Crazy uncles

[buymycards]

What I find baffling is that someone on this board must know the names of the partners in this operation, but the names have not been released. Also, I find it interesting that none of the partners themselves have come forward with information. It wouldn't surprise me if one or more of the partners were board members.

[CJDave]

Originally Posted by buymycards

What I find baffling is that someone on this board must know the names of the partners in this operation, but the names have not been released. Also, I find it interesting that none of the partners themselves have come forward with information. It wouldn't surprise me if one or more of the partners were board members.

Or......there really are no partners and this is just Aaron as the sole owner. Perhaps this whole story about high-end, big name collectors is just a marketing stunt to make himself sound bigger than he actually is.

[CJDave]

Originally Posted by buymycards

What I find baffling is that someone on this board must know the names of the partners in this operation, but the names have not been released. Also, I find it interesting that none of the partners themselves have come forward with information. It wouldn't surprise me if one or more of the partners were board members.

So this was the write-up Aaron gave on this board back in Octover 2019:

I am the President of the company and handle all auction operations. For those of you that I do not know, I was the Senior Auction Coordinator at Steiner Auctions and have been an active collector since the 1980s. My personal collection has gone down many roads, but currently focuses on Tinker, Evers and Chance.

The owners of Crazy Uncle are a small group of elite collectors, none of whom work in the hobby. They have participated in every major auction in the hobby since the early 1990's. The principal owner is a business executive at a prominent company who prior to his professional career was a top distributor of cards for Topps and a mid-century set builder/seller - the kind you all remember from the back of the trade magazines. He has personally bought and sold nearly 3,000,000 baseball cards in his life.

We are located at 175 Varick Street in Manhattan and available to meet in the Tri-State area or at the office by appointment. We have our warehouse in White Plains, NY.

So my question is........can anyone decipher or crack the code as to who this principal owner could be???

[ullmandds]

sounds like a lot of "fluff?"

[iwantitiwinit]

If it were me and I was having issues to the extent you are having them I'd get my ass over to 175 Varick Street.

[BeanTown]

Look at the material In their auction and the location. Since they were long term collectors, I would start thinking of all the long term collectors and PT dealers in the area. I can think of many. All this would come out in a law suit though and maybe your first round of discovery would answer your questions.

Search some old threads where some of the auction items were sold. Then see who posted it. Many collectors love showing off what they have as it’s like playing show and tell. I know I enjoy seeing and showing items.

Wish I could help more, but that’s the danger doing business with an unproven auction company.

[x2drich2000]

Since they admit to having an office in Manhattan and NYC requires auctioneers to be licensed through the Department of Consumer Affairs https://www1.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/des...ioneer-license), it may be worth while to call them up to see what info you can get.

[CJDave]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

Since they admit to having an office in Manhattan and NYC requires auctioneers to be licensed through the Department of Consumer Affairs https://www1.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/des...ioneer-license), it may be worth while to call them up to see what info you can get.

I know everyone will be shocked by this, but when they lookup New York City Auctioneers Licenses under "Crazy Uncle" or "Aaron Rothchild", here are the results...………………….

Your search returned no results. Please modify your search criteria and try again.

[bigfish]

Originally Posted by CJDave

So this was the write-up Aaron gave on this board back in Octover 2019:

I am the President of the company and handle all auction operations. For those of you that I do not know, I was the Senior Auction Coordinator at Steiner Auctions and have been an active collector since the 1980s. My personal collection has gone down many roads, but currently focuses on Tinker, Evers and Chance.

The owners of Crazy Uncle are a small group of elite collectors, none of whom work in the hobby. They have participated in every major auction in the hobby since the early 1990's. The principal owner is a business executive at a prominent company who prior to his professional career was a top distributor of cards for Topps and a mid-century set builder/seller - the kind you all remember from the back of the trade magazines. He has personally bought and sold nearly 3,000,000 baseball cards in his life.

We are located at 175 Varick Street in Manhattan and available to meet in the Tri-State area or at the office by appointment. We have our warehouse in White Plains, NY.

So my question is........can anyone decipher or crack the code as to who this principal owner could be???

How do become an “elite collector”. Carpal tunnel from sorting cards? What does that term even mean?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bigfish

How do become an “elite collector”. Carpal tunnel from sorting cards? What does that term even mean?

Someone who was a major player in the early 90's and only sold 3,000,000 cards probably isn't all that Elite. The corner card shop I went to then was a small time wholesaler, and probably moved more.

And the other place I went to moved a few years a go and sold some where over a million random commons to a liquidator all at once.

[MikeGarcia]

."" He has personally bought and sold nearly 3,000,000 baseball cards in his life.""


So my question is........can anyone decipher or crack the code as to who this principal owner could be???

'''' Hey I can't be the only one here who figured out it was Leon.....

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[Lorewalker]

Hello Dave,

As others have said, sorry about the troubles. I know I would be pretty upset if this had happened to me. I am not doubting your story but I am confused about your asking for info and guidance on a chat board when you claim to have the authorities involved as well as lawyers. I would think with those connections, absolutely anything you wanted to know about the process of recovery to background info on Aaron, would be easily available through those means.

Dunno maybe I am missing something but I am puzzled.

Hope this works out for you.

Chase

[Tao_Moko]

Soup sandwich. Meet trainwreck. It's looking more and more like nobody comes out of this in good shape. Personally, I'm still waiting for the curve ball.