The Bill Mastro Collection (as auctioned by Legendary, 2010)

Exhibitman · #1 08-07-2017, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Just a note:

I have had dealers I trust and who were not part of Mastro/Legendary in any way tell me that outside the sports collecting hobby, Mr. Mastro is a good man.

Now, inside the hobby, that was another story.

Rich

What was the tip-off, Rich, the felony conviction?

majordanby · #2 08-07-2017, 11:19 AM

any chance there is video or a transcript of the FBI talk? i would be interested to hear what he had to say.

Rich Klein · #3 08-07-2017, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

What was the tip-off, Rich, the felony conviction?

Yeah -- the felony conviction was a pretty good clue as to the hobby behavior.

Now, as I said, I did hear from people in the hobby who DID NOT do business with him and whose opinion I trust, that outside the hobby he did good things,

There can be a difference

Rich

rats60 · #4 08-07-2017, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Yeah -- the felony conviction was a pretty good clue as to the hobby behavior.

Now, as I said, I did hear from people in the hobby who DID NOT do business with him and whose opinion I trust, that outside the hobby he did good things,

There can be a difference

Rich

Shouldn't "did not do business with him" raise red flags?

Rich Klein · #5 08-07-2017, 04:16 PM

No -- I know plenty of people who were not part of the Alan Rosen circle and did not do business with him. Sometimes, people work in different worlds -- not every dealer works with all the dealers. Sometimes, you work more with whom you know rather than whom you don't.

Rich

Stampsfan · #6 08-08-2017, 12:16 AM

A personal pet peeve...

How many folks have you heard of through business, work, or different dealings, where people start the sentence with "He's a good guy, but..."

My answer to this is typically "OK, everyone is a good guy on some level, but what is the real story?"

bnorth · #7 08-08-2017, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

A personal pet peeve...

How many folks have you heard of through business, work, or different dealings, where people start the sentence with "He's a good guy, but..."

My answer to this is typically "OK, everyone is a good guy on some level, but what is the real story?"

That "He(she) is a good person, but..." applies to everyone I have ever met. There are a lot of great people out there "but" I have never met a perfect one.

TakingStock · #8 08-08-2017, 10:39 AM

Not to derail the thread, but does anyone have an extra copy of the Mastro Collection Legendary Auctions catalog that they'd be willing to sell?

Thanks!

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