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Old 08-08-2019, 08:59 AM
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I don't recall it being confidential, and I thought the original invitation to the meeting was posted on Net54 by Jim. And I think he said that anyone who wanted was welcome to come. Does anybody remember otherwise? It was eleven years ago and I'm at the point where I do forget things.
I could be forgetting as well.
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Maybe you can search it? I'm disappointed that I can't remember the details beyond the pizza.
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Maybe you can search it? I'm disappointed that I can't remember the details beyond the pizza.
Maybe I can jog your memory,

Pepperoni or Sausage?

Thick or Thin crust?

White or Red sauce?
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I remember how happy i was when USA today came out and you get could more info on other teams besides your home team. I think Frank Deford also had a newspaper or something that tried that.

Now i surprised to learn that USA today is still in business...maybe its thriving who knows but i didnt even know they still in business until saw this thread
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Maybe I can jog your memory,

Pepperoni or Sausage?

Thick or Thin crust?

White or Red sauce?
Regular Neopolitan, no toppings that I can recall (although I can't rule out pepperoni.)
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Old 08-08-2019, 09:35 AM
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Regular Neopolitan, no toppings that I can recall (although I can't rule out pepperoni.)
could you fold the piizza...if not how can you say they were delicious.
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I could make a joke asking whether certain people there trimmed their slices, but never mind.
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It was a constructive meeting, and I do remember Doug Allen was kind of on top of the world, bragging about Mastro Auctions. And Dave Forman drove me home that night, which I greatly appreciated.
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Maybe you can search it? I'm disappointed that I can't remember the details beyond the pizza.
I did a search for Lehman (location of the meeting) and nothing relevant came up that I could see. Oh well.
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Here's an interesting thread from the past, that includes many relevant people in the recent discussion. Page three gets more focused on doctoring.

http://t.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=83073
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Barry, whether the meeting was intended to be confidential or not, I am deeply disappointed that you did not inform this forum that Al does not like the Beatles. That's the kind of info that people ought to know. I just consigned a couple of items to him, and now I have to re-think things. Geez, you think you know somebody.
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Barry, whether the meeting was intended to be confidential or not, I am deeply disappointed that you did not inform this forum that Al does not like the Beatles. That's the kind of info that people ought to know. I just consigned a couple of items to him, and now I have to re-think things. Geez, you think you know somebody.
If Al was half my size, instead of twice my size, we would have had a different outcome.
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I've been in the business thirty-five years, and while I know there are many passionate collectors who love collecting and love baseball history, what I've taken away is that this hobby is first and foremost about money. And if telling the truth about some of the problems with baseball cards will cost them money, in some cases quite a bit, they are going to fight it to the death.

The revelations of the past few months, which have been known by some of us for over a decade but are now widely known by many, could potentially cost some an incredible amount of money. And those with a major investment will not take this lightly.

Nevertheless, the truth marches on. It's there for you to accept or reject.
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Here's an interesting thread from the past, that includes many relevant people in the recent discussion. Page three gets more focused on doctoring.

http://t.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=83073
That was an interesting trip down memory lane. Hey, I took some heat in that thread too.
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I did a search for Lehman (location of the meeting) and nothing relevant came up that I could see. Oh well.
I went to my old desk calendars and under December 12, 2007 it reads "Net54 dinner, 350 Seventh Avenue." Would that be it?
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