New O'Keeffe article

[Peter_Spaeth]

Peter Nash and Rob Lifson. Quotes some nameless sources -- which I find disturbing.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...ning_ugly.html

[slantycouch]

Nevermind.

[calvindog]

Well, I'm not surprised that Rob was ripped anonymously.

Our hobby has auction houses that are either under federal criminal investigation and/or sell the same cards over from one auction to the next -- not REA.

Our hobby has auction houses that rip off consignors, lie like hell in item descriptions and mutilate cards without divulging alterations -- not REA.

Our hobby has auction houses which have dozens of purported reneggers over the years and then try to push off the cards on underbidders -- while REA sold $47 million in cards with just one renegger.

I guess if I was going to be a 'hobby insider' who was going to rip Rob about something that might have happened 35 years ago -- instead of something that happened in the past 5 years -- well, I'd be too embarrassed to be quoted by name as well.

[slidekellyslide]

"Another hobby executive compared Lifson to a family-values preacher who gets caught with a hooker in a cheap motel."

"Hobby Executive" WTF is that? If you can't put your name next to a comment like that then keep your mouth shut.

and who knew we were all conversing with a bonifide rap star? Anyone who has been around this hobby long enough has heard all the rumors...anyone who knows Rob knows that it's BS....it's all jealousy.

I'd also like to know how ANYONE (Barry Halper) with any kind of experience collecting baseball gloves mistakes a 1954 model for ANYTHING used in the 1930s?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

"Another hobby executive compared Lifson to a family-values preacher who gets caught with a hooker in a cheap motel."

"Hobby Executive" WTF is that?

A 'hobby executive' is a fancy term for an auction house executive. Can you guess which auction house executives don't have the courage to rip Rob on the record? I can think of a few.

[jmk59]

You guys know by now that I can always find something to say about everything. I could look at a plain white wall and come up with a comment about it. But I'm not sure I can add anything to Jeff's comments in Post #3 above.

Nice job, Counselor.

J

[Basilone]

There were some very interesting speeches given at the Net 54 dinner tonight...which were on the record.