My answer to David Atkatz

[shelly]

David, I have never met you, and I have never written a single thing about you in all the time I have been a Net54 member. Even when members of the board have made negative statements about you (and I mean others besides Richard and Chris), I have never said a single negative thing about you.

But now I have had enough.

You don't know me, and we don't know each other personally other than to see our posts on this board.
You bring up my name like it is a vulgar word. You have denigrated me for a mistake I made 12 years ago and you continue to do so.
I know that I have much more knowledge than you will ever have about autographs and what goes on in the hobby. You claim to be a knowledgeable Yankee collector, yet you were fooled by a forged team baseball with over 20 autographs on it. Over 20 autographs and you could not tell it was a fake. And you call yourself the expert? I knew upon seeing pictures of the ball, a long time ago, that it was a Johnny F. creation. Yet you, the Yankee expert had to ask another person about it when it was questioned. And how about the Ruth-Gehrig ball that was taken down by ebay. You then sell it and I bet you didn't ask your personal expert if it was good. You had a COA and that was good enough for you, just like the auction houses do, get a COA and then sell it. Since you were able to knowingly sell a ball that ebay removed, because of authenticity questions, who knows what you will do with that 1927 ball. Are we supposed to take your word that you will not sell the 1927 ball? It has a COA, just like the bad Ruth-Gehrig that you sold.

You like to think that you are an expert. That is the impression you are trying to create. How did that quick opinion thing of yours work out? Flooded with business I am sure .

For a guy who can tell Marino forgeries, you cannot even tell your own favorite baseball was a forgery.
You cannot even re-examine a baseball that ebay removed to see that it was a forgery. You had the cert, what else would matter? What kind of "expert" does that?

And the Marino brothers were not the only forgers involved in Operation Bullpen. If all you can tell are the ones that Marino did, then you are hardly the expert you claim to be.

I have more knowledge about different figures and crap in this business than you ever will. Do you know the history of Ron Dross, Dave Zimmerman, Wolffers Auctions, Johnny F, the people in Florida who are flooding the market, the gang in Philly and NJ, the suppliers of CC. I can identify all their work.
I also have been vetted here in the longest thread in the history of Net54, the thread I started and was attacked in. The thread about the authenticators named Morales, Taylor, etc.

All you do is sit there and make your nasty little remarks on this board.. I don't say much on this board; I only post when I think I can add something of value. I don't insult people and I don't want to hurt anyone, unlike yourself..

I made a statement not only defending a friend of mine but anyone else that would fall under that innuendo. That is basically all I have done recently. But you jump on my name and try to pull me down. All you want to do is discredit and insult people. I find that people like you are small and petty. Others on Net54 have expressed the same thoughts in other posts. I hope that my answering you will make your pitiful life a little happier.

Oh last but not least you are correct on how Peter Nash is helping the hobby by finding many bad pieces that have been authenticated by tpa"s. I will guarantee you one thing though, he would never ask your opinion if he has any doubts about an item.