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Bill Mastro, Baseball Auction Bigwig and Autograph Industry Financier, to Plead Guilty to Fraud

Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Panagopulos Nov 30, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Story by Michael O'Keeffee/NY Daily News (edited):Bill Mastro will apparently acknowledge at his February hearing that he altered the world's most valuable trading card, a Honus Wagner T206 that has…Continue

Ebay Vandal Strikes Again - Destroyer of Historic Documents

Started this discussion. Last reply by remco van Elleswijk Nov 6, 2012. 21 Replies 1 Like

Ebay vandal "patriotsfan10" has struck again.This ghoul buys historic documents and relics, cuts them up into tiny pieces, and regularly sells them on eBay to idiot souvenir hunters. Here's his…Continue

More good news...Naismith's rules for basketball fetches more than $4 million!

Started this discussion. Last reply by john reznikoff Dec 10, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes

More incredible news from the auction world - the TYPED rules for basketball, which hung in a gym for years and were later signed by basketball inventor James Naismith, brought over $4 million at…Continue

Tags: naismith, alexander, auction, basketball

Autograph market rebounds! Dylan lyrics sell for $400,000+

Started this discussion. Last reply by 2ro69jm8dyt5i May 11, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Great news for rock autograph collectors, and for that matter, all autograph collectors!After years of lackluster sales, todays sales at Sotheby's have shown that the market for quality material has…Continue

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About Me

What kind of member are you? (Check as many as apply.): Collector, Dealer

What is your level of expertise?: Professional

What are your areas of interest?: History/Politics

You can ask anyone living or dead for their autograph. Who would it be?: My father

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Important sale!

Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:54pm 1 Comment 0 Likes

Now, being an autograph auctioneer really doesn't have anything to do with this, but about eight blogs here are from one collector shilling material he's offering in a competing New England auction house. Competition is good.

So...with that thought in mind and realizing that private advertising through blogs is now OK on this website, I'd like the Autograph Magazine Live community to know that I'm now offering firewood at $150/cord, dumped (not stacked), within 20 miles of Stamford,…

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The desk set that brought on World War II: "Peace for our time..."

Posted on November 15, 2011 at 7:00pm 9 Comments 2 Likes

The other day, the following walked into our office. Thought this might make an interesting diversion from signed photos of Snookie and "The Situation".

Here's the catalog description, which I've edited for brevity:

The solid cast brass desk set owned and used by Nazi Chancellor Adolf Hitler and all the other signatories in the signing of the Munich Pact…

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What's Your Favorite Movie Scene?

Posted on March 18, 2011 at 6:05pm 12 Comments 0 Likes

I have plenty of favorite movie scenes..."Call me Ishmael...Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn...Frenchie, this could be the beginning of a beautiful frienship...", and so on.

My favorites of late: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnMLGkj91Og&feature=related, …

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Idiot autograph vandal on the loose!

Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:45pm 17 Comments 1 Like

While perusing eBay listings today, I ran across the seller "patriotsfan10" who seems to have been a pretty regular customer at R&R and Heritage...and now they need to ban him!

This cretin has made a habit of buying complete historic letters of famous Americans and then cutting them to bits so he can sell one and two word segments on eBay!

Just look at a typical description:

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