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Originally Posted by Lorewalker
He either has his own money, access to it and/or he got paid off by the insurance co for the theft.
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Likely some of both.
He still had a vast inventory that was not stolen in Dallas. But, indeed he lost a lot of his better cards.
I'm sure he was compensated for some of the loss if not all depending on his policy. There may have been a cap but he did have insurance.
He never fell out of the buying/selling mode after the theft. He was still doing shows every time a major one was happening. I was set up beside his son in Boston just a few months after the theft in November of 2024 and he had a vast inventory there and Ash was at another Dallas show the same weekend with additional inventory.
He is a really nice guy who has a network of buyers and sellers. And, he hustles to buy and pays fairly but obviously below the top of the market.
Sellers go to him because he probably pays more than most high end dealers and it makes no difference if he has 5 other examples of the same card as long as the price is right to buy. He may have multiple 1952 Topps Mantles in various grades at the same time.