A collectors group run by dealers. Very fitting. Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 12, 2016, at 10:03 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I only act as an agent for the IMCA here in Nevada. The IMCA belongs to the > fine people who make up its membership. I ran for election and volunteered my > time on the board because I believe in what the IMCA stands for. I was never > compensated other than having the satisfaction who doing what I felt was > right. The board was elected by their peers. They serve tirelessly without > compensation. They volunteer in order to make this a better community. The > IMCA is a bright spot with a high standard of ethics. There is nothing amiss > with this great organization. > > We should thank the IMCA for helping all of us. > > Adam Hupe > IMCA 2185 > > . > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Black" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 6:40 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica News > > > Greg, > > If you were better informed you would know that the State of Nevada requires > that any entity registered with the State of Nevada provides them with a > physical address where they can send any mail, information, paperwork. > > Adam, who lives in Nevada, graciously accepted to be the association' s > mailman. And he still is. > No longer a Director, but still the Mailman. > Adam, please verify this. > > > Anne M. Black > www.IMPACTIKA.com > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Catterton <[email protected]> > To: Anne Black <[email protected]>; raremeteorites > <[email protected]>; gmhupe <[email protected]> > Cc: meteorite-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Jul 12, 2016 7:05 pm > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica News > > > Please, I was the one that brought it up that it expired during my time was I > was running for a spot on the board. Those that were on the IMCA list at the > time know full and well what I am talking about. Its easy to deflect blame > and try to point a finger at me for things rather then just stick to the > facts I mentioned. I made it full and clear when I was running for a spot > that I would be kicked out within a year, its no secret. I do know Adam > (thanks to a private email) is the one that made a nice chunk of money > available to the IMCA for its use. Call it a donation or what ever,... For > almost 2 YEARS the IMCA went on expired non profit status. SO please queen > anne tell me, who OWNS the IMCA then? WHos info is on all the current > documents? > > > Greg Catterton https://www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wandering-Star-Meteorites/252302821456481 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > From: Anne Black <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica News > > > > Greg C. > > You have a vivid imagination! Since I was on the IMCA Board at the time, let > me set the facts straight. > > - There never was any funds missing from the IMCA, not even a penny. Maria > Haas and all the IMCA Directors past and present can vouch for that, > including Adam. > > - Adam and/or Greg Hupe never bought the IMCA, because it never was for > sale. They have both been members since the beginning, and Adam served 2 > terms as one of the 9 Directors on the Board. > > - The non-profit status of the IMCA never lapsed. Paperwork was late once > due to miscommunication, but not late enough to endanger the non-profit > status. > > However, > > I do know that you are no longer an IMCA member. Shall we discuss why? I > won't need to use my imagination. > > > Anne M. Black > www.IMPACTIKA.com > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Catterton via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> > To: Raremeteorites <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Jul 12, 2016 1:25 pm > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica News > > Is the concerning the IMCA funds (a few thousand) that were missing several > years ago? I know at one point you and or Greg apparently bought the IMCA > when it's non profit status was no longer valid. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 11, 2016, at 5:14 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Since you bring it up, How about the money you embezzled from all of us and >> that my attorney politely asked you to return This doesn't include >> unauthorized expenses like lobster, steak and wine dinners, not to mention >> unnecessary travel. All of this will be available to the public after it is >> heard in court. You are also piggy-backing off of six years of my hard work >> before you even came onboard. You should create your website, casting >> system, descriptions and promotional material instead of sponging off of my >> hard work. You are entitled to none of this and everybody knows how I feel >> about piggbackers who are too lazy or greedy to perform their own work and >> pay their own expenses.. >> >> I am only responding in public to the list since I have been told to stay >> out direct contact with the defendants and you chose to post this nonsense >> to the list. >> >> There is a reason you are all alone in Florida >> . >> Adam >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Hupe via Meteorite-list" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 1:47 PM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica News >> >> >>> Adam, >>> >>> I can no longer save you from yourself. Your self destructive behavior, >>> your greed, your delusions are known by most everyone! You make that fake >>> lunar meteorite salesman appear 'normal'! You are, and have always been, a >>> miserable excuse for a human being, always so negative and stealing other's >>> hard work without credit. You are simply a Masterful Manipulator who has >>> finally been caught, many people have contacted me in private since your >>> last public attack on me and have provided damning evidence against you. >>> Take for instance that is was actually your 'Original' and 'Current' >>> business partner Jeff Krosschell who made the NWA 5000 mold and even >>> babysat it in his own bedroom during the process. You sat there and smoked >>> and watched like always. >>> >>> You remember Jeff, right Adam? He is married to your wife's daughter... You >>> know, the one's who you defrauded on the whole NWA 5000 story. You claimed >>> and continue to claim to have made things 'right' with them wherein fact >>> they have received "not one cent to this day" and were led to believe they >>> were at fault as you coerced them into thinking they owned less than their >>> rightful 50% ownership of 6.5 kilos in NWA 5000 (I purchased the returned 5 >>> kilos directly from the Moroccan owners in 2013). You clearly Defrauded >>> your Business Partners, major mistake Number 1!! Continued mistake and >>> harassment from you towards me is now you are interfering with my business >>> which has very harsh legal penalties that you have forced me to exercise >>> and will do without pause. I will pursue and remedy this issue to the >>> fullest extent of the law! You will be lucky to own a pair of shorts in >>> order to pull out empty pockets by the time we are done, maybe you will be >>> lucky and still have your fre > edom if > the judge is lenient on you. This time it will be Absolute & Final. I will no > longer allow you to torment and harass me which has put me in the hospital > twice for ulcers this year. >>> >>> I've warned you for three years now, Leave Me Alone. You are incapable of >>> listening to reason and make things right with your business partners, >>> which are in fact your family and your wife's own daughter!! Your time >>> behind the delusional and harassing keyboard are just about over. Time to >>> say Goodbye to the Keyboard Kommander! Enjoy your sales of oriented gold >>> nuggets and the freedom to use your John Deere lawn mower to rip out lithic >>> scatter on your vacant desert plots while you have the funds for gas and >>> the freedom to do so. >>> >>> Let it be known that Adam's dumping of NWA 5000 on eBay over the last 2 1/2 >>> years is in clear violation and 'legally' not his material as the rightful >>> owners and original partners have not been remedied in this matter. I am a >>> key witness to this effect and know everything very clearly! >>> >>> My making of and the sales of the NWA 5000 replica is 100% legal and ALL >>> Permissions have and were granted well before my announcements. Any and all >>> 'Tortious Interference' will be dealt with harshly, as in this clear case >>> of Adam Libeling and Defaming me here in public! >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Greg >>> >>> ==================== >>> Greg Hupe >>> The Hupe Collection >>> [email protected] >>> www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog & Reference Site) >>> www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) >>> NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest & eBay) >>> http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault >>> http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault >>> IMCA 3163 >>> ==================== >>> Click here for my current eBay auctions: >>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list >>> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 12:58 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica >>> News >>> >>> It is too bad the article is full of errors. The original mold casting >>> system was created in 2007, not 2014. I displayed it in Anne Blacks room at >>> Tucson in January of 2008. The original Hupe Collection was started by me >>> in the late 1990's not 1990. Greg did not come onboard until much later. >>> >>> These castings are in clear violation of my copyright, artistic and >>> intellectual rights since I never authorized any castings made on my mold >>> released for public resale. Greg was given permission to create one replica >>> from my casting system, that I put over 200 hours into to make it perfect, >>> for promotional purposes only. These unauthorized copies put an immense >>> amount of wear and tear on my molding system by mass producing them. There >>> is only a very limited number of replicas that can be produced on the >>> original casting system before they start degrading and loose definition. >>> >>> I wanted to make this statement public for the record. >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Hupe via Meteorite-list" >>> <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 12:38 AM >>> Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Display at Yale Peabody & Replica News >>> >>> >>>> Dear List Members, >>>> >>>> Very happy to announce the Public Display of the main mass of NWA 5000 at >>>> the Yale Peabody Museum with special Babylonian Tablet with human 'Moon' >>>> association! I am amazed and thrilled by the professionalism and style my >>>> friends at Yale Peabody & ALL involved who have afforded me and OUR >>>> project. Without them I could not be part of this! Thank you!! >>>> >>>> I hope everyone and anyone interested in seeing a World-Class meteorite at >>>> THE World-Class Yale Peabody Museum, please do so and hope to see you >>>> there! Share photos!!! ;-) >>>> >>>> In continued support and appreciation, I am giving all props to my local >>>> Florida artist friend, Judy, for her fine work on a separate, yet parallel >>>> project: >>>> http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/NWA5000-ReplicaArticle.jpeg >>>> >>>> Here is a repeat of last week's announcement of the NWA 5000 Replicas I >>>> have available: >>>> >>>> >>>> Now that I am back from the two France shows and the Fourth of July holiday >>>> weekend has wrapped up I would like to 'Officially' offer my NWA 5000 >>>> replicas. Since these are a Limited Edition, and I mean "Extremely >>>> Limited", >>>> there are just a couple available. I sold the one I took to the Ensisheim >>>> Show and it is destined for a World Class museum on the other side of the >>>> globe from me. How cool is that?! >>>> >>>> As mentioned in a post here June 14th, I interviewed and chose a >>>> professional artist in the town where I live and she did a fantastic job on >>>> these 'One-of-a-Kind' works of art. Thank you Judy! These were two years in >>>> the making of my own personal time and great financial expense, not to >>>> mention the dozens of hours of labor over a nine month period of time by my >>>> artist. >>>> >>>> Of the 'Limited' number of replicas I made of NWA 5000, most will be given >>>> 'Free of Charge' as a personal gift by me to my customers who purchased a >>>> full slice or be kept in my personal collection (and of course the one I >>>> gave to the Yale Peabody Museum!). My only hopes in making a couple of >>>> these >>>> available for purchase is to recoup my great 'financial' expense in >>>> producing them. I am sure my friends/clients will all appreciate my efforts >>>> and gifts, a couple who have been patiently waiting for two years to >>>> receive >>>> this compliment to their collections! >>>> >>>> When I considered pricing these I kept in mind many things, first and >>>> foremost was to keep them affordable and realistic. Considering all of the >>>> financial and labor considerations, and the fact that these are all >>>> 'One-of-a-Kind' artworks, I believe I've priced these incredibly well and >>>> affordable! >>>> >>>> Please find below the link to my Nature's Vault web site where the images >>>> are located. Be sure to click on the first replica image to see eight more >>>> views of these dimensionally full-sized replicas. The weight is >>>> approximately 40% of the original before cutting: >>>> http://www.naturesvault.net/meteorites/nwa5000.html >>>> >>>> Here is an image of my artist, Judy, who did a fantastic job: >>>> http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/Judy_NWA5000.jpg >>>> >>>> Here are a couple images from the Ensisheim Show where one of the replicas >>>> was appreciated by many: >>>> 1) http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/EnsiShow1.jpg >>>> 2) http://www.naturesvault.net/Images/NWA5000/EnsiShow2.jpg >>>> >>>> Thank you for looking, and for those who appreciate our efforts or would >>>> like to purchase, please reply! :) >>>> >>>> Best Regards, >>>> Greg >>>> >>>> ==================== >>>> Greg Hupe >>>> The Hupe Collection >>>> [email protected] >>>> www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog & Reference Site) >>>> www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) >>>> NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest & eBay) >>>> http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault >>>> http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault >>>> IMCA 3163 >>>> ==================== >>>> Click here for my current eBay auctions: >>>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >>>> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >>>> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >>> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >>> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
