Babe Ruth mitt from youth in Goldins Next Auction

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by botn

I see Ron deleted all of his posts on this thread too. WTF????

Another one bites the dust? This is extremely odd to have this many Net54 members deleting posts like this in one thread.

[botn]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Another one bites the dust? This is extremely odd to have this many Net54 members deleting posts like this in one thread.

Must be some letter these guys are getting.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Another one bites the dust? This is extremely odd to have this many Net54 members deleting posts like this in one thread.

Perhaps they all saw the light.

Troll or not, Ron seemed to have some strong convictions, so this is a surprise. I guess we can only speculate on what brought this about.

[Peter_Spaeth]

$155,000 so far.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Perhaps they all saw the light.

Troll or not, Ron seemed to have some strong convictions, so this is a surprise. I guess we can only speculate on what brought this about.

I think it might be, what I am told, thesis MEARS wrote on the glove in support of it being authentic.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think it might the, what I am told, thesis MEARS wrote on the glove in support of it being authentic.

Then why didn't Ron, instead of just deleting everything, delete it but say I have now read what Mears says and I find it convincing? Why didn't Murphy do the same after being asked to explain his change of heart? I find the circumstances of these deletions disturbing.

I hope it (the glove) is real, it would be an amazing story.

[botn]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think it might the, what I am told, thesis MEARS wrote on the glove in support of it being authentic.

That would not be correct. He deleted his posts on the Piazza thread too.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by botn

That would not be correct. He deleted his posts on the Piazza thread too.

A Winston Smith-like transformation.

[MetsBaseball1973]

Just an observation here. So many posts on hobby chat rooms like this site boil down, at their honest core, to bashing items, cards, etc..

In many of these bashing posts, there is a common denominator. The thing being bashed is expensive.

This makes me wonder how many posts are motivated deep down by jealousy, and wanting things one cannot afford.

Only a person knows the truth inside them, unless of course they are in denial. It is easy, psychologically, to see how wishing deep down that someone had something can lead to that someone bashing it.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by MetsBaseball1973

Just an observation here. So many posts on hobby chat rooms like this site boil down, at their honest core, to bashing items, cards, etc..

In many of these bashing posts, there is a common denominator. The thing being bashed is expensive.

This makes me wonder how many posts are motivated deep down by jealousy, and wanting things one cannot afford.

Only a person knows the truth inside them, unless of course they are in denial. It is easy, psychologically, to see how wishing deep down that someone had something can lead to that someone bashing it.

Or more likely we are wary of the "fish" tales that get told in this hobby. You're a fool if you're not skeptical. How much of Barry Halper's collection was just plain fraudulent? Al Stump was making instant Ty Cobb estate items out of thin air. The Hobby is healthier when questions are asked.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by MetsBaseball1973

Just an observation here. So many posts on hobby chat rooms like this site boil down, at their honest core, to bashing items, cards, etc..

In many of these bashing posts, there is a common denominator. The thing being bashed is expensive.

This makes me wonder how many posts are motivated deep down by jealousy, and wanting things one cannot afford.

Only a person knows the truth inside them, unless of course they are in denial. It is easy, psychologically, to see how wishing deep down that someone had something can lead to that someone bashing it.

I don't believe that to be the case. Rather, it's because our hobby unfortunately over the years has had numerous frauds and people's radar are justifiably up.