Not sure if this has been posted..Mastro in the Chicago Tribune

[Mark]

A nice way to say it. I wish that their next auction had more in it so that you could be paid back faster.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Mark

A nice way to say it. I wish that their next auction had more in it so that you could be paid back faster.

How could the auction have more in it? The word is getting out that consignors from Feb. have not been paid. Who wants to consign and worry about not getting paid?
Anybody want to forecast an over/under number on how long Legendary can stay in business. I make the line 13 months, over or under?

[Mark]

swimsuit models.

[botn]

Gosh I think they may too great to even get to 13 months. Unless of course they can promote their business by listing some cards for $25,000 on ebay.

[Sean_C]

American Memorabilia is already doing that. Unless Doug wants to put on a speedo (great, there goes my ability to sleep or keep down solid foods for the next few days.)....

Originally Posted by Mark

swimsuit models.

[turtleguy64]

Is it not true that Legendary bills consignors for getting their items professionally graded?I would like to know since a friend of mine consigned to their first auction and received a bill for 1,000.00 for getting some of his stuff graded.Anyone out there have the same experience?

[HRBAKER]

Unless I misread the post (very possible at my age and as a micro-mind), there is a post on the Non-Sports board where they sent out and billed a lady $40,000 for grading. I am sure at a level like that it was something that was agreed to beforehand.

[Wesley]

Originally Posted by turtleguy64

Is it not true that Legendary bills consignors for getting their items professionally graded?I would like to know since a friend of mine consigned to their first auction and received a bill for 1,000.00 for getting some of his stuff graded.Anyone out there have the same experience?

I thought that Mastro had a deal with grading companies to have cards graded for $7 each irrespective of tier, but I guess that is not true. Doug Allen told me that the cost of grading a single card was $250, and that was the reason why Mastro could not pay the remaining $200 due to me from my February consignments.

$250 seems like a lot of money to grade one card, but I told Doug if he could show me a copy of the PSA invoice showing the $250 charge, that we could just call it the day. It has been three weeks and I still have not heard anything from Doug.

[Anthony S.]

$250? I think that's the service tier where the return the card via unicorn.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

$250? I think that's the service tier where the return the card via unicorn.

Well played.

[Mark]

$250 is for a card with a declared value of $10,000 plus. I hope you got a good price for the card.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Wesley

I thought that Mastro had a deal with grading companies to have cards graded for $7 each irrespective of tier, but I guess that is not true. Doug Allen told me that the cost of grading a single card was $250, and that was the reason why Mastro could not pay the remaining $200 due to me from my February consignments.

$250 seems like a lot of money to grade one card, but I told Doug if he could show me a copy of the PSA invoice showing the $250 charge, that we could just call it the day. It has been three weeks and I still have not heard anything from Doug.

And does this surprise anyone?

[botn]

Doug may very well be the greatest.

[WarHoundR69]

Now it turns out that they are not paying consignors from the April Legendary Auction. There is a thread about it on the NonSports side.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by botn

Doug may very well be the greatest.

the greatest what?

[turtleguy64]

I took a quick look at the Legendary August auction and it was a strange mix of some quality stuff and some "let's add more lots in spite of the values."I am sticking with my protest plan and will return the catalogue this weekend.