chris,
your recent Gavel Chat post "There is nothing worse than a guy who talks the talk but doesn’t … well, you know" accused some forum members of not "walking the walk". you lambasted them as being "bad for the hobby".
during my time on this forum, i've seen members regularly and candidly discuss practically every major auction house and dealer in the hobby. at times, many of the comments have been deeply critical. i honestly don't know of a single hobby entity that is off-limits for discussion on this forum. even GUU and it's moderators have encountered criticism by some members and their comments remained posted and unedited. in short, it seems noone or nothing is safe from candid, critical debate on this forum. can you say the same about Gavel Chat? if so, i look forward to your next piece detailing many of lampson and AMI's debacles. something tells me i shouldn't hold my breath.
i can't recall the last serious expose you've uncovered on Gavel Chat. i can't recall a single article about any of Lampson's multitude of egregious errors. i can't recall single article about any of AMI's notable errors. i can't seem to remember the last time you candidly discussed any of coach's corner's errors in Gavel Chat. in august 2007, there was a large debate on this forum about a michael jordan shooting shirt being auctioned by mastro. the shirt was found to be doctored by members of this forum. the story was so big in fact that it made the NY Daily News and to date has generated over 6000 page views. looking over the Gavel Chat archives for August 2007, i can't help but notice you completely failed to mention any word of it. instead, it seems you chose to write about Arod rookie cards, a barry bonds coin, tons of matt murphy coverage. comically enough, one of your august 2007 posts was entitled "WHEN SPORTS MEMORABILIA NEWS IS LIGHT, IT’S TIME TO GO OFF TOPIC". while some could argue that SCD is constantly "off topic", the fact was that sports memorabilia news wasn't light. the jordan shirt was in the Daily News and there were talks of the FBI looking into mastro's practices. where were you? writing about ebay's "no listing fee" month apparently. the news was only light if one buried their head in the sand.
in short, when it comes to "walking the walk" the members of this forum have consistantly done so because the overwhelming majority of them bear no allegiance to any auction house or advertisers. the proof is in the pudding or in this case, in the posts. chris, how exactly have you "walked the walk"? by deliberately ignoring the most controversial stories? by choosing to write about barry bonds commemorative coins while some of your friends and advertisers were making blunders so big that the FBI took notice? i could easily name some hobby entities which i guarantee would never appear in your column, regardless of their transgressions.
in short, if you're going accuse others of not "walking the walk", then it helps if you aren't one of the biggest offenders. hypocrisy tends to eliminate credibility and it's hard to imagine that hypocrisy isn't bad for the hobby.
rudy.
your recent Gavel Chat post "There is nothing worse than a guy who talks the talk but doesn’t … well, you know" accused some forum members of not "walking the walk". you lambasted them as being "bad for the hobby".
during my time on this forum, i've seen members regularly and candidly discuss practically every major auction house and dealer in the hobby. at times, many of the comments have been deeply critical. i honestly don't know of a single hobby entity that is off-limits for discussion on this forum. even GUU and it's moderators have encountered criticism by some members and their comments remained posted and unedited. in short, it seems noone or nothing is safe from candid, critical debate on this forum. can you say the same about Gavel Chat? if so, i look forward to your next piece detailing many of lampson and AMI's debacles. something tells me i shouldn't hold my breath.
i can't recall the last serious expose you've uncovered on Gavel Chat. i can't recall a single article about any of Lampson's multitude of egregious errors. i can't recall single article about any of AMI's notable errors. i can't seem to remember the last time you candidly discussed any of coach's corner's errors in Gavel Chat. in august 2007, there was a large debate on this forum about a michael jordan shooting shirt being auctioned by mastro. the shirt was found to be doctored by members of this forum. the story was so big in fact that it made the NY Daily News and to date has generated over 6000 page views. looking over the Gavel Chat archives for August 2007, i can't help but notice you completely failed to mention any word of it. instead, it seems you chose to write about Arod rookie cards, a barry bonds coin, tons of matt murphy coverage. comically enough, one of your august 2007 posts was entitled "WHEN SPORTS MEMORABILIA NEWS IS LIGHT, IT’S TIME TO GO OFF TOPIC". while some could argue that SCD is constantly "off topic", the fact was that sports memorabilia news wasn't light. the jordan shirt was in the Daily News and there were talks of the FBI looking into mastro's practices. where were you? writing about ebay's "no listing fee" month apparently. the news was only light if one buried their head in the sand.
in short, when it comes to "walking the walk" the members of this forum have consistantly done so because the overwhelming majority of them bear no allegiance to any auction house or advertisers. the proof is in the pudding or in this case, in the posts. chris, how exactly have you "walked the walk"? by deliberately ignoring the most controversial stories? by choosing to write about barry bonds commemorative coins while some of your friends and advertisers were making blunders so big that the FBI took notice? i could easily name some hobby entities which i guarantee would never appear in your column, regardless of their transgressions.
in short, if you're going accuse others of not "walking the walk", then it helps if you aren't one of the biggest offenders. hypocrisy tends to eliminate credibility and it's hard to imagine that hypocrisy isn't bad for the hobby.
rudy.
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