comicnoir Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I have a catalogue of his somewhere, maybe I threw it away. Has his contact info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Daniel Boshell said: I was the runner up tonight on the 7.5, I really wanted this book but tapped out at $3100. I also aggressively bid on 2 of the PL books but didn’t get them. I’m just starting to collect romance comics and am looking to purchase my first Baker. Wow, Daniel. Welcome to romance collecting, brother. I saw you've got your eye out for some nice Savannahs, too. Hang in there, you'll get what you're looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 So - back around 2011 or so, Sparkle City got reanimated by Brian Schutzer. They came onto Ebay in an aggressive way, straight up slabs, nice stuff, no raw. In August 2012 they started including romance. We're talking sizable amounts for a Sunday night - 14 books one week, 16 books another. This was very unusual for romance. Slabbed romance in particular was kind of unheard of, certainly on Ebay. The last time there was sizable romance was years earlier, in the Sunday HA auctions when they were rolling out the Crippens. Even then 90%+ were raw. On 10/28/12, Sparkle had 45 slabbed romance go up. Never before, and never since, has there been so many slabbed romance books at one time in an auction. I had consigned some books to them, and unfortunately they made their debut that night. I got slaughtered on the prices. That was just too much inventory at one time for that market to absorb and maintain strength across the board. Their auctions continued featuring romance, but at a much lesser volume level - usually less than 10 books of various publishers. No big marquee books, just solid mid to upper grade offerings. Then, on 2/20/13, there was this posting in the Sales Advertising thread on the boards: szucchini and damonwad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Andy thanks for jogging my memory. What a feast and yes I won the TaT 1. I think I paid $1500.00 which was unheard of at the time for me or most ppl. Now just another walk in the park. Too bad they couldn't keep the momentum. Their auctions don't Sparkle as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted September 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) Here's what the Baker lineup looked like on Sunday night, 3/10/13. All of the regulars were chomping at the bit, at least 5 or 6 guys who are still around today. Also included were the die hard Ebay romance guys who never did make it to the boards, guys like slfan62, suganthi, uscheetah, and evan1665. I don't think many of the board guys were placing bids beforehand. Most of us were used to sniping with 3 seconds left, so it was Hail Mary time on many of these books. And what a collection it was. 18 primo Baker books. Slabbed Baker books. Absolutely unheard of, not this quantity, this quality. Here's the lineup, I still can't believe it all these years later: Cindrella Love #25 6.0 OWW Diary Secrets #10 8.0 OWW Diary Secrets #12 6.5 CR-OW Diary Secrets #13 9.2 W GCE #12 4.0 OWW Pictorial Romances #8 8.0 OWW Pictorial Romances #12 8.0 OWW Teen-Age Diary Secrets #4 8.0 W Teen-Age Romances #2 8.0 OWW Ohio Teen-Age Romances #19 7.0 OWW Teen-Age Romances #20 8.0 OW Teen-Age Romances #38 8.0 OWW Teen-Age Temptations #1 8.5 OWW Teen-Age Temptations #6 7.0 OWW Teen-Age Temptations #7 7.5 W Teen-Age Temptations #8 8.5 W Wartime Romances #4 6.5 OWW Wartime Romances #11 9.2 OWW When all was said and done, our boardies took 15 out of the 18 books that night. Edited September 13, 2019 by Dr. Love Ricksneatstuff, MB1952, comicnoir and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I started looking up the prices realized on GPA. They were there except for my Tat 1. Wonder why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, comicnoir said: I started looking up the prices realized on GPA. They were there except for my Tat 1. Wonder why? That is weird. You paid $1425, btw. Back then I kept track of what everyone was paying for all pricey romance - it was my hobby, it was my business. Right behind you with a $1400 bid was a guy with the handle fourthirds, name of Scott Henry Robson. He had money, and primarily went after first issues. Kind of like a contemporary Windy City ebay guy. But there were others right behind him as well; there was strong participation for your book, rightfully so! comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Dr. Love said: That is weird. You paid $1425, btw. Back then I kept track of what everyone was paying for all pricey romance - it was my hobby, it was my business. Right behind you with a $1400 bid was a guy with the handle fourthirds, name of Scott Henry Robson. He had money, and primarily went after first issues. Kind of like a contemporary Windy City ebay guy. But there were others right behind him as well; there was strong participation for your book, rightfully so! It's a beaut, still have it of course. Wish I had had the resources to go after more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 What a rush seeing these books again. So rare in these grades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 7 hours ago, kat123 said: This fella had sweet stuff hopefully someone on the boards must know him, old collector. His name was Dave I bought quite a few books from him, including my National 7. He had some health issues that impacted his collecting and selling. Hopefully he is doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1952 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 hours ago, october said: I bought quite a few books from him, including my National 7. He had some health issues that impacted his collecting and selling. Hopefully he is doing well. Thanks -you knew him? He was offering lots beautiful golden age stuff on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Boshell Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 11 hours ago, Dr. Love said: Wow, Daniel. Welcome to romance collecting, brother. I saw you've got your eye out for some nice Savannahs, too. Hang in there, you'll get what you're looking for. Thanks Dr. Love. Yeah I looked for the Savannah’s but didn’t get any yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Daniel Boshell Posted September 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Daniel Boshell said: Thanks Dr. Love. Yeah I looked for the Savannah’s but didn’t get any yet. I did purchase my first Romance book recently from Heritage last month. Ricksneatstuff, MB1952, RareHighGrade and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted September 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2019 18 hours ago, Dr. Love said: Well, in the CC auction the TAR 2 Crippen 7.5 2nd highest went for a very stout $3200 compare to highest graded 8.0 Ohio, which went off on Ebay one Sunday night, 6 1/2 years ago. I was there for that one. You? Yes, I was in the neighborhood that night. Point Five, pmpknface, RareHighGrade and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Daniel Boshell said: I did purchase my first Romance book recently from Heritage last month. Nice - one of the best Ace painted covers. White pages. And a Carson City to boot! Daniel Boshell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 15 hours ago, Dr. Love said: the die hard Ebay romance guys who never did make it to the boards At least one of them finally did.... I had been stalking the Boards for quite a while before the CGC Board update/revamp. I won a Flyin Jenny, GS12, TAR37, and TAR39 in 2013. Does not look like I won any of the books in that particular group, but I have won others from Sparkle City. Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 8 hours ago, Dr. Love said: 12 hours ago, Daniel Boshell said: I did purchase my first Romance book recently from Heritage last month. Nice - one of the best Ace painted covers. White pages. And a Carson City to boot! Beautiful book, but there's something about this one that reminds me of a certain doctor . . . Daniel Boshell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted September 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2019 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Yorick, szucchini, damonwad and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yorick Posted September 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2019 I love finding cheap Bakers. szucchini, Dr. Love, damonwad and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Nice result on that 2.0 CL 25. $4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
