Posted By:
Bruce Dorskind
As long time collectors (active in rare baseball material for more
than three decades) it is certainly sad to see that fraud in our
hobby has reached the point, where Federal Agents have to
spend their time and our tax dollars investigating a group
of prominent hobby dealers.
However, this should not come as a surprise to anyone.
In a hobby which generates several hundred million dollars a year
in cash flow, one can hardly be surprised to learn that greed and crime
reared their ugly heads.
We should be forever grateful that the Feds are investigating.
Let us hope they catch those who have committed the crimes
and that said criminals are sent away for a long, long time.
As for the Daily News, we think the article was accurate and
that it clearly reported the story...which was crime in a hobbby
that many of its readers treasure. The National Convention, whist
a wonderful experience for the advanced collector (and the host
city resident), is far less important in the scope of things than
identifying the problem and catching the criminals.
Whilst we agree with Mr. Sloate that The Times is a strong and
wonderful newspaper (albeit liberal to the point of being shameful),
this story in The New York Daily News was well and accurately reported.
In our view it attempted (in its interview with Mr. Luckey) to cover
the "good side" of the hobby.
Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List