[Exhibitman]

I can only judge him from my dealings but I think I have some idea of what happens. I offered to consign a group of good but not great cards to him, years ago. He offered to guarantee their performance in his auction. They did not sell for what we agreed on and he had to pay the balance from his pocket. If he was doing that with me for a few middling cards worth maybe $1,000 at the time I can only imagine the guarantees he extended to get marquee cards. I bet he has to rob Peter to pay Paul when it comes to paying off his consignors at the guaranteed levels, so he pays the ones who bitch first then waits on cash flow to pay the rest.

It has to be exhausting to run a business that way. I don't have the patience to put up with all the BS his way of doing business causes. I mean lawyers, threats of lawsuits, lies: ugh!