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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1792426, member: 66&quot;]Not quite.&nbsp; If you were part of the knowledgeable coin community you would find him to be an honest dealer that paid fair prices and sold at decent prices.&nbsp; He also ran well conducted mail bid sales including major collections and top quality coins.&nbsp; It was only the unknowledgeable general public that ran the risk of being lowballed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Interesting thing about Mehl was that he would only do business by mail.&nbsp; John Ford told a story about how one time he learned that Mehl had just bought a major collection and Ford flew down to Ft Worth to try to get a jump on the competition.&nbsp; So he flew down and took Mehl to lunch.&nbsp; But every time he tried to bring up the subject of the collection Mehl would change the subject.&nbsp; Finally Ford just asked outright about some of the items in the collection.&nbsp; Mehl told him, John, when you get back to New York write me a letter and we&#039;ll discuss it.&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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