Rick Probstein interviews Bill Mastro

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by drcy

I've heard Doug's a good storyteller

Yeah like Lionel Carter and the gypsies.

[JayZim13]

Mastro and Lifson actually bought the Wagner in 1985.
He kept quoting 1996. It overall was an interesting interview

[nickedson]

Fascinating interview. Brought back a lot of memories of the people who set up at shows starting in the early 1970s. I especially enjoyed the stories about my hobby mentor Frank Nagy.

[oldjudge]

Great to hear Bill. Those stories were fascinating. Hopefully, I can see him at the National next year.

[RL]

Probstein and Mastro, 2 of a kind. I got nothing good to say about either of them.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by RL

Probstein and Mastro, 2 of a kind. I got nothing good to say about either of them.

That's bullshit. I'm so sick of reading these completely baseless accusations against Probstein. He does not shill bid his listings. Take off the tin-foil hat.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Snowman

That's bullshit. I'm so sick of reading these completely baseless accusations against Probstein. He does not shill bid his listings. Take off the tin-foil hat.

I won a Probstein auction this summer. It was an SGC graded sports card.

A week later, I asked them for tracking info. They informed me that, "due to an ebay glitch this item was double listed and we no longer have anymore in stock."

So, I won a straight auction with (apparently) no shill bidding. That's great; however, they didn't honor the high bid and wouldn't ship the card.

This same item (cert # and all) appeared in a Probstein auction a short time later, where it sold for more money.

[chriskim]

Originally Posted by JayZim13

Mastro and Lifson actually bought the Wagner in 1985.
He kept quoting 1996. It overall was an interesting interview

..... sometimes... I feel like people shouldn't mention Mastro and Lifson at the same time. just my 2 cents..