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Posted By: Joseph

Bushing was the consignor AND suthenticator in the 2004 MastroNet sale of the DiMaggio 56
streak bat which sold for over 300 grand. I think (but I'm not sure) Bushing also had a relationship with Mastro at that time. He is now a MEARS guy...and according to this item (WARNING: written by O'Keeffe):

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/iteam/2006/05/memorabilia_market_needs_sprin.html

it was this very instance of conflict-of-interest which prompted MEARS to make this public attempt at the high road. (This, of course, was over a year ago.)

Hey, three or four years from now, Michael Vick may be a spokesperson for animal welfare. Ya never know.