Mastro Judge Strikes Down Plea Agreement

[glchen]

Originally Posted by MW1

... If O'Keeffe has the time to write an article about how Bill Mastro is "still buying cards on eBay" (source: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/ite...chases-on-ebay), surely he has the wherewithal to ...

Somewhat off-topic, but I believe I did sell 2-3 cards to Bill Mastro last year (a couple of Goudey PSA 4's and a Goudey PSA 7, I believe). I didn't think it was actually THE Bill Mastro, but just someone else who had the same name from Illinois. However, after reading that article, I think it might be the same person. I did see the PSA 7 get resold a few months later as a part a high grade set break on probstein.

[MW1]

Leon,

Could you ask Michael O'Keeffe about the following?

Halper was a close personal friend of Daily News reporter Bill Madden, who acted throughout the years as Halper’s unofficial press agent. The Daily News has intentionally not reported about the Halper scandals because of Madden’s close ties to the former Yankee limited partner. In fact, reporter O’Keeffe has gone as far as reporting that the documentation of instances of sales of fraudulent artifacts by Halper are simply “accusations.”

In their book, “The Card,” Thompson and O’Keeffe lauded Halper as “The Babe Ruth of sports memorabilia,” and described the “truly historic” items in his collection including “Shoeless Joe Jackson’s Black Betsy bat,” and “Ty Cobb’s dentures and rifle Cobb’s mother used to shoot his father.” All of those items used as examples of Halper’s “Cooperstown South,” however, have been determined to be fraudulent artifacts as a result of investigative reports written by Haulsofshame.com and SABR researcher Ron Cobb.

Edited to add source: http://haulsofshame.com/blog/?m=201207

[Exhibitman]

No one here went after the fake Wagner guys over race. We were not on their side not because they were black but because they were idiots. Quintessentially American idiots, by the way, the same kind who fuel the growth of lottery sales, casino slots, and reality talent shows--but not libraries. It is so much easier to be ignorant and self-righteous than to learn something and lose hope. Then again, they went from two working class doophuses in Ohio to national media attention and reality tv. Winning!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by glchen

Somewhat off-topic, but I believe I did sell 2-3 cards to Bill Mastro last year (a couple of Goudey PSA 4's and a Goudey PSA 7, I believe). I didn't think it was actually THE Bill Mastro, but just someone else who had the same name from Illinois. However, after reading that article, I think it might be the same person. I did see the PSA 7 get resold a few months later as a part a high grade set break on probstein.

Why would anyone care if Mastro was buying cards? If he got accused of not paying a supplier for a restaurant he owned, would people get upset if he continued to eat?

[drc]

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[kateighty]

Props to the judge. Who knows the judge and their clerk(s) just might be reading this.