Any Reaction to Legendary Auction Prices

[Rob D.]

Thanks, Leon.

And thanks for continuing to serve as Net54's Annie Sullivan to Mastro/Legendary's Helen Keller.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Thanks, Leon.

And thanks for continuing to serve as Net54's Annie Sullivan to Mastro/Legendary's Helen Keller.

No Problem, Rob. I've been called worse .

[Rob D.]

Well, it actually was a compliment to you.

[Anthony S.]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Thanks, Leon.

And thanks for continuing to serve as Net54's Annie Sullivan to Mastro/Legendary's Helen Keller.

Only 10:30 am here the on left coast and my day has already been made.

[Exhibitman]

What's the line at Caesar's on whether Gibson actually gets paid?





I kid Mastro, er, Legendary.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

What's the line at Caesar's on whether Gibson actually gets paid?





I kid Mastro, er, Legendary.

The real question is what are the odds on Gibson being paid before turtle guy.
I would say Gibson is the prohibitive favorite as I am sure Mr Allen would not want to get plunked in the ribs when he steps up to the plate and Gibson is pitching. And my guess is that Gibson can still throw harder than turtle guy,, nothing personal turtle guy.

[CTDean]

Doug's clarification of the reserves, and the fact that the Auction House does not bid the reserve explains things very well.

[turtleguy64]

No offense taken by turtleguy.Richard,have you ever heard the story of what happened on a Vietnam tour of major league all stars back in the late stages of that war,involving Bob Gibson and Graig Nettles?

[RichardSimon]

No I have never heard that story.

[Rich Klein]

Was that since Legendary has a need to be super transparent in their auction process; that for future catalogs; ANY and all reserves need to be stated in both their catalog and thus in their on-line descriptions.

Obviously; that should be true for all auction houses in that reserves should be announced immediately; however; in legendary's case, the past history of their preceeding company means they need to be even more cautious. I'm not stating that anything is wrong with this, as this is "standard auction and hobby procedure", but for legendary, the reserve should be annouced immediately.

In addition, the fact that the consigner was willing to take less than the reserve for an item; shows that not everything has to hit the reserve for an item to be sold.

This is just MOO in terms of what Legendary (because of their specific and public situation of their previous company) needs to do to keep the perception of themselves as good stewards for their consignors.

Rich

[turtleguy64]

Great true story which appeared in a recent book about black baseball superstars and the prejudice they experienced on the way to and during their big league careers.Gibson on that Vietnam tour with other big league stars in '70s.Mets travelling secretary arranged hotel accommodations for the group.Graig Nettles publicly berated Mets secretary for the hotel rooms they were booked into and ended his diatribe with a derogatory term usually directed at those of the Jewish persuasion.Gibson overheard this exchange and afterward warned Nettles that in the future should he ever come to bat against him on the field,he was going down on the first pitch.This is what we call a mench.That book is a must read but darn it...I cannot remember the name right now.I loved that Gibson story.

[RichardSimon]

Good guys = turtle guy, Bob Gibson, Hank Greenberg (Greenberg was one of the first to take a stand with Jackie Robinson).
"great guys" = Craig Nettles, miscellaneous Legendary persons.