Lionel Carter Letter about the hobby - 2003

[Peter_Spaeth]

Oh don't mind me, I'm just a cynic who is skeptical when a massive collection is stolen allegedly by gypsies, its return is predicted with confidence well in advance, the entire collection is then miraculously returned intact (that happens often with million dollar thefts, right?), and shortly afterwards the auction house guy who says he is working with the collector to help him safeguard the collection ends up with one of the biggest consignments of all time. It's all in threads on this forum, my opinion is only my own and not trying to convince (or accuse) anyone of anything, maybe it all went down exactly as was stated, read it for yourself. YMMV.

[calvindog]

Relax, Peter, Doug won't sue you for libel as long as truth is an absolute defense.

[ethicsprof]

I note that you refer to your self as cynical once again.
If you nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy, and bite scoundrels, I must
agree with you, with much appreciation.

all the best, ole buddy

barry

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Oh don't mind me, I'm just a cynic who is skeptical when a massive collection is stolen allegedly by gypsies, its return is predicted with confidence well in advance, the entire collection is then miraculously returned intact (that happens often with million dollar thefts, right?), and shortly afterwards the auction house guy who says he is working with the collector to help him safeguard the collection ends up with one of the biggest consignments of all time. It's all in threads on this forum, my opinion is only my own and not trying to convince (or accuse) anyone of anything, maybe it all went down exactly as was stated, read it for yourself. YMMV.

Not alone I too found it a bit too good to be true, still do.

My BS meter always seems to be pegged at the max in this hobby, I wonder if the FBI has a more professional model as I keep breaking the ones I'm buying to safe guard me.

[T206Collector]

After I won Lionel's T206 Plank card in the 2007 Mastro Auction, I called him and interviewed him about the card and his collection. I also corresponded with him a bit. You can listen to my interview, and read some of the letters on my website, here:

http://www.signedt206.com/lionel-carter-interview/

[chernieto]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

After I won Lionel's T206 Plank card in the 2007 Mastro Auction, I called him and interviewed him about the card and his collection. I also corresponded with him a bit. You can listen to my interview, and read some of the letters on my website, here:

http://www.signedt206.com/lionel-carter-interview/

Amazing story!! Thanks for posting it.

[toppcat]

George Vrechek wrote some pieces about Carter for SCD awhile back and they are archived over at the OBC website in the Library section: http://www.oldbaseball.com/

Well worth a read!

[frohme]

Just catching up on this, and am with both John and Peter in the ranks of cynics about how the whole process went down, though am glad that he did not lose his life's effort all together.

Some folks have reassembled a number of his T207s - my two contributions:

One of my favorite cards for sheer visual effect (in person)



and a (rare?) brown-ink back



--
Mike