Pete Calderon off to Heritage

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Posted By: <b>Jimi</b><p>Good luck to Pete as he heads off to Heritage Auctions!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.psacard.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=5407&universeid=314" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.psacard.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=5407&universeid=314</a><br /><br />I was pretty shocked by him leaving Mastro.<br><br>Jimi

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Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>Banner ad revision!

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Posted By: <b>Jimi</b><p>That's right! Forgot he was up there! <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> <br /><br />I have met Pete on a couple occasions and found him to be quite insightful. His knowledge for caramel cards is phenomenal, in particular. Best of luck, man!<br><br>Jimi

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Congrats to Peter in his new position. I am sure Chris Ivy is thrilled to have such talent on his team. It also means that Peter and I are neighbors.....which is great as we have been friends for several years........<br /><br />Rob = troublemaker <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>This is a win-win situation. Pete gets to move down south and work for an up and coming sports card auction company. Heritage gets the benefit of having a collector who is not only knowledgeable but is also a heckuva nice guy. Congrats to Peter and Heritage.<br />tbob

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Is Pete still one of the best people?

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Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>And I'm the trouble maker ...

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Posted By: <b>Jimmy</b><p>I have already planned on doing a lot of business with Heritage, still trying to work out the details and what and how I will submit items to them. I think it will be interesting to see what Pete may add to their sports auctions. Having more options and experienced people is always a plus for any business.<br /><br />Jimmy<br />

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Posted By: <b>Wesley</b><p>Pete was one of the guys who really helped me when I started collecting turn of the century cards. Heritage is lucky to have someone as knowledgeable and as universally respected as Pete.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>"Is Pete still one of the best people?"<br /><br /><br />Jeff... please elaborate - best at what?

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Joe, I don't have a clue -- I just know that when I read advertising I tend to believe it. Seriously, though, it's good to see that Pete's mug shot will be taken down from the Post Office wall above. So now the Best People include Doug Allen and Bill Mastro? Awesome.

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>I knew Pete when he was just a lowly collector like most of us, and he was very knowledgeable, and also honest and ethical. I thought Mastro picked a good person for the job when they hired him.<br /><br />Card collectors like to complain about Mastro once in a while, but all their card experts that I knew I thought were top notch, both as experts in their field and as ethical hobbyists.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>"Joe, I don't have a clue -- I just know that when I read advertising I tend to believe it"<br /><br />Yeah, and maybe monkeys will fly out of my butt......

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Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>to lead off the weekend..........

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Posted By: <b>Bruce Babcock</b><p>Does Mastro get a player to be named later in return?

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Is he still the only man to be traded for himself?

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>"but all their card experts that I knew I thought were top notch, both as experts in their field and as ethical hobbyists."<br /><br />David, I know you mean well and speak from the heart but the last thing I would ever associate with Mastro is ethics.<br />

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>Jeff,<br /><br />But don't you still buy from them?<br /><br />J-

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>James, if I stopped buying from all auction houses that I don't think engage in fraud, large and small, I'd have a pretty small range of cards from which to buy. Let's not blame the victims here, ok?<br /><br />Edited to add: and the amount of cards I buy from Mastro is a small fraction of what it once was.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>If you see something from Mastro you want you will buy it. You buy less because they probably have less you have wanted recently. We have had this chat many times and we are similar in our thinking. Cards trump all....as we are card addicts.....

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Actually, Leon, the reason I buy less from Mastro has more to do with my belief that they have engaged in shill bidding/fraud and less to do with their selection. For the record, I don't think this problem is limited to Mastro.

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Posted By: <b>Dan Koteles</b><p>I like me some Petey Calderon but brother have them buy you some new glasses ,nem look like they give you as headache .Too small for that noggin . Did you get them out of the childrens section at the optomitrist?<br /><br />HI Pete<br />xoxo Dan