well Folks.. in what seems like ions of time... The Oscar® i attempted
to sell on ebay has been sent back to the Academy of arts and sciences.
in beverly hills , Ca..
I thought you may find the story interesting.... to fill you in, after
the attorney from AMPAS asked me to not sell the awrd as it may be fake
or since it had no recipient plate we had no provenance, I said Ok ill
end sale and proped to mopo memebers the question" what is the right
thing to do? well after the ebay sale numerous people offered me cash
to sell it to them.. One a Michigan senator told me how I could legally
sidestep the law and sell another item and hand him the Award...
And guess what... I would have loved the extra money as i could tasete
it..... But then I asked My son what he thought and he said well you
always wanted to save your trademark rights so thats all the academy is
doing... made sense... yet i wanted that big payoff!
So then i became panic stricken,,, what if I tried to give it back and
they said they didnt get it???? so I hired a attorney.. and i said
I will
heed your advise and do whatever is deemed fair.... The academy had
offered me 2000.00 for the award that Rudy had appraised on Antiques
roadshow for 14,000.00 or morethe same month...
So... now i had atty costs.. what made this ordeal last so Long was the
Fact my attorneys Daughter was about to have a baby....... and so
because of the wierd circunstances My atty was not availible for
several weeks..
so yesterday I met withthe attorney and received a check from academy
legal fees of 3000.00 from Academy afterlegal fees of 500.00
hats 2500.00 .. The academy used thier own fed ex acct and they even
supplied a Forn fitted foam carrier... at 1sst i thought well if it
doenst fit
its surely a imposter.... well guess what??? IT FIT LIKE A GLOVE!!!
all i could think was that Johnny Cochran statement except in my case
it did fit.... If it Fits you must aquit...
So.... it was like a priceless relic was returned home where it
belongs.. No cigar..... But was interesteing to say that I once had
one of these
items.. Now... the question whether it was real or not may never be told
as Im sure they like to keep that info secret..whats also funny is
that everyone had the opportunity to buy him from me yet didnt.... Gos
to show that you never know where you will find Movie memprabilia..
So finallylast week my attys Daughter had the baby.. and so yesterday we
met and packed up Oscar at his officed and he shipped it back...
My attorney on this matter was Martin Holmes. Sr... he is actress
Katie Holmes Dad..( Katies from Toledo) ... So as you know its been a
wild month for him and the family... so I tried not to bother him
dureing that period... As we shook hands i said Martin I knew you
would understand better than anyone how crazy showbiz is... thanks! he
agreed.
and so... Thats what happened. with the Oscar® believe it or not..
Now i have many more items that are also loaded with historic Hollywood
.. many paper items and also a few early cinima pieces like a Mole
richarson 2 K fresnel studio light from MGM circa 30s -40s on a stand
1000.00 plus shipping its heavy, rusty But cool and original..
could have been used on any ofthe MGM films from 30s -40s was bought
when Sony puchased the backlot of MGM in 80s?
Ill have more items on ebay soon seller id- Dream factory
best, Tom
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