tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762290031812281192.post2762167950314014582..comments2023-07-07T05:27:14.633-05:00Comments on bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog: Did Anybody Watch American Greed featuring Bill Mastro (and Doug Allen)?James B. Anamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18399676656361520517noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762290031812281192.post-11859014269584059392017-08-23T07:23:01.146-05:002017-08-23T07:23:01.146-05:00Haven't seen the show... but I'll try to f...Haven't seen the show... but I'll try to find it online. It frustrates me that grown men like Mastro & Allen can live with themselves knowing that they conned numerous collectors who worked hard for their money. Lol. Maybe I won't watch this show. I'm back in the classroom again. I doubt my student want me to bring in any outside stress or frustration.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762290031812281192.post-88130690914200655642017-08-22T19:33:33.325-05:002017-08-22T19:33:33.325-05:00Of all the auction catalogs I've gotten over t...Of all the auction catalogs I've gotten over the years the only one I've kept is the Barry Halper catalog. You're right Hackenbush, there's some incredible stuff there. ernesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16702907938750062750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762290031812281192.post-20574091196395506222017-08-22T17:27:12.045-05:002017-08-22T17:27:12.045-05:00I chanced upon the the show last night toward the ...I chanced upon the the show last night toward the end so I DVR'd the repeat. I don't own any of the Mastro cataogs but I do have the two volume Sotheby's Barry Halper auction catalog from 1999. Very drool-worthy.Hackenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507810776309048794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762290031812281192.post-12534313646390883562017-08-22T15:52:01.223-05:002017-08-22T15:52:01.223-05:00Shill Bidding lead to inflated prices on the 1952 ...Shill Bidding lead to inflated prices on the 1952 Topps Mantle. I heard a group of collectors in New York in the early 1980s were selling the Mantles among them self to increase the valve of the card.<br /><br />Collector A would sell to Collector B for $100, B would sell to C for $200, C would sell to D for $300, D would sell Back to A for $400. A had a bunch of Mantle's in his possession. Word gets out the and now Collector A has a whole bunch of $400 cards. John Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159036395402962119noreply@blogger.com