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

[Rich Klein]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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!

[drcy]

Brings to mind the Jerry Seinfeld bit where when a serial murderer is caught, the shocked nextdoor neighbors invariably say "But he was such a quiet neighbor." Jerry's like "Didn't anyone hear the chainsaws everynight at 2am?"