye-appeal, and the "hold " cover is a classic. Given where some other low grade but high demand Bakers have ended up I figured this one had the potential to go pretty high. You don't see it for sale very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 10 minutes ago, rjpb said: It got to high too fast but when it first showed up I considered going as high as grand as a flip book. It has decent eye-appeal, and the "hold " cover is a classic. Given where some other low grade but high demand Bakers have ended up I figured this one had the potential to go pretty high. You don't see it for sale very often. How does one view a sig line nowadays? They don't show up on my browser...I am using Chrome...but is there an option to always view them or just browser edition incompatibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 12/29/2017 at 12:28 PM, Sqeggs said: I agree. The way they hammer water stains --even teeny tiny ones -- is my biggest objection by far to their current grading standards. My second biggest is probably that they don't take off enough for rusty staples, even when there has been rust migration. There are a lot of things CGC is lenient on that I don't always agree with: foxing, scribbling on covers, some production defects, chipping, tanning, tape, and tape pulls. Despite their reputation for hammering stains, I've even seen a few water stained books I thought they were lenient on. Where I sometimes find them tougher than I would like is with non-color breaking creases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 19 minutes ago, rjpb said: It got to high too fast but when it first showed up I considered going as high as grand as a flip book. It has decent eye-appeal, and the "hold " cover is a classic. Given where some other low grade but high demand Bakers have ended up I figured this one had the potential to go pretty high. You don't see it for sale very often. It is not one of my favorites but I was in for $1200 or so just because it is so tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 First post of the new year is on me. She was the big attention getter at the New Years Eve party. comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayzen Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 22 minutes ago, RICK STARR said: First post of the new year is on me. She was the big attention getter at the New Years Eve party. Great looking books. Your Bakers collection is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 DS #28 is a textless cover I don't recall seeing before. Is it scarcer than most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 19 minutes ago, rjpb said: DS #28 is a textless cover I don't recall seeing before. Is it scarcer than most? You better go take a peek at the Grand Comicbook Database. Wonderful reference with images of every cover in a series. Great way to see which Baker covers should top your list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) On 12/31/2017 at 8:44 PM, PeterPark said: How does one view a sig line nowadays? They don't show up on my browser...I am using Chrome...but is there an option to always view them or just browser edition incompatibility? Go into your "settings" and move the slider thingy for showing sig lines. It will be under "signature" settings. Mine's the best... Edited January 4, 2018 by Tri-ColorBrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 47 minutes ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: Go into your "settings" and move the slider thingy for showing sig lines. It will be under "signature" settings. Mine's the best... Is that the line under your screen name that says "member"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Yorick said: Is that the line under your screen name that says "member"? It's at the topof the page between "activity" and "leaderboard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RICK STARR Posted January 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2018 Well, sending out this batch to CGC this week. Decided not to fast track and just have patience for a 2 month wait. predict: 5.5-6.0 predict: 4.5-5.0 predict: 6.5 no enhancing the scan here, just brilliant colors on this copy predict: 6.0-6.5 predict: 8.0 very nice copy PopKulture, comicjack, comicnoir and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 You just don't see the DS 27 out there,just a great cover ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 55 minutes ago, RICK STARR said: Well, sending out this batch to CGC this week. Decided not to fast track and just have patience for a 2 month wait. predict: 5.5-6.0 predict: 4.5-5.0 predict: 6.5 no enhancing the scan here, just brilliant colors on this copy predict: 6.0-6.5 predict: 8.0 very nice copy What beautiful copies! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, RICK STARR said: Wow, a totally sensational array of books! The only thing that keeps popping into my head about Baker is that his teen-agers seldom look like teen-agers. That's something a lot of artists seemed to have a problem with - even on a lot of Feldsteins serious romance covers the people look mature, and forget about Kirby!! Now I'm scratching my head trying to think who drew realistic looking younger people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Some of those belong in the 6 day submission tier! GCE15 and DS27 Now I'm going to have to send some books in. I need to maintain my number one spots on all the registry Baker sets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 49 minutes ago, Yorick said: Some of those belong in the 6 day submission tier! GCE15 and DS27 Now I'm going to have to send some books in. I need to maintain my number one spots on all the registry Baker sets! Excuse me I have 3 number ones. Diary Secrets , Pictorial Romances and WTR. CGC is so expense now, it's ridiculous. I 'm in no hurry to get them back. I'll probably submit another batch next month. Hmm.., I 'll have to re-check to see where I have to catch up to, Yorick. comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
