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Aaron M.Barry, yes I'm asking for opinions/speculation.
The FBI's investigation is not a secret, nor are some of the allegations they are looking into. (The FBI subpeonad Mastro and PSA at The National for this very reason.) This directly effects our hobby -- and in a protective manner, mind you, so I think it is abolsutely a fair issue to discuss and to speculate.
The first auction post The National and Mastro's auction total falls off more than 50%. Don't you find that the least suspicious, or in the least as this is significant news within our hobby, worthy of discussing?
Honestly, Barry, going back to a thread on the card board, as shocking as it may sound, my opinions are more in line with Bruce Dorskind's than yours on the subject. The investigation is there. It's a good thing for the hobby. And let's talk about it.