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Old 01-30-2015, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by calvindog View Post
Don't underestimate how brazen some of the consigners/fraudsters are/were. One guy on Net 54 even told the various auction houses that he wouldn't consign his large collection to them unless they agreed to let him shill his own lots. Naturally, Mastro agreed to that demand and, naturally, even bid on his lots for him.
To paraphrase the great showtune

But where in the world
is there in the world
a man so corrupt and impure?
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