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petecld...is (bleeped) if they do, and (bleeped) if they don't.
For some time now Mastro has been criticized by a number of collectors, including myself, for the larger size lots that are destined to the deep pockets or dealer's table. So now they are actully responding to our thoughts and they are still criticized.
I have yet to read in the literature from ANY auction house that their main goal is to serve collectors best interests. I don't understood why collectors feel that simply because dealers or auction houses are offering for sale what we treasure that they value the hobby as much as we do. Don't get me wrong, it would be great if they did but the truth is MOST are in it to make money and as long as they do it ethically I don't hold that aginst them. As much as I hate to admit it, from a pure business P.O.V. it is smarter to sell one lot for $3,000 than 10 lots for $300/each.
I'm actually looking forward to the smaller mastro auction offerings but that is just me.
As for the lot that doesn't mention by name that the Gehrig is missing I think it is a small oversight compared to some other questionable or hyped up decsriptions I've read over the years from the various auction houses.