Baker Romance 43 43

[manetteska]

Here is my other sericel from that buyer, which was my first purchase (of two). I liked this one a lot, especially the deep colors, which led me to a second. However, I feel the second one (Snake-Woman) is not as detailed or vibrant; it could be due to the differences in images and colors; or manufactured differently. I don’t know. Another reason I won’t spend over opening bid on any of these. 
 

And here is part of the product with a 2022 date. I call it a product as it's three or so different pieces: sericel, on a board, the painted board, and then a final board.
 

It could be these are truly warehouse images from the 90s and shipped or presented on current backer boards… again I don’t know.

Edited December 15, 2022 by manetteska
clarity

[eccomic]

Somebody got a deal with an accepted offer of $12,500

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185699761312?nma=true&si=ZlRJUHFGt1CrKgvBmNxp3o4yml0%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[PeterPark]

On 12/15/2022 at 3:36 PM, eccomic said:

Somebody got a deal with an accepted offer of $12,500

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185699761312?nma=true&si=ZlRJUHFGt1CrKgvBmNxp3o4yml0%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Wow!

[Changer]

On 12/15/2022 at 12:36 PM, eccomic said:

Somebody got a deal with an accepted offer of $12,500

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185699761312?nma=true&si=ZlRJUHFGt1CrKgvBmNxp3o4yml0%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Yeah I have two now at 6.5…and maybe trade sell one in the future. The first one I paid way way more at auction .. call it dollar cost averaging

Edited December 15, 2022 by Changer

[Changer]

Talked afterward with the guy, antique dealer found it in a barn would have taken less  No other bakers but 

if your into Japanese robots he’s got lots of  them 

Edited December 15, 2022 by Changer

[manetteska]

Like this one,  

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204183288111?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_P1xMUf2TLa&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Whss8CvsQQu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Would be cool to have next to my copy, but not at that price. 

[Yorick]

Here's a picture of my 1.0 copy.  Fits the season in my opinion.  TOUGH book.  I would have loved to buy the 6.0 that Rick sold, but it would have taken some extreme liquidation to get there...

[Ricksneatstuff]

On 12/22/2022 at 3:12 PM, Yorick said:

Here's a picture of my 1.0 copy.  Fits the season in my opinion.  TOUGH book.  I would have loved to buy the 6.0 that Rick sold, but it would have taken some extreme liquidation to get there...

I would love to buy that 6.0 back

My current copy of this will be the last Baker in my collection. 

[Changer]

enjoying the twins 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 12/24/2022 at 12:49 PM, Changer said:

enjoying the twins 

My math counts 4 up front 

[Ryan.]

[comicnoir]

On 12/24/2022 at 1:49 PM, Changer said:

enjoying the twins 

The left one seems to have slightly more eye appeal.

[plady69]

On 12/24/2022 at 12:44 PM, Ryan. said:

I was always curious why these Golden Age romance titles had couples that looked they are 30 years old!

The Archie titles and others had real teenagers.

Strange…

[Ryan.]

Are 30 year olds not supposed to date? I don't understand why that would be strange.

Edited December 24, 2022 by Ryan.

[plady69]

On 12/24/2022 at 3:38 PM, Ryan. said:

Are 30 year olds not supposed to date? I don't understand why that would be strange.

Most couples in the 50s married out of high school or college (17-25). The “Romance” was gone after the first couple of kids!

[Point Five]

There's definitely a conversation to be had about why e.g. the couples on the covers of St. John titles like Teen-Age Romances and the above Going Steady look like their ages are skewing to late 20s (charitably) or 30s. 

My guess has long been that if teenagers to college students were buying romance comics, St. John/Baker tried to make the covers more 'aspirational' by making the characters slightly more mature and sophisticated. But that's just a guess. Thoughts?

 

[Changer]

Some more Bakers came in from CGC today

so Economy sent in January, back under 12 months at least  

p.s  interesting that this year my vuescan software was crashing my HP 8200, finally tried a windows scanning app works again, but now I have 2 hp 8200  

 

 

Edited December 25, 2022 by Changer

[Changer]

Bought this one this month, kinda spendy for 2.5 but presents well. 

 

Edited December 25, 2022 by Changer

[Ricksneatstuff]

On 12/24/2022 at 9:37 PM, Changer said:

Bought this one this month, kinda spendy for 2.5 but presents well. 

 

A nice presenting 2.5 is all you need 

 

[plady69]

On 12/24/2022 at 6:50 PM, Point Five said:

There's definitely a conversation to be had about why e.g. the couples on the covers of St. John titles like Teen-Age Romances and the above Going Steady look like their ages are skewing to late 20s (charitably) or 30s. 

My guess has long been that if teenagers to college students were buying romance comics, St. John/Baker tried to make the covers more 'aspirational' by making the characters slightly more mature and sophisticated. But that's just a guess. Thoughts?

 

Good point. I will put that in my pipe and smoke it! 🤔