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Roger DI am a frequent visitor of this site and a collector of game used memorabilia. Primarliy bats and jerseys. What is Robert trying to accomplish with his posts? I have no problem posting an opinion on a specific piece of memorabilia; but his continuous rants are clearly targeted to discredit a person who in my opinion is very reputable. I purchase memorabilia from MastroNet, Lelands, Hunts, etc and respect the opinion of experts when I make these purchases. Mr Plancich is painting a picture of a Dave Bushing that is absolutely untrue. As a matter of fact the posts are full of lies...for instance:
#1 I know who consigned the Koufax glove to Sothebys and it was not Dave Bushing. He had no financial interest in the glove. Additionally the opinion he rendered on the glove had nothing to do with the no hitter SCDA graded it an A5 which simply designates it as a pro model glove.
#2 Everyone knew Dave was an employee of MastroNet in 2000, Robert acts like this was a big secret. He and Dan were listed on the back of each MastroNet catalog.
#3 I have discussed the DiMaggio bat at length with Dr. Angrist. Your story is again full of lies. After the bat was acquired from Henrich's daughter and thought to be an incredible 41 gamer it was offered to Angrist and he decided against the purchase. Subsequent to this Henrich himself and later an H&B employee confirmed this to be the streak bat. Lets see who should be believe Robert Plancich or Dave Bushing, Tom Henrich and H&B executitive who heard from DiMaggio himself that he gave his streak bat to Tom Henrich?
I know the Dave Bushing who 5 years ago was sent a bat alleged to be a store model Ruth after he agreed to pay $1,000 for it. When it arrived he found it to be a gamer. He called the seller (outside the hobby) and paid them 10's of thousands of dollars.
From what I have been able to dig up Robert Plancich's only hobby experience has been in trying to pass off bad autographs through PSA and then blaming them because they didn't like his Babe Ruth and other forgeries.
Robert why don't you go after the bad guys? It would be a better use of your energy! If you have a personal problem with Dave Bushing take it off line.