I've Long Been Curious Regarding Memory Lane

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Posted By: Paul Moss

Nothing earth shattering, but some time ago, I was researching T206's in PRO holders. Whenever they appear on ebay, I hope against all hope that there might be an "untouched" gem that slips through all of your eagle eyes and enables my humble self to, for want of a better term, make a score.

I made specific note of this lot from quite some time ago. The item # is 8752751085, the seller goes by the name of walkoffhomer, who had an assortment of vintage PRO cards. Well when one clicks on the properties of the pics, low and behold, they come from Memory Lane. So I went over the seller's feedback, and there's a bunch of positives from Memory Lane! OK, other than the obvious, I made a note to avoid this seller, but since certain information has been posted on the board, I went back and checked walkoffhomer's former ebay names. Guess what, is this the Twilight Zone? Walkoffhomer used to be ChartitableInc !!!!!!!! Coincidence? Sure! Freakin' amazing coincidence!

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Good work Paul--hope you keep posting.

Dav

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Damn....it's all unraveling in one day.

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Posted By: Paul

What's the significance of Charitable Inc.? Thanks.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=walkoffhomer

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Posted By: Brian

I am sure there is a reasonable explanation...

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Brian,

I think you are being "charitable."

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Posted By: Robert {Bigb13}

This item ended almost a year how is it you can still view it? Rob

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Posted By: MikeU

In walfoffhomers defense, he has not schilled his own MemoryLane auctions with this particular ID, assuming the connection, since September of 2005.

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Posted By: MikeU

Does Henry Yee consign photo's for MemoryLane?

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidItems&userid=walkoffhomer&completed=1&all=1&rows=200&sort=3

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

It sure does LOOK like "walkoffhomer" was shilling for HYee.

May not be true... but "appears" true.

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Posted By: DJ

What am I (or what are we) looking at?

I know Henry buys throughout the year from a number of ebay sellers and does a few auctions here and there, but is this link to assume in someways that there is some wrong doing?

Just curious.

DJ

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I would just like to say that I have purchased photos from Henry Yee on at least three occasions well aware that he has been accused of shilling in the past and there was nothing odd going on in any of the purchases that I made....all of the underbidders were names I recognized or did not appear to be shills.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Dan- I don't want to say anything specific about Henry Yee because I do not know him personally, but people who do shill don't do it all the time because they will more easily get caught. They pick their spots when needed. Buying a few photos doesn't provide enough information concerning a person's business ethics. You need to study the whole picture. Again, please note I am just making a general statement.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I understand Barry, I was just trying to even out the picture here. There have been some accusations on this board in the past, but my experience has always been on the up and up with Henry. Others may have a different experience and they should share that if it's true.

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Posted By: Rhys

As someone who buys and sells a LOT of photos, those are some of the most out of control prices I have ever seen anyone get! Yikes!

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Posted By: leon

IF anyone cares to read for the next few hours you can do a search on Henry Yee on this search engine. For the record I sat next to him at the first Mastro/National dinner a few years ago. He was very pleasant..and had a cute girlfriend