hypothetical major problem with well respected board member

[sflayank]

i was just contacted by the winner of the auction...
here is the email...
Saw thread. Do whatever you need to do. I am not home. Was in Kentucky guiding
daughter through a divorce. My wife took it hard. It is our 40th anniversary and
after divorce was final I booked us on a Circle South American cruise on the
Oceania Regatta. You can check their web site. We won't be home until sometime
in April. Cards are still at home as far as I know. Not a high priority at the
moment.

[Sophiedog]

Originally Posted by sflayank

i was just contacted by the winner of the auction...
here is the email...
Saw thread. Do whatever you need to do. I am not home. Was in Kentucky guiding
daughter through a divorce. My wife took it hard. It is our 40th anniversary and
after divorce was final I booked us on a Circle South American cruise on the
Oceania Regatta. You can check their web site. We won't be home until sometime
in April. Cards are still at home as far as I know. Not a high priority at the
moment.

What auction were the cards in?

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by sflayank

i was just contacted by the winner of the auction...
here is the email...

It's a little late now and can't be undone, but I don't think appropriate to post this guys response. I am sure with a little research his identity is easily discovered. I am sure he does not want his personal life aired in such a manner, nor want it to be known he is away for three months. I would delete, but again too late.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

I am sure with a little research his identity is easily discovered.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I figured it out, but since Larry doesn't want it disclosed, I'll leave it alone.

[ramram]

Originally Posted by sflayank

i was just contacted by the winner of the auction...
here is the email...
Saw thread. Do whatever you need to do. I am not home. Was in Kentucky guiding
daughter through a divorce. My wife took it hard. It is our 40th anniversary and
after divorce was final I booked us on a Circle South American cruise on the
Oceania Regatta. You can check their web site. We won't be home until sometime
in April. Cards are still at home as far as I know. Not a high priority at the
moment.

I would HIGHLY suggest you do NOT indicate who this person is now that you've indicated he's out of town for a long period of time and his cards are at his house!!!! Time to lock this thread Leon.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by ramram

I would HIGHLY suggest you do NOT indicate who this person is now that you've indicated he's out of town for a long period of time and his cards are at his house!!!! Time to lock this thread Leon.

Holy crap, the most sensible thing imparted in this thread so far....

[vthobby]

I feel that not only posting that info about being gone that there is far too much personal info in there.

That is frankly not cool and I suggest immediate deletion of that personal information.

Where is the common sense in that?

Peace, mike

[JasonD08]

If this was indeed the Hocus Focus lot I am sure I know who the winner was….unless Larry is telling stories.

[ALR-bishop]

Leon was kind enough to unlock this thread for me.

I am the person Larry is referring to. I am currently in Brazil and have been out of the country since early January, and was not at home for most of December either for family reasons

Due to Larry's stress level on this matter, in the first part of February I had my house sitter open the package of cards in question. There were 19 different Topps 55 Hocus Focus baseball cards in the lot. I had 12 of the subjects in the lot but lacked 7 of them. I had the house sitter pull the 7 cards I did not have ( giving me 19 of the 24 in the sub set), and had her try to keep the best of the duplicate cards. She was pretty nervous about it all. She then mailed the 12 duplicates to Larry.

He got them, and posted to that effect on 54 on February 17, but did so in the Memorabilia Forum rather than this forum. Not sure why, but I was concerned that most of those who saw this thread, would not see or be aware of his thread in the other forum. Hence I asked Leon to let me post this in what had been a locked thread.

I have told Larry that if he wants to keep the 12 duplicates he can name the price he thinks fair. As he mentioned in the first post, the lot went for about $ 10,000. I also told him that since I would not be back home until mid April, he could wait until then to decide and pay if he wanted to keep them.

Hopefully that concludes this matter.

On another subject I can say that Tikal, The Panama Canal/Panama City, Machu Picchu, Torres Del Paine National Park, The Chilean fjords and glaciers Ushuaia ( The End Of The World ), The Falkland Islands and Iguazu Falls have been tremendous. Rio coming up

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Leon was kind enough to unlock this thread for me.

I am the person Larry is referring to. I am currently in Brazil and have been out of the country since early January, and was not at home for most of December either for family reasons

Due to Larry's stress level on this matter, in the first part of February I had my house sitter open the package of cards in question. There were 19 different Topps 55 Hocus Focus baseball cards in the lot. I had 12 of the subjects in the lot but lacked 7 of them. I had the house sitter pull the 7 cards I did not have ( giving me 19 of the 24 in the sub set), and had her try to keep the best of the duplicate cards. She was pretty nervous about it all. She then mailed the 12 duplicates to Larry.

He got them, and posted to that effect on 54 on February 17, but did so in the Memorabilia Forum rather than this forum. Not sure why, but I was concerned that most of those who saw this thread, would not see or be aware of his thread in the other forum. Hence I asked Leon to let me post this in what had been a locked thread.

I have told Larry that if he wants to keep the 12 duplicates he can name the price he thinks fair. As he mentioned in the first post, the lot went for about $ 10,000. I also told him that since I would not be back home until mid April, he could wait until then to decide and pay if he wanted to keep them.

Hopefully that concludes this matter.

On another subject I can say that Tikal, The Panama Canal/Panama City, Machu Picchu, Torres Del Paine National Park, The Chilean fjords and glaciers Ushuaia ( The End Of The World ), The Falkland Islands and Iguazu Falls have been tremendous. Rio coming up

Al, you do a great job in those commercials.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Leon was kind enough to unlock this thread for me.

I am the person Larry is referring to. I am currently in Brazil and have been out of the country since early January, and was not at home for most of December either for family reasons

Due to Larry's stress level on this matter, in the first part of February I had my house sitter open the package of cards in question. There were 19 different Topps 55 Hocus Focus baseball cards in the lot. I had 12 of the subjects in the lot but lacked 7 of them. I had the house sitter pull the 7 cards I did not have ( giving me 19 of the 24 in the sub set), and had her try to keep the best of the duplicate cards. She was pretty nervous about it all. She then mailed the 12 duplicates to Larry.

He got them, and posted to that effect on 54 on February 17, but did so in the Memorabilia Forum rather than this forum. Not sure why, but I was concerned that most of those who saw this thread, would not see or be aware of his thread in the other forum. Hence I asked Leon to let me post this in what had been a locked thread.

I have told Larry that if he wants to keep the 12 duplicates he can name the price he thinks fair. As he mentioned in the first post, the lot went for about $ 10,000. I also told him that since I would not be back home until mid April, he could wait until then to decide and pay if he wanted to keep them.

Hopefully that concludes this matter.

On another subject I can say that Tikal, The Panama Canal/Panama City, Machu Picchu, Torres Del Paine National Park, The Chilean fjords and glaciers Ushuaia ( The End Of The World ), The Falkland Islands and Iguazu Falls have been tremendous. Rio coming up

Glad this appears to have worked out well for all. Safe travels my friend.

Z wheat