adamstrange Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 4:36 PM, Yorick said: "Ernest Chiriacka, artist, illustrator, and sculptor, was born Anastassios Kyriakakos, May 11, 1913 in New York City of Greek ancestry." Well, I guess that might be the Greek magazine connection... He's a well known illustrator for magazines and paper backs. I'm glad to see we can properly credit him for the source of the Cinderella Love 25 cover. PeterPark, MB1952 and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just realized that bleeding cool article links to my picture of Thisavros 710 posted on this very thread! If I had known HA might be interested I could have added it to the Matt Baker auction Sqeggs, OtherEric and Yorick 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Just threw in the first bid on the Baker auction. Cinderella Love 25 in 1.5 condition. Finally made an appearance. Whether I win anything is another story. But I was the first. PeterPark, Yorick and Chief1332 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 I've been outbid. Chief1332 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 10:03 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: Oh, and a big welcome back to Sqeggs! We'll see you again next year... Fooled ya! Back already! GreatCaesarsGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 10:16 PM, Yorick said: Only because of the St John miscut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 11:19 PM, PeterPark said: All Baker...wow...I wonder what they have in store... Or what books they just couldn't find... Diary Secrets nn, Teen-Age Diary Secrets 9... What was the last consensus on the toughest-to-find Bakers? High grade is great, but so many are ghosts in any condition... TADS 9 would get my vote. My copy is a wreck that I purchased five years ago. Haven't seen another copy for sale since. Diary Secrets nn is also very tough. Here's my 6.5 that I had pressed into a 6.0. Maybe I should have it pressed again to see if I can get it to 5.5. OtherEric, Yorick, Funnybooks and 3 others 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 2:08 AM, comicnoir said: They say no OA in the auction. Why? Turns out they did come up with some. The first page of the Romance Stories of True Love 51 story is shown on p. 86 of The Art of Glamour, for what that's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 10:35 AM, Dr. Love said: This would be the opportunity for those who have decent copies to jump on in. Could be the height of the Baker market for a while. How would multiples of certain issues do in this scenario? Do lesser copies benefit in the wake of a highest grade? Would HA put them before or after in terms of listing order? Turns out that didn't seem to happen. At least on a go through, I didn't seen any duplicates. My casual observation from other auctions (of non-Bakers) is that duplicates in the same auction don't seem to hurt the lower-grade copy, except possibly on CC where the time clock resetting with every bid within three minutes can cause weird things to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 11:10 AM, Robot Man said: My favorite Baker cover. Easily in my top 10 favorite covers in my collection. Sexy? Sure. But in a very tasteful way. That expression and those eyes get me every time I see it. Takes me back to my youth when I used to, ah, ... never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 4:45 PM, OtherEric said: I could see the Liberty going for quite a bit less... it's not a cover, and I suspect some of the people who ran up the Greek reprint may be feeling a bit shy given that an earlier source has turned up. Also, the Liberty probably can be expected to have quite a few more copies out there. I'm the goof who won the Greek magazine. The Liberty is interesting and I'll probably take a run at it--after searching the web for another copy and failing to find one! The Baker-related image not being on the cover is a drawback. (And that's a pretty lame cover--did people tear it off and hang it on a wall in lieu of a regular calendar?) szucchini, OtherEric, Point Five and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 8:05 PM, comicnoir said: I've been outbid. Yeah, I've got a few saved but I'm sure it will end up being for tracking purposes only. Very exciting to watch and dream though. GreatCaesarsGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Did you notice this one? https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=55987224 Far be it from me to look askance at anyone paying crazy money for a Baker, but nearly $4K for a raw 1.8 with ct and tape? Makes me wonder what the 5.0 in the HA Baker auction will go for. (Just for the record, neither that book nor any of the other books in that auction are mine. Some look familiar, so I probably owned a few of them at some point.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 9:50 PM, Chief1332 said: Yeah, I've got a few saved but I'm sure it will end up being for tracking purposes only. Very exciting to watch and dream though. I'm really interested in seeing how this auction goes. Sure seems like an opportunity for someone who has dipped a toe into Baker to fill in a bunch of holes in a hurry. Kind of like when @Dr. Loveheld a Baker auction years ago and I bought five or six books. My first Bakers. That guy started me on a path that's cost me a lot of money over the years! Dr. Love, Funnybooks, Chief1332 and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 8:52 PM, Sqeggs said: Did you notice this one? https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=55987224 Seems awfully strong given its obvious drawbacks. Funnybooks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 9:58 PM, Chief1332 said: Seems awfully strong given its obvious drawbacks. Sure does. I was thinking $500, maybe $1k at most. Shows that book has gone into orbit. I wouldn't be shocked if the 5.0 in the HA auction clears $20K. Chief1332 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2022 Not sure if I ever showed this one. One of my favorite covers. Tough book, although there's a 6.5 on the census now. Ricksneatstuff, Tri-Color Brian, BakerFanOne and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 8:58 PM, Sqeggs said: I'm really interested in seeing how this auction goes. Sure seems like an opportunity for someone who has dipped a toe into Baker to fill in a bunch of holes in a hurry. Kind of like when @Dr. Loveheld a Baker auction years ago and I bought five or six books. My first Bakers. That guy started me on a path that's cost me a lot of money over the years! Yes indeed. Something this large, at a bigger auction house will really test the limits. Probably test my wallet too. I've been fortunate to find some in the wild and a few at auction. Just a few years for me and my Baker interest. Maybe I'll be lucky at this event and bring one home. Funnybooks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 9:02 PM, Sqeggs said: Not sure if I ever showed this one. One of my favorite covers. Tough book, although there's a 6.5 on the census now. DS 30 is the Baker that got me started. This is a gorgeous copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 10:03 PM, Chief1332 said: Yes indeed. Something this large, at a bigger auction house will really test the limits. Probably test my wallet too. I've been fortunate to find some in the wild and a few at auction. Just a few years for me and my Baker interest. Maybe I'll be lucky at this event and bring one home. I feel lucky to have gotten in when I did, which was just as prices began to take off. When the 6th Street Collection surfaced, the prices really seemed out there. Today they seem like screaming bargains. I bought a few but wish now that I'd bought more--as does everyone else who was collecting Bakers then. Chief1332 and Dr. Love 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
