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Re: Hunt Auction - GU Vintage Football Helmets
robert
i wonder if i'm missing something here. are you saying you informed david hunt himself of the serious issues with the namath helmet, he acknowledged receipt of your info, and not only did they go ahead with it but they didn't even amend the description?
david hunt said that "..With regard to your rendered opinion on the Unitas helmet, certainly several points of reference that you make which are of note and certainly are worth sharing for any interested parties." so if the information is certainly worth sharing for any interested parties, why didn't they update the description..you know..to share the information with any interested parties?
as for mr.hunt's question regarding "..offering a fairly firm opinion (either positive of negative) without personally inspecting an object of this significance. It is obviously a personal preference but in my business career I will never render a full and definitive opinion unless I have inspected the piece in person. Again, just curious as while photos and information are very useful I truly believe that a formal and definitive opinion is not able to be rendered without such inspection."
an auction house could use this line of reasoning for every single item out there. oh what's that? you're running a size 40 clemens jersey, with a #88 on the back, and has the nob spelt "klemenz"? well, i'd need to see that in person. information and photos are great but if you saw this piece of garbage in person, it might possibly be legit. is that it? it's a cop-out to be able to run any piece of garbage under the sun because anyone could always say "well you haven't seen it in person". wrong tagging, wrong font, wrong size, wrong style, wrong patch? well you haven't seen it in person! i'm surprised lou hasn't adopted that policy. seems easier than devising his colorful stories.
robert, i, and i'd think any person with a modicum of common sense, would concur fully with your answer; sometimes a piece is so clearly and seriously flawed you don't need to see the thing in person. heritage removed their namath superbowl helmet without you physically inspecting it. over the past few years, many auction houses have removed items on the information and photos provided by this forum. what nonsense.
rudy.
robert
i wonder if i'm missing something here. are you saying you informed david hunt himself of the serious issues with the namath helmet, he acknowledged receipt of your info, and not only did they go ahead with it but they didn't even amend the description?
david hunt said that "..With regard to your rendered opinion on the Unitas helmet, certainly several points of reference that you make which are of note and certainly are worth sharing for any interested parties." so if the information is certainly worth sharing for any interested parties, why didn't they update the description..you know..to share the information with any interested parties?
as for mr.hunt's question regarding "..offering a fairly firm opinion (either positive of negative) without personally inspecting an object of this significance. It is obviously a personal preference but in my business career I will never render a full and definitive opinion unless I have inspected the piece in person. Again, just curious as while photos and information are very useful I truly believe that a formal and definitive opinion is not able to be rendered without such inspection."
an auction house could use this line of reasoning for every single item out there. oh what's that? you're running a size 40 clemens jersey, with a #88 on the back, and has the nob spelt "klemenz"? well, i'd need to see that in person. information and photos are great but if you saw this piece of garbage in person, it might possibly be legit. is that it? it's a cop-out to be able to run any piece of garbage under the sun because anyone could always say "well you haven't seen it in person". wrong tagging, wrong font, wrong size, wrong style, wrong patch? well you haven't seen it in person! i'm surprised lou hasn't adopted that policy. seems easier than devising his colorful stories.
robert, i, and i'd think any person with a modicum of common sense, would concur fully with your answer; sometimes a piece is so clearly and seriously flawed you don't need to see the thing in person. heritage removed their namath superbowl helmet without you physically inspecting it. over the past few years, many auction houses have removed items on the information and photos provided by this forum. what nonsense.
rudy.
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