So what was the big meeting all about last night at the national with JP & Marshall?

[barrysloate]

I believed the part about all the cards having to be resubmitted again...that would be a grading company's dream!

[Doug]

It could have been a meeting between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of the PSA 8 Wagner being trimmed on the basis that an early photograph of it may exist with larger, yet wavy borders.

[Matthew H]

Maybe they were debating whether or not they'll show Bruce their PSA 11 Ultra-MT rare type cards.

[calvindog]

If I had to guess, I'd imagine that the meeting was led by Bill Mastro's best friend, attended by JP Cohen, and involved the proposed formation of some ill-conceived trade association in which its dealer members would pay a large fee to join and somehow abide by some code of rules in order to act as a bulwark against some very bad impending news in the hobby.

Of course, anyone who would pay money to such a body would be utterly insane -- probably about as insane as anyone who trusted Bill Mastro and JP Cohen with their money over the years.

It goes without saying that it is laughable to even imagine that such a group gathered last night was somehow concerned with eliminating fraud in the hobby as opposed to simply protecting their own past and future financial gains. But then again, I'm just imagining what could have happened in that room last night as I wasn't invited.

[Orioles1954]

Jeff,

Are you at the National?

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Jeff,

Are you at the National?

He got banned.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Jeff,

Are you at the National?

Shhhh he is traveling incognito.

[buymycards]

Hi Barry, my post was a pathetic attempt at humor.

Rick

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Jeff,

Are you at the National?

I was there from Weds at the start until near the end of the day today. And yes, I was pretty incognito. I'll be discussing my impressions of the National tomorrow on a radio show from 5-9 am that I'm hosting in NYC. I'm glad that most of the people who were at the National will not be tuning in.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I was there from Weds at the start until near the end of the day today. And yes, I was pretty incognito. I'll be discussing my impressions of the National tomorrow on a radio show from 5-9 am that I'm hosting in NYC. I'm glad that most of the people who were at the National will not be tuning in.

Crabs, beer and fraudsters....

[BCauley]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I was there from Weds at the start until near the end of the day today. And yes, I was pretty incognito. I'll be discussing my impressions of the National tomorrow on a radio show from 5-9 am that I'm hosting in NYC. I'm glad that most of the people who were at the National will not be tuning in.

Any chance any of this will be posted to the internet somewhere? I get into the office in DC at 0530 so unfortunately I'll miss it live.

I was planning on going to the show this weekend but we just moved, have a little league baseball field about 60 yards from our back door, and my three year old just got his first wiffle ball and bat and loves being on the field with them so I'm taking a pass. My first national visit will have to wait.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I believed the part about all the cards having to be resubmitted again...that would be a grading company's dream!

I wouldn't mind as long as the new holders are as appealing as this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...%3DI%26otn%3D2

[Doug]

Since the email about the meeting supposedly said "this meeting is important in combating the national consequences that are about to occur causing damage to the reputation and the past financial successes of our industry." I'm very curious as to what these "national consequences that are about to occur" are since they apparently already know, but nobody else was informed?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Doug

Since the email about the meeting supposedly said "this meeting is important in combating the national consequences that are about to occur causing damage to the reputation and the past financial successes of our industry." I'm very curious as to what these "national consequences that are about to occur" are since they apparently already know, but nobody else was informed?

Who knows, maybe someone will get indicted.

[Doug]

I was joking at first with the whole Da Vinci Code reference, but the idea that only a small group of people is privy to "national consequences about to occur causing damage to the reputation and to the past financial successes of our industry" (or what I thought was a hobby) seems a bit disturbing...

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Doug

I was joking at first with the whole Da Vinci Code reference, but the idea that only a small group of people is privy to "national consequences about to occur causing damage to the reputation and to the past financial successes of our industry" (or what I thought was a hobby) seems a bit disturbing...

There have been rumors that certain industry executives are soon to be indicted. That is hinted at in the Daily News article posted a few days ago. I don't think it's anything more than that.