Experience with Goodwin & Co?

[Jim VB]

Bill,

I have no dog in this fight. I don't know if Jeff's suspicions are correct or not. But how would you explain some of the outlier prices that Jeff has pointed out in the past?

I realize that one or two examples could be understandable, but it seems there are far too many, and the gaps are far too wide for easy acceptance.

I'm sure Bill is good to his consignors. Until Scott started this thread, I'd never heard of a problem, and Scott seems to be OK with the response. But the discrepancy in reported prices is alarming.

In addition, I stopped by Bill's booth at last year's National. He had several cards for sale in his case that had been "sold" in previous auctions. I was told that one was owned by Goodwin. I was told that another was the result of a buyer renegging. Problem was that the auction had just ended on 7/17/09. In 10 days they had decided that the buyer had renegged and had the card for sale!

Needless to say, this left me with concerns.