Mastro and Allen Indicted

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Sotheby's is a bit player compared to Mastro!!!

I'm not seeing this. Sothebys did 5.8 Billion in 2011 with over 1400 employees.

Mastro wasn't even in that league were they?

Steve B

[barrysloate]

Peter was being sarcastic....note the three exclamation points.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by steve B

I'm not seeing this. Sothebys did 5.8 Billion in 2011 with over 1400 employees.

Mastro wasn't even in that league were they?

Steve B

Does size really matter when you are evil incarnate?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Does size really matter when you are evil incarnate?

Missed the exclamation points Maybe the internet has made my mind automatically ignore them.

I suppose size doesn't matter when it comes to people or companies doing bad things. It shouldn't.

But the sothebys guy did 10 months for some anti trust crime
And a bunch of bankers did far less if any for stupid but maybe not criminal stuff and didn't even lose their jobs.

I have no doubts about how much of the 20 years I'd do if I did some sort of postal fraud. (Likely most of it)

I'm not sure where fraud ranks on my mental "evil incarnate " list. Probably not in the top 50. It's bad, but there's lots of worse things.

Steve B

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by steve B

Missed the exclamation points Maybe the internet has made my mind automatically ignore them.

I suppose size doesn't matter when it comes to people or companies doing bad things. It shouldn't.

But the sothebys guy did 10 months for some anti trust crime
And a bunch of bankers did far less if any for stupid but maybe not criminal stuff and didn't even lose their jobs.

I have no doubts about how much of the 20 years I'd do if I did some sort of postal fraud. (Likely most of it)

I'm not sure where fraud ranks on my mental "evil incarnate " list. Probably not in the top 50. It's bad, but there's lots of worse things.

Steve B

Steve, I agree. I would place card doctoring much higher on the list of evils than shill bidding, for example. The "evil incarnate" thing was tongue-in-cheek, directed at a certain poster's obsession with Bill and Doug.

[drc]

I ate a neighbor once, but have never bid an a Sotheby's auction. Should even out getting into Heaven-wise.

That's just a joke. I have bid in a Sotheby's auction.

[rdwyer]

I heard MSNBC is gonna change the name of Lockup RAW to Lockup Authentic.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Steve, I agree. I would place card doctoring much higher on the list of evils than shill bidding, for example. The "evil incarnate" thing was tongue-in-cheek, directed at a certain poster's obsession with Bill and Doug.

Well then, at least they didn't.....hmmm

Bill and Doug.... somehow when it's first names only it sounds like two guys from Canada.

Now I'm hoping one of the photoshop guys picks up on it.

Steve B

[mark evans]

I believe that the Justice Dep't believes that everyone who is convicted in this case deserves jail time. And, they will probably get it.

As an aside, in the event convictions are obtained, I see this case as a vindication of Jeff (who I don't know) who, far moreso than anyone else, had the chutzpah to call out Mastro for these alleged activities months ago.