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The seller is one of the most popular board members. Most even keeled guy I know.

T206 Sherry Magie error from Canada
 

Adrian has an interesting approach to selling: changing his eBay ID to match the item!

Maybe it is not Adrian!
 

With the new handle, how do you know it is Adrian? Maybe there is someone else from Gatinaeu who sells big ticket cards on Ebay, who puts the $ sign at the end of the number, who shouts at you in capitals, who adds 20 updates to the original listing??? Hmmm? You know, I might bid, but am pretty sure it will be pulled due to an error in the listing, and show up a few more times on Ebay before all is said and done.

Same exact card sold on ebay on May 30th, 2014
 

1909 T206 Piedmont SHERRY MAGEE MAGIE Portrait Error PSA 1.5


Seller: Member id rman444 (from San Jose, CA)

PSA serial #: 21383567

Price:
US $10,500.00

So......we know what it sold for back then and to whom..........the only mystery is what will it go for this time? It is currently at a couple of grand.

I think its also undergraded. mike

Only four revisions yesterday; maybe he started taking Ritalin?

It's so reassuring Adrian...YO ADRIAN...is still active in our beloved hobby!

My guess is 7200 it's not bad looking for a 1.5 but who knows if he even lets it get to the point of sale.

All this and a cheap $150 shipping to boot.

"This listing was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing."

Well that's no fun

I was a rare board member who had something of a tolerance for Adrian. One thing i will say for him is that when he wanted something, he went after it hard. He and I often looked for similar cards and he would pay at least half again what I would be willing to. I have a lot more respect for people…even crazy people…who put their money where their mouth is than I do for big mouth tire kickers. He also would make sacrifices to get what he wanted. When he bought the Plank, he had to sell a classic car he had an affinity for to afford it…again, it was something he was willing to pay a good deal more for than I thought it was worth. I conversed with him a lot and even got to the point of negotiating a bit for his other Magie…and I actually did buy a few cards from him. Certainly and interesting guy. If you're reading this, Yo Adrian.

Shocker!!!

Personally I do not have a whole lot of respect for someone who pays dramatically more than something is worth...makes no sense to me...just seems dumb!

Are you sure you aren't thinking about Nelson (g_vezina_c55 )? He was selling a classic car to get a plank (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=147104).

I don't recall Adrian ever going for a Plank.

I have a question about the slab. Why doesn't it denote the error?

Oops - nevermind!!!!

Did Adrian overpay because he was a serious collector, or because he was obsessive and compulsive? He struck me as someone who could not control his own life. And every card he paid top dollar for he bailed out of a short time later.

I believe u are correct...nelson was into classic cars...and I'm sure he still is!!!! i would be surprised if adrian had a drivers license.

It Does!

Oops - I saw it even before your response! I guess we know who is tired this morning.

I guess this way he could call it a "no reserve" auction, and still bail out if it looked like he wasn't getting a good price.

+1 It's very sad.

Faulty memory strikes again. I think you are correct.

Adrian was a piece of work, however, and I did do a deal with him…wasn't a great one, but wasn't his fault.

A few years ago there was a commercial where a guy bought a painting at an auction and then turned around and put the painting up for sale in the same auction. THAT reminded me of Adrian.

Why was the auction closed? Like many auctions, I was waiting til towards the end to place my bid. Cory

I just saw that commercial last week :)

You could read every one of his posts (that weren't deleted) and come up with that answer I am sure.

http://www.net54baseball.com/search.php?searchid=797393

...but prepare yourself for a lot of reading since he did 1,035 in the three months he was here.

Saw this on the CU boards regarding Adrian

http://forums.collectors.com/message...hreadid=924601

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That card is a beauty.

i WONDER WHAT aDRIAN WANTS TO BUY NOW...AND HOW THE HELL DOES HE GET THE TYPE TO OVERLAP LIKE THAT IN HIS LISTING?

I think the Overlap is an ebay glitch. It doesn't overlap for me, but I have had other auctions do it do me when looking through auctions. It seems to happen when the person uses multiple sized fonts, but that is the only consistent I have seen when it happens.

" Payment is due within 24 hours!!!"

Wasn't his biggest issue that he always would try and pay a lot later after the auction ended? So he expects more from his buyers, than what he expects from himself.

This auction is now closed by the seller again. I asked the seller a few hours ago why he closed the auction previously and if he was going to do it again. He had some ridiculous excuse that was incoherent about why he closed it previously and said he was not going to close it again. He also had it in the listing that he wasn't going to close it early.

I questioned what he was doing and informed him that he is losing credibility, he replied and told me , "I know, I do stupid things". "I have ADHD".

I am not sure what any of that means, but I'm one of the guys that would consider bidding/buying this, but I'm not nearly as interested when the guy changed his mind in the span of a couple hours and did what he said he wasn't going to do. It is now listed with a minimum (another way of doing a reserve). Very silly.

Cory Weiser

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Nothing Adrian does surprises me in the least...if anyone on here pursues this card...be careful and make sure you have some form of protection.

I just looked at this card 2 hrs ago and it was a 24 hr auction with a minimum bid of 7k and a buy it now of 9k. Did he just change it to a 3 day auction with a 9k buy it now or best offer?

Uhhh what the ....... As others mentioned it is a nice card but I'd be wary of lobbing in a bid that could get hit.

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Holy smokes. He has to just be screwing with people now. Buy it now is down to 8500. Maybe if we wait long enough it'll come in more. Really though I've never seen anything like this. How does this guy get dressed everyday must have only one color shirt and pants. Sad.

Round 5 bin just raised back to 10k. Laughable.

This kid is as crazy as Jamie Boneparth.

Whatever happened to that guy?

i don't think he's screwing with anyone...he's merely trying to win the tug of war going on inside his head.

he'a around.

Lol @ the BST T206 section

C'mon guys Adrian is a good guy. No one's perfect and we're all dealing with issues in our daily lives. I will say this that in my dealings with him he's always stood by his word. He actually sold me my first batch of CJ's on eBay and as long as your patient with his style of communication he's a teddy bear.

That is downright comical!

Right you are, Pete!!

Yeah, he's really swell.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=170958

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Now it's an auction (again).
$6,100 is the high bid with 6 hours remaining.

I'm betting that Kevin "idiot" Quinn is the ultimate purchaser. :rolleyes:

now that's funny!

I knew the bid was higher when I had previously looked. So I checked after your comment and it shows there was a canceled bid by a 0 feedback person, I must have looked in the few hours the bid was there. Now I wonder if someone that has dealt with Adrian did that since this is the only item that has been bid on by that person.

It could be that this seller created a bidder ID to shill his own auction. When it didn't go any higher he retracted that bid. A complete guess but seems reasonable given the background here.
Cory Weiser

I had thought of that, but didn't want to jump to that without any other supporting facts.

I'm assuming he keeps closing the auctions to wait til the bids are higher, not realizes it appears shady and people are going to bid lower because of that (or people just wait til the last moment to place their best bids). If that is the motivation, creating another account seems easy to jump to.

I'm also not positive he doesn't close it again before this one is over...lol.

11 minutes to go..

When you are ADHD, you don't relate well to people who are not ADHD. This is a fairly 'normal' symptom for everyone (meaning each of us relates best to those others who are most like us).

So when someone has ADHD and wants to sell something NOW, they can't relate (expect) that there are those who don't want to BUY this NOW, and can't totally relate to why others aren't jumping in NOW with offers (or hitting the BIN button). The ADHD person can't understand why others don't feel the 'immediacy' of their action. So they might try to make this 'happen' by re-listing. It's not the ENTIRE reason, but could be a big part of it in this case. And it's not too far off from the lack of ability to stay focused on something 'longer' term.

My 2 cents (along with having had some experience with step-son who had been ADHD).

sold!!! $6350

Magie
 

I would have paid $7,000 -$7,500 no problem, but all the antics made it tough to trust him. Whatever the reason.
Cory

I am guessing that that sale price is a big loss for Adrian... And I also predict that the sale will not go through!

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Pretty sure that is Adrian...

Rollingstone - that is an exceptional avatar!

Ended early again

lol

I must be missing something. Looks to me like this card sold two days ago:

Adrian's T206 Magie

It looks like he's now selling "The true Mickey Mantle rookie card collection!!!"...

... Oh but " ***This lot does NOT include the Mickey Mantle rookie card it only includes the 37 cards listed in the description***

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-37-1951-...-/161397484750

Adrian (or whatever his real name is) is a joke. The fact that his eBay listings still draw interest here is a testament to his lunacy.

The kid is absolutely clueless. While I wish him well, his methods are bizarre.

Best,

Eric

I don't think "beyond reproach" means what you think it means.

Hmmm...it would appear that you are correct. I learn something new every day. :)

Thanks for the assist. Have a great weekend.

Best regards,

Eric

Based on recent history, Adrian may be due for an ID change on September 4. :)
User ID Effective Date End Date

t206_sherry_magie_error_big_4 Aug-04-14 Present
the_great_shoeless_joe_jackson Jul-04-14 Aug-04-14
t206_the_monster_baseball_collector Jun-03-14 Jul-04-14
1952_topps_psa_master_set May-04-14 Jun-03-14
1916_m101-4_sporting_news_baseball_cards Mar-27-14 May-04-14
1914_cracker_jack_baseball_cards Feb-04-14 Mar-27-14
shoeless_joe_jackson Dec-24-13 Feb-04-14
vintagehockeylegends Nov-18-13 Dec-24-13
1935chiclefootball Oct-19-13 Nov-18-13
1952toppsmantle Apr-21-13 Oct-19-13
1933goudey Mar-14-13 Apr-21-13
coinlover1980 Aug-17-12 Mar-14-13

He's an interesting guy to be sure.

As a marketing/advertising ploy, the constant i.d. changes are one of the few things he's come up with that makes some sense.

Adrian uses the most current revised edition of the Canadian Farmers' Olde Tyme Baseball Card Almanac:D

Maybe this should be the next Net54 game or contest; pick what date Adrian changes his eBay name and what famous year and/or card series will be in the title.

David

September 4
1989_Upper_Deck_Griffey lol

I have never met or communicated with Adrian
 

But, if his story is true, it is sad that we are berating him. Should I ever have an affliction I doubt I would mention it here as it seems to be a source of ridicule.

Mark Medlin

If you had been here in Adrian's heyday then you would know why some members are lighting him up.

I remember one thread he made fun of another board member's physical disability.

He brought a lot of this abuse on himself.

Jantz

I stand by my statement. Do you comment when a person with Parkinsons shakes? Laugh when someone stutters? Stare at a paraplegic? Make bomb sounds to someone with ptsd?

If you answered no to these questions, why is it acceptable to belittle and ridicule someone who exhibits expected behavior?

Mark Medlin

My reply to you was my first post in this thread.

I was merely trying to offer you an explanation why other members are berating him.

Right or wrong, its their choice what they post.

Jantz

Absolutely. I am not arguing, nor will I. However, I am disappointed in some of the responses. But to each their own as this Web site and our country support free speech. I just don't agree with all I have read with regard to this thread/subject.

Mark Medlin

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Mark,
I understand your point, I agree and it's important to make that point. I would also submit though, that even one that has an anxiety disorder (or other disorder) can not be given free reign to be unprofessional, dishonest, rude, etc. under this disorder guise. We can not say because if someone has disorder, you can act however you would like and it's fine. Some of it may, and likely has nothing to do with the disorder. For those that disregard his issues completely, (that are aware) you are absolutely correct.
Cory Weiser