RICK STARR Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, PopKulture said: Wow, a totally sensational array of books! The only thing that keeps popping into my head about Baker is that his teen-agers seldom look like teen-agers. That's something a lot of artists seemed to have a problem with - even on a lot of Feldsteins serious romance covers the people look mature, and forget about Kirby!! Now I'm scratching my head trying to think who drew realistic looking younger people? LB Cole? Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 4 hours ago, RICK STARR said: Excuse me I have 3 number ones. Diary Secrets , Pictorial Romances and WTR. CGC is so expense now, it's ridiculous. I 'm in no hurry to get them back. I'll probably submit another batch next month. Hmm.., I 'll have to re-check to see where I have to catch up to, Yorick. What an amazing display of Baker goodness. Some of the colors and overall grades are really impressive and should be among the best in existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 16 hours ago, BakerFanOne said: What an amazing display of Baker goodness. Some of the colors and overall grades are really impressive and should be among the best in existence. I was lucky to start collecting most of these books 10-15 years ago. Nice copies are scarce to find these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 17 minutes ago, RICK STARR said: I was lucky to start collecting most of these books 10-15 years ago. Nice copies are scarce to find these days. And very pricey! What I find interesting is how certain Baker books are truly breaking out from the pack like Cinderella Love 25 and Teen-Age Romances 32. I wonder what the next break outs will be for Baker, even outside of the Romance genre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I know what you mean by picking these things up back in the day. torontodesignguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, comicnoir said: I know what you mean by picking these things up back in the day. Even back in the days, the Cinderella Loves, Going Steadys, the Giant Comics Editions, and the later issues of most runs seemed quite a bit scarcer. comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, BakerFanOne said: Even back in the days, the Cinderella Loves, Going Steadys, the Giant Comics Editions, and the later issues of most runs seemed quite a bit scarcer. It was never easy finding copies in grade. That DS 27 sat on Harley's wall for ages. I guess ppl were put off by the $70.00 sticker price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, comicnoir said: It was never easy finding copies in grade. That DS 27 sat on Harley's wall for ages. I guess ppl were put off by the $70.00 sticker price. Man that Harley was really trying to gouge people at $70. comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 7 minutes ago, BakerFanOne said: Man that Harley was really trying to gouge people at $70. Wonder what he'd charge today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Been a while since I showed off a few of my slabbed Bakers. szucchini and Ricksneatstuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 22 hours ago, RICK STARR said: I have 3 number ones. Diary Secrets , Pictorial Romances and WTR. Now I'm losing in WR too?! It'll be near impossible to pull my score higher with that 9.2 copy in there! Holy moly. Feel free to share an image of that TAR32! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Yorick said: Now I'm losing in WR too?! It'll be near impossible to pull my score higher with that 9.2 copy in there! Holy moly. Feel free to share an image of that TAR32! What is a joke are the assigned points to all the St. John romance titles. Plus CGC closed the thread for reviewing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 1 hour ago, BakerFanOne said: Been a while since I showed off a few of my slabbed Bakers. Excelsior! fantastic copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 On 1/4/2018 at 3:58 PM, RICK STARR said: Well, sending out this batch to CGC this week. Decided not to fast track and just have patience for a 2 month wait. predict: 5.5-6.0 predict: 4.5-5.0 predict: 6.5 no enhancing the scan here, just brilliant colors on this copy predict: 6.0-6.5 predict: 8.0 very nice copy Amazing comics. Tri-Color Brian and torontodesignguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Unless there's a defect I can't see...I'm predicting a 6.5-7.0 on the Giant Comics Edition 15... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RICK STARR Posted January 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2018 Still one of my favs. Probably the biggest steal in my comic collecting experience. $45.00 my last San Diego Con in 2005. szucchini, comicjack, torontodesignguy and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 4 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: Unless there's a defect I can't see...I'm predicting a 6.5-7.0 on the Giant Comics Edition 15... There is some significant rippling on the BC typical of giant sized issues. I probably should have it pressed before slabbing. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 7 hours ago, RICK STARR said: Still one of my favs. Probably the biggest steal in my comic collecting experience. $45.00 my last San Diego Con in 2005. These are unreal! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 9 hours ago, RICK STARR said: Still one of my favs. Probably the biggest steal in my comic collecting experience. $45.00 my last San Diego Con in 2005. Spectacular. So inspirational to see such lovely copies. sacentaur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 9 hours ago, RICK STARR said: There is some significant rippling on the BC typical of giant sized issues. I probably should have it pressed before slabbing. nah wouldn't have helped much - edge rippling, like with the crippens they can smooth out, but on the squarebounds by the spine side, not so much beautiful books, it's been a while since you (or Ron or some other old timers!) showed some runs, your collection is outstanding comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
