29dukedog Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Why do you suppose that Teen-Age Romances #10, which evidently sold for over $400. on eBay not too long ago, is back up for sale again already? Did the winner bail? Did the seller's shill bidder get stuck with the book? Well, the winning bidder has a lot of feedback and the price doesn't seem out of line for a very tough book -- only three copies on the census, with none higher than 5.0. Still there doesn't seem to have been enough time for the book to have been received and returned. Something else seems to have scotched the deal. It looks as though the book has sustained a rather large tear along the spine at the top of the front cover! Wonder how that happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Why do you suppose that Teen-Age Romances #10, which evidently sold for over $400. on eBay not too long ago, is back up for sale again already? Did the winner bail? Did the seller's shill bidder get stuck with the book? Well, the winning bidder has a lot of feedback and the price doesn't seem out of line for a very tough book -- only three copies on the census, with none higher than 5.0. Still there doesn't seem to have been enough time for the book to have been received and returned. Something else seems to have scotched the deal. It looks as though the book has sustained a rather large tear along the spine at the top of the front cover! Wonder how that happened? I'm sure that explains it. I can hazard a guess that in preparing the book for mailing, the seller somehow tore it and the buyer then declined to complete the transaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Wonder if they had it in a mylar...? Those mylar tears are murder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Why do you suppose that Teen-Age Romances #10, which evidently sold for over $400. on eBay not too long ago, is back up for sale again already? Did the winner bail? Did the seller's shill bidder get stuck with the book? Well, the winning bidder has a lot of feedback and the price doesn't seem out of line for a very tough book -- only three copies on the census, with none higher than 5.0. Still there doesn't seem to have been enough time for the book to have been received and returned. Something else seems to have scotched the deal. It looks as though the book has sustained a rather large tear along the spine at the top of the front cover! Wonder how that happened? I'm sure that explains it. I can hazard a guess that in preparing the book for mailing, the seller somehow tore it and the buyer then declined to complete the transaction. Something awful must have happened. Note that the photo in the new listing also shows new damage on the cover around "Teen-Age". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 You never know with scarce Baker books, but I would guess the seller will take a couple of hundred dollar hit ... unless someone who missed the auction the first time around notices it this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I never see this posted on here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I never see this posted on here... It's a tough one. Only five on the census, with the highest being a 5.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Nice one Brian. I'm no authority on Baker although I have collected his work for years, but census or not, I have never seen that book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Well, that doesn't make me feel good, because I traded it last year for another Baker I wanted more... But, I'm still happy with the book I got, although I'm sure the veteran Baker collector I traded with got the best of the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Well, that doesn't make me feel good, because I traded it last year for another Baker I wanted more... But, I'm still happy with the book I got, although I'm sure the veteran Baker collector I traded with got the best of the deal. Well, I would say you did ok if you like the books you received better than the books you gave up. The way I look at it, even if the (hypothetical) dollar value of what you gave up is greater than the dollar value of what you received, you would have had to go to the trouble of first selling your books and then locating copies of the books you received. Who knows how that might have worked out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Yes, I might have been waiting another 20 years to find the 2 books I wanted more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Just back from a prolonged vacation in sunnier climes. Happy with the grade, although I thought it had a chance to go higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Sold to me as a VG+, so I'm happy with this grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Happy with this one, as well. Looks to be better, but the damage at the top of the spine is worse than it appears in the scan. (If I list it for sale, forget I ever said that! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Nice books... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 This was sold to me raw as an unrestored FN/VF by ... guess who? (Hint: Not Richie M.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Uh...Harley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Uh...Harley? No, unfortunately. Harley would take it back without a hassle. The actual seller, on the other hand .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Metro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Metro? No. They would probably take it back ... with a hassle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
