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   From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   Well some say good and some say bad.  We'd been over his site and I've   
   talked with Lon at length.  The problem for me was the Harry Potter   
   and SW multi-signed posters which he admitted to buying elsewhere and   
   him selling them for so much when all the sigs were bad.  He may know   
   sports but apparently, he's not well versed in these areas.   That's   
   where I can definitively (not all the time but sometimes) tell you if   
   something is bad.  I have no clue about anything other than those   
   items and a couple ify SW items he had (I told him about them at the   
   time).   
      
   It is possible he and a LOT (MOST of the dealers everywhere) trust   
   people who turn not so good.  It happens.  I've seen it happen with   
   older ones like Jungle Intrigue ... anyone remember them?  Had a batch   
   in there some years ago that was bad.  Also Tswee... who admitted to   
   buying bulk from people's collections.  The result was him banking on   
   long time collectors who knew there stuff.  But with any collections   
   (mine included) you will have a few odd items here and there not so   
   great (secretarials, forgeries etc).   
      
   I do not judge Strickler.  I do NOT know if he's selling intentionally   
   or not.  I talked to him and he seems like a nice guy.  I know he's   
   got connections and his area of specialty it seems is sports.  He   
   should stick with that. I always give people the benefit of the doubt.   
   But if people tell you and they know what they are talking about, then   
   maybe it's prudent to pay a little attention. So to keep selling stuff   
   after, well, it's kind of wrong.  There my be disagreements; if he   
   feels the stuff is good, but someone says something is amiss, it's   
   simple in the Star Wars realm... simply email the actors and ask.   
   Sometimes they respond.  Or contact a number of other Star Wars   
   collectors.  I have names if interested, but was never asked by him   
   for other people to give their opinions.  That would be the prudent   
   thing to do (get various opinions if something is in question).  Maybe   
   not worth it on smaller stuff but on posters?  Yes,  In addition, the   
   person selling it to him if say is opinion to all the collectors to be   
   fraudulent, wouldn't that be something he should consider?  I mean he   
   could get his money back, or he could disassociate from further deals   
   with them in the future....   
      
   On Mon, 5 May 2008 14:01:04 -0700 (PDT), northfield   
    wrote:   
      
   >On May 5, 2:47?pm, barefoot  wrote:   
   >> not at all...i wouldn't recommend him to anyone, not even to people i   
   >> don't like...   
   >> i do love how he used a secretary to come in and say all his stuff is   
   >> legit...it's probably him, he's already posted from 2 accounts as it   
   >> is.   
   >> m   
   >   
   >hi barefoot and Sue - I'm only saying that I have not heard bad things   
   >about strickler from trusted people I know in this hobby.  if he is   
   >buying and reselling like many major dealers all do then I'm sure his   
   >sources are sound.  I do not work for him or his wife - his wife owns   
   >the autograph business btw - they just use his name according to a   
   >dealer here in nyc I have talked to.  he mostly writes, appraises and   
   >lectures all the time now.  I used to post here years ago under name   
   >'eastside' - I remember Sue from then.  Sharon   
      
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