Lelands.com Auction Closes Tomorrow 9pm

[mybuddyinc]

1405 -- Is the insignia original, or was it professionally added from another robe ??

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by mybuddyinc

1405 -- Is the insignia original, or was it professionally added from another robe ??

We'll probably see this in next months Coach's Corner auction with a Ty Cobb signature on it.

[GrayGhost]

Harsh group of people on here, wow. That said, Josh Evans doesn't always exude class in his dealings, for sure.

If you haven't read the excellent book "Miracle Ball" bout Thomsons HR ball, there's some interesting stuff in there about Lelands part in a news story on the ball.

He does have some great stuff in his auction too. It's all about the money, just that sometimes people are blinded by it, and their judgement is clouded.

[bmarlowe1]

>>>Harsh group of people on here, wow. ....

Scott -
So tell me why does the Leland's web-site still show Al Bridwell as Miller Huggins? How long should that take to fix?

[calvindog]

I agree with Mark here. I don't expect Josh to be anything but a vulgar capitalist -- that's kind of expected with the territory. It's the outright deceptions in his descriptions which are so troubling. Why is it so easy for these guys to lie publicly? I'm still trying to imagine what he was thinking when he wrote that a Cobb check written out to and endorsed by "The Family" was Cobb's actual family. Did Cobb's family incorporate itself under the name "The Family" in order to cash his checks?

[Anthony S.]

My catalog just arrived today. Not enough time to read it and bid. That's a shame because that Klan outfit would have looked great under 1600 feet of water in the middle of Lake Tahoe.

[Rob D.]

A catalog delivered on the day the auction closes? That's aweful.

[iggyman]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

My catalog just arrived today. Not enough time to read it and bid. That's a shame because that Klan outfit would have looked great under 1600 feet of water in the middle of Lake Tahoe.

My catalog arrived today as well! Oh well, I guess we both missed the boat.

Lovely Day...

[bmarlowe1]

Looks like some lucky bidder "won" the phony Miller Huggins for $3178.02

Any opinions on what it's really worth as Al Bridwell?

[slidekellyslide]

That Bridwell photo is a $300 photo if identified correctly. The mount is trimmed off and there's writing on the front. A Bob Unglaub Horner cabinet in nearly perfect condition recently sold on ebay for $600.

Someone got screwed and I find it hard to believe that Leland's wasn't aware of this thread or the emails you sent them. No excuse for this.

[calvindog]

Of course Leland's was aware of this thread. The heads of the auction houses review these threads 19 times a day. Leland's probably figured that if the buyer bought it and didn't complain then they made a score; if not and a request was made for a refund, I'm sure they'd give it. But why give back money when you can steal it instead?

To twist a line from a classic movie: "Money stolen is twice as sweet as money earned."

PS: Is Leland going to be the keynote speaker at the next Net 54 dinner? Will he again pontificate about the good and bad in the industry? Will he include his fraud in his next speech? What a scumbag.

[Rickyy]

Yeah that Klan outfit..I don't know..not in good taste at all...but indirectly if I buy a card of a known racist like Ty Cobb, Ben Chapman, Cap Anson..I'm feeling like I'm sort of doing the same thing..