Sqeggs Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 BuscemasAvengers, sacentaur, comicnoir and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mustang33guy Posted December 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) Finally got one of my grail Baker books locked down! Edited December 15, 2018 by mustang33guy RareHighGrade, comicjack, sacentaur and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 hour ago, mustang33guy said: Finally got one of my grail Baker books locked down! Great looking copy of a very tough book. Ken sacentaur and mustang33guy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 3 hours ago, Sqeggs said: I would sell those low grades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Sqeggs said: That DS 30 is nice. Looks better than the grade. Is there moisture damage and a tear on the bottom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/11/2018 at 12:27 PM, szavisca said: Just finished off the Nightmare 13, AGS 14-16 set with this less than hundred dollar Baker that just got back from Sarasota Less than a hundred? That tells me the seller had no clue it was Baker, or maybe even who Baker was... pmpknface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 On 12/15/2018 at 8:08 PM, comicnoir said: That DS 30 is nice. Looks better than the grade. Is there moisture damage and a tear on the bottom? I can't quite remember. I'll have to dig it out and take a look. I'm thinking there's (at least) a third giant girl cover from that period out there. Can anybody think of one? I can't think offhand of another cover where Baker was (apparently) doing a semi-swipe of another artist's cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I guess we all saw this? https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/matt-baker-seven-seas-comics-5-cover-original-art-iger-studios-1947-/p/7204-95001.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 5 hours ago, comicnoir said: I guess we all saw this? https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/matt-baker-seven-seas-comics-5-cover-original-art-iger-studios-1947-/p/7204-95001.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 This is the only surviving Matt Baker cover OA that I am aware of. Has anyone else ever seen Baker cover OA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, szavisca said: 2 hours ago, MBFan said: This is the only surviving Matt Baker cover OA that I am aware of. Has anyone else ever seen Baker cover OA? https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=593266 I've seen that piece in person when it was for sale for a ridiculously small price. Lots of white out and colorist notes that were super distracting. It looks like that gallery owner is sharing scan of a photo copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldCap Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 9 hours ago, comicnoir said: I guess we all saw this? https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/matt-baker-seven-seas-comics-5-cover-original-art-iger-studios-1947-/p/7204-95001.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 That's awesome! Can't wait to watch the auction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 5 hours ago, szavisca said: !!! Well this’ll be interesting...wonder if it can break 100k. I wouldn’t call it one of his best covers but there’s only this and 6 out there as far as OA goes ... as far as I know. It does beg the question, does the OA for 4 exist? I do not believe it will break 100. I think 50-65 will be final hammer range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, szavisca said: If there was an abundance of good baker OA out there I’d say 30-40k....but there’s not. I’d say 50k is a safe bet, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see an Uber rich guy fight take it way higher. If it were Seven Seas 4 I believe that it would break 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Two surviving Baker OA so far. I just wondered what happened to St. John Publishers after Archer St. John passed away in 1955 where Baker OA were stored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: 8 hours ago, szavisca said: !!! Well this’ll be interesting...wonder if it can break 100k. I wouldn’t call it one of his best covers but there’s only this and 6 out there as far as OA goes ... as far as I know. It does beg the question, does the OA for 4 exist? I do not believe it will break 100. I think 50-65 will be final hammer range. Even that seems high to me, but I'm not a fan of this cover. It took me quite a while to pick up a copy of this issue and it was more for completeness sake. I think this OA and some of the Flamingo OA that's surfaced comes from the files of Universal Phoenix Features Syndicate, which was run by Iger and Eisner. The Art of Glamour book shows some other Baker romance OA, although not any covers, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Even that seems high to me, but I'm not a fan of this cover. It took me quite a while to pick up a copy of this issue and it was more for completeness sake. I think this OA and some of the Flamingo OA that's surfaced comes from the files of Universal Phoenix Features Syndicate, which was run by Iger and Eisner. The Art of Glamour book shows some other Baker romance OA, although not any covers, iirc. I don't disagree. Even 35-40 would not surprise me much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 hours ago, JollyComics said: Two surviving Baker OA so far. I just wondered what happened to St. John Publishers after Archer St. John passed away in 1955 where Baker OA were stored. I heard of talk of a fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, comicnoir said: I heard of talk of a fire. I did my research of St John Publisher. Nothing was found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I believe that some (most? all?) of the OA shown in The Art of Glamour is owned by the Baker family. I assume that they were stray pieces that for some reason were in his possession when he died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 9 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: I believe that some (most? all?) of the OA shown in The Art of Glamour is owned by the Baker family. I assume that they were stray pieces that for some reason were in his possession when he died. Matt Baker may take some/most/all of his OA from St John Publishers after Archer St. John passing away in 1955. Four years later he passed away. Probably all of his possessions were taken by his family. That is nearly 60 years ago. I am sure most Baker family members should be dead now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
