Doug Allen to plead guilty.....

[Wildfireschulte]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

I bid in Legendary Auctions once. I have stated it before on this board. I will never bid in another Legendary Auction. Once was enough.

My opinion is that all of the old, original auction houses operated around the fringe - if not outright shill bidding, they all write glowing descriptions of items that defy logic. Bill just got too greedy and was caught and burried his understudies with him. My guess is Oser will keep LA going without Doug if necessary. Which of the old guard auction houses do you consider squeaky clean enough to get your business? REA?

[Brian Van Horn]

None.

[Peter_Spaeth]

lol

[Brian Van Horn]

Every one of them has had their legal issues.

[oldjudge]

So instead you deal with all the solid citizens on Ebay?

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

So instead you deal with all the solid citizens on Ebay?

eBay is not perfect. I have numerous stories about that matter, but eBay at least has some framework of a system flawed as it is for the customer. If you totaled all the cards I have picked up from eBay and all of the cards I have picked up from auction houses, the weight would be greatly in favor of eBay, but the total from both is nowhere near forty per cent of my of collection.

[HRBAKER]

As Doug (or anyone for that matter) surveys the landscape of this wondrous hobby, is there any reason for him to assume he won't be welcomed back with open arms as long as he can put his hands on the goods?

In a word, no.

[oldjudge]

Duplicate post--sorry

[Wildfireschulte]

If Billy and Doug end up in the same minimum security joint, we should try to organize a card show there - a sort of conjugal card show? Bring all of our reprints, trimmed, bleached...