Rick Probstein interviews Bill Mastro

[bobbyw8469]

Lew Lipset is "old school". I once bought several "Near Mint" cards from him trhough his auction on his website. At BEST, they were "Very Good". When I told him the issue with his grading, I was promptly blocked. I was later told by someone else to give him a "pass" because he was a hobby legend. If a hobby legend is that bad at grading cards, I want nothing to do with him.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Lew Lipset is "old school". I once bought several "Near Mint" cards from him trhough his auction on his website. At BEST, they were "Very Good". When I told him the issue with his grading, I was promptly blocked. I was later told by someone else to give him a "pass" because he was a hobby legend. If a hobby legend is that bad at grading cards, I want nothing to do with him.

My understanding of Lew is that his grading scale depended on which side of the table he was standing on. If he was buying, it was VG. If he was selling, it was NM.

[jbsports33]

Interesting - are we giving these guys a free pass!

I thought there was so much negative about both of these guys and PWCC

anyways - thanks for sharing, I always like to hear perspective from both sides

Happy collecting!

Thanks Jimmy Piccuito

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Tabe

My understanding of Lew is that his grading scale depended on which side of the table he was standing on. If he was buying, it was VG. If he was selling, it was NM.

While perhaps not to that extreme, I often witness the same behavior these days.

[Jersey City Giants]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Lew Lipset is "old school". I once bought several "Near Mint" cards from him trhough his auction on his website. At BEST, they were "Very Good". When I told him the issue with his grading, I was promptly blocked. I was later told by someone else to give him a "pass" because he was a hobby legend. If a hobby legend is that bad at grading cards, I want nothing to do with him.

I remember my father and I buying an Cobb batt off shoulder in the 80s from one of his ads that was graded "Ex". It had more than one crease in it. He overgraded his stuff for sure. We returned the card for a refund but in retrospect a card that would have graded a 2 would still have been worth way more than whatever we paid for it back then LOL.