Honus Wagner Card Case Plea Deal Rejected Again by U.S. Judge

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

In my opinion the Wagner part of the case is weak. Mastro is not charged with trimming the card, as most people probably assume. Rather he is accused of committing fraud when he said, in advertising his experience, that he had sold the most expensive baseball card. As a historical fact that was indisputably true whether or not the card was trimmed.

Agree 100% and of course it's true. There is no law that says you can't trim a baseball card. It's when you lie about it that it becomes fraudulent.

[calvindog]

The Wagner card part of the case is of no moment other than for garnering some publicity for the case; the years of Mastro defrauding the public through his auctions is all that matters here.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Leon

Agree 100% and of course it's true. There is no law that says you can't trim a baseball card. It's when you lie about it that it becomes fraudulent.

Right and i dont think he lied about it at least in the statement at issue where he was just stating his experience as a seller. He had in fact sold the most expensive card.