comicjack Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Just now, Sqeggs said: I don't care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Somehow I never recorded what/when/how much for this one when I got it raw. A little surprised to see it's the highest graded. I think there may be some nicer raw copies around. 29dukedog, sacentaur and comicnoir 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, comicjack said: 3 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: I don't care I keep telling you, you're entitled to my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) I'm out of likes today i was a bad boy and went over my limit, but i do like the football cover Edited January 11, 2018 by comicjack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sqeggs said: Are there any significant Baker collections not owned by a boardie? You're asking a bunch of boardies, ya know. That question needs to go out to non-boardies, and that's unlikely to happen here... on the boards. Edited January 11, 2018 by 29dukedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 19 minutes ago, 29dukedog said: You're asking a bunch of boardies, ya know. I do know a local collector/ drinking buddy who has a near complete Baker collection. He views the boards but doesn't participate. Another local guy has submitted most of his Bakers to Clink for auction. They are probably the copies now being offered in their upcoming auctions. comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, szavisca said: So ... as someone relatively new to Bakers ... is it just me or is CL 25 not that rare relative to a lot of the other Baker romance? It's not just you. CL 25 is not as hard to find as many others. More rare than CL 25 is a long list... many of the rebound giants and odd format books... late issues of TR... also TR 9 thru 13, PR 14 and 23, WR 3 and 7... a long list, and a variety of opinions, but many people agree on quite a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, szavisca said: Thanks, trying to get a grasp on what a fair price would be if one ever came available. Hard to do without much in the way of public sales data... Obviously one can infer based from prices of other Bakers it’s gonna cost dearly in any grade. But I don’t wanna overpay too much if it’s not mad mad rare... CL 25 has huge popularity going for it, which drives prices more than scarcity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I get texts from ppl out of the blue asking me to sell my copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 This one was always seen as tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, szavisca said: Oh I know! But scarcity still counts for part of it. No worries I won’t be texting you, I see a low grade copy in my future. My regret is I passed on a few copies because of certain defects. What was I thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 35 minutes ago, szavisca said: Thanks, trying to get a grasp on what a fair price would be if one ever came available. Hard to do without much in the way of public sales data... Obviously one can infer based from prices of other Bakers it’s gonna cost dearly in any grade. But I don’t wanna overpay too much if it’s not mad mad rare... It's based on demand and demand. I think supply is slightly weighted when it comes to a book like CL 25. Most collectors may agree that this is the most universally appealing Baker book with the avid collector and the casual collector in search of just one baker example. 29dukedog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, comicnoir said: This one was always seen as tough. Talk about a copy that was meant for me you... it has my your first initial written on the cover. As for regrets, I once bought a sweet PR 7 in about 5.0 for about $80., but stupidly decided to return it because the cf was detached. I'm still shaking my head, and I still don't have a PR 7, in any condition. comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Funnybooks said: 1 hour ago, szavisca said: Thanks, trying to get a grasp on what a fair price would be if one ever came available. Hard to do without much in the way of public sales data... Obviously one can infer based from prices of other Bakers it’s gonna cost dearly in any grade. But I don’t wanna overpay too much if it’s not mad mad rare... It's based on demand and demand. I think supply is slightly weighted when it comes to a book like CL 25. Most collectors may agree that this is the most universally appealing Baker book with the avid collector and the casual collector in search of just one baker example. I think we've speculated in the past about whether CL 15 or GCE 12 in high grade (let's say 9.2) would sell for more. GCE 12 has more crossover appeal to non-romance GGA collectors. Edited January 11, 2018 by Sqeggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, szavisca said: Yep demand is the prime driver for sure... but I think extreme scarcity would raise the cost on lower grades, which I’m hunting for, more than it would on higher grades. Its helpful to know what the long time hunters think when figuring out what my personal max price would be. Absolutely agree. Good luck with your search. szucchini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: I think we've speculated in the past about whether CL 15 or GCE 12 in high grade (let's say 9.2) would sell for more. GCE 12 has more crossover appeal to non-romance GGA collectors. Both great covers...I prefer CL 15 over CGE12. The collage image from CL25 along with the color scheme hits all the right buttons for me. I can't argue any of these 3 books as being the best of the best. CL15 is more overtly sexual and may not be everyone's cup of tea as their Baker example...never-mind, I just heard what I wrote.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Funnybooks said: Both great covers...I prefer CL 15 over CGE12. The collage image from CL25 along with the color scheme hits all the right buttons for me. I can't argue any of these 3 books as being the best of the best. CL15 is more overtly sexual and may not be everyone's cup of tea as their Baker example...never-mind, I just heard what I wrote.... To me, CL 25 is preferable to GCE 12, but I have a feeling at auction that it would go the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 59 minutes ago, comicnoir said: This one was always seen as tough. Nice! Best I've been able to do is a raw VG/FN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Sqeggs said: 3 hours ago, 29dukedog said: 3 hours ago, 1950's war comics said: can anyone tell me why Cinderella love skipped from issue 15 to 25 ? I think the title was put on hold for a while after #15. When #25 was published, it continued the numbering of Romantic Marriage, for some reason. St John did all kinds of strange stuff. Presumably trying to save a few bucks on second class mailing deposits or something. A new second class mailing permit was required of a publisher launching a new title. The sneaky way around this was to keep up the numbering of an existing title, and just claim the name of the book was being changed. EC did it routinely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 18 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Nice! Best I've been able to do is a raw VG/FN. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
