Dr. Love Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Romita romance, midgrade or better, is hard to come by. Undervalued, at least until this year. That Heart Throbs 79 went for a pretty price, but it's a beautiful piece of work, one of his best. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) I've thrown out a thesis before - Spidey was doomed to fail under Ditko. Great idea, so so execution. Romita exploded it in no small part due to Gwen and MJ hotness. Expertise gained through years of anonymous toil doing DC romance and only DC romance, day after day after day. Edited July 31, 2018 by Dr. Love 1950's war comics and Point Five 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastic Thor Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Recent finds .. pmpknface, PeterPark, Ricksneatstuff and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 39 minutes ago, Fantastic Thor said: Recent finds .. Wow, very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Yorick said: That looked like a nice copy. I threw down a bid, but was focused more on the DC romance in that auction. Kinda blown away by the prices for those... I was the underbidder. Was hoping it'd go cheap not being a saunders cover... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakerFanOne Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 9 hours ago, Fantastic Thor said: Recent finds .. Nice finds indeed. I feel like the Atomic 4 and Flying Jenny covers are both Iger shop with some Karen and Baker mixed in with the Atomic 4 more Baker and the Flying Jenny more Kamen. Fantastic Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 15 hours ago, Dr. Love said: I've thrown out a thesis before - Spidey was doomed to fail under Ditko. Great idea, so so execution. Romita exploded it in no small part due to Gwen and MJ hotness. Expertise gained through years of anonymous toil doing DC romance and only DC romance, day after day after day. Dale Roberts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 7/31/2018 at 3:51 PM, Dr. Love said: Romita romance, midgrade or better, is hard to come by. Undervalued, at least until this year. That Heart Throbs 79 went for a pretty price, but it's a beautiful piece of work, one of his best. I'm having to expand my romance focus because of these newbie Baker collectors digging into an already scarce supply. The Romita romance is awesome, but according to HA auction archives it appears that prices are way down (look at My Love #1). Maybe with the heat on Baker, collectors like me are shifting their focus to the next best thing? I was more interested in some of the others over HT79. Secret Hearts 78 and 90 are more appealing to me. I did win that nice Colletta Love Romances 43. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacliff1 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 7/10/2018 at 12:31 AM, 29dukedog said: I'll bet RICK STARR can say that, too... as well as a few other boardies. RICK STARR no longer owns GCE 12...heh heh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Teen-age Romances 9 finishes at $10,800.00 on Signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szav Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, comicnoir said: Teen-age Romances 9 finishes at $10,800.00 on Signature. Guess I was wrong! Pretty sure I said something like 5k.... one can only wonder how a CL 25 in that grade could do at auction now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 8 hours ago, szavisca said: Guess I was wrong! Pretty sure I said something like 5k.... one can only wonder how a CL 25 in that grade could do at auction now... Tri-Color Brian and szav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:24 PM, szavisca said: Guess I was wrong! Pretty sure I said something like 5k.... one can only wonder how a CL 25 in that grade could do at auction now... 15 hours ago, RICK STARR said: Are we going to find out?! Oh boy!! archiefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 On 7/23/2018 at 3:27 PM, Sqeggs said: Ah, I figured that was the deal. Thanks so much for directing me to that lot and accepting that book with the missing cf as payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) Two Baker St John romance books that are both highest graded CGC 7.5 copies: Strong GGA: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/romance/teen-age-romances-9-st-john-1950-cgc-vf-75-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7189-91081.s?type=bidnotice-endofauction Weak GGA: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/romance/going-steady-10-st-john-1954-cgc-vf-75-off-white-pages/a/7189-93066.s?type=bidnotice-endofauction We've seen this kind of difference before, but these results seem particularly striking to me. (I wasn't the buyer or the consignor of either copy.) Edited August 5, 2018 by Sqeggs Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) 1 minute ago, Sqeggs said: Two Baker St John romance books that are both highest graded CGC 7.5 copes . Strong GGA: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/romance/teen-age-romances-9-st-john-1950-cgc-vf-75-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7189-91081.s?type=bidnotice-endofauction Weak GGA: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/romance/going-steady-10-st-john-1954-cgc-vf-75-off-white-pages/a/7189-93066.s?type=bidnotice-endofauction We've seen this kind of difference before, but these results seem particularly striking to me. (I wasn't the buyer or the consignor of either copy.) Bottom line = sex sells Edited August 5, 2018 by Ricksneatstuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 1 minute ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Bottom line = sex sells You may be on to something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Brian cursed the book. Nuff said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 32 minutes ago, Dr. Love said: Brian cursed the book. Nuff said! Well...what can I say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szav Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Here's another super strong finish for a no longer under the radar Baker book, Nightmare 13. A year or two ago I found a few VGs in the $50-100 range... don't know when this auction happened, just noticed it now. http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsearch_adv.asp%3Fall%3Dy%26TITLE%3Dnightmare%26TITLEOPT%3DALL%26ISSUE%3D13%26Condition%3D%26ConditionTo%3D%26CensusRank%3D%26SearchPageQuality%3D%26Pedigree%3D%26PRICEF%3D%26PRICET%3D%26DESCRIPTION%3D%26DESCRIPTIONOPT%3DALL%26SearchRemarks%3D%26SearchCGC%3D%26EXCLUDE%3D%26CATEGORIES%3D-1%26WCATEGORIES%3D-1%26SORT%3DCATEG%26_where_forsale%3Dy%26_where_auctions%3Dy%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26where_forsale%3Dy&id=1265529 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
