REA Lot 819: Babe Ruth Autographed Book

[Leon]

Originally Posted by calvindog

He's not my good friend at all -- I'm just capable of appreciating that a guy with a minor criminal record (a misdemeanor which has been discharged) may have some value and shouldn't be discounted completely. You do the same thing with your hobby friends, don't you Dan?

Yeah, a minor criminal record discharged, pleading the 5th on where his items came from, a recent bankruptcy, lawsuits out the ying yang, a huge amount of alleged fraud, lots of hot checks, outstanding civil judgements....yeah I wouldn't discount him either. Great guy.....

oh yeah forgot to mention his 50 different personalities on his site.....that commands a lot of faith in what he says too

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Leon

Yeah, a minor criminal record discharged, pleading the 5th on where his items came from, a recent bankruptcy, lawsuits out the ying yang, a huge amount of alleged fraud, lots of hot checks, outstanding civil judgements....yeah I wouldn't discount him either. Great guy.....

oh yeah forgot to mention his 50 different personalities on his site.....that commands a lot of faith in what he says too

I didn't say he was a great guy -- I just said that he should hardly be discounted because of his past. Some of his work is valuable and most of the objective, experienced hobbyists here agree. Just because you don't like him doesn't make this untrue. Ask Dan McKee.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I didn't say he was a great guy -- I just said that he should hardly be discounted because of his past. Some of his work is valuable and most of the objective, experienced hobbyists here agree. Just because you don't like him doesn't make this untrue. Ask Dan McKee.

Maybe he should be discounted because he is psychotic and a habitual liar. Mckee is probably the only real guy that has posted over there. How could you possibly believe a guy that acts in the manner Nash does?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Leon

Maybe he should be discounted because he is psychotic and a habitual liar. Mckee is probably the only real guy that has posted over there. How could you possibly believe a guy that acts in the manner Nash does?

You supported Mastro and Allen for years and you're the arbiter of who should be trusted?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by calvindog

You supported Mastro and Allen for years and you're the arbiter of who should be trusted?

The question was, how can you believe him when he has lied and committed so much fraud? Him taking the 5th on where he got some items means he basically admitted guilt. And he has been sued (and lost) so many times, all in recent years? How do you believe a guy like that?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Leon

The question was, how can you believe him when he has lied and committed so much fraud (by taking the 5th on where he got some items he basically admitted guilt) and been sued (and lost) so many times, all in recent years ?

I used to ask you the same thing re Mastro and Allen.

As for Nash, he's supplying facts with much of the stuff he does -- not opinions. If Dan and David, two of the most knowledgable guys in this entire hobby, can find some value in Nash's work maybe, just maybe, you're missing the boat here.

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by Leon

Maybe he should be discounted because he is psychotic and a habitual liar. Mckee is probably the only real guy that has posted over there. How could you possibly believe a guy that acts in the manner Nash does?

I see the following collectors and prominent people have commented over there, not just Dan McKee.

Dave Grob
Richard Simon
Bill Hedin
Josh Evans
Theo Chen
Linda Ruth Tosetti
Richard Bond
Bill Panagopolous
Dorothy Seymour Mills

and more as well as myself. As well as contributions to the articles by Grob, Brandon Grunbaum, and responses to questionnaires put out by Halls of Shame by many auction house owners, major dealers and others.

There is just no leg to stand on trying to single someone out and trying to isolate them as the only person who comments over there like you tried to do to Dan McKee. That's pretty low and/or not fair.