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Sean,
I did miss the one line in the article that said Fisher remembered the name
of the seller as Eric Kechejian, who was also remembered as a contractor who
worked on the Davis Crippen home around the same time. But in that case, my
question remains: What mystery? Either this Kechejian person sold them with
Davis Crippen's knowledge and permission or he stole them. Since we have
Kechejian's name it should be possible for someone to find out. My point was the
"mystery" is being touted about because it make a good a PR hook, not that I
personally know exactly what happened, anymore than you do.
I'm flattered you keep track of my writings as carefully as you do. Perhaps
if you contributed more to this list than snipes or carps, I could keep
track of your contributions with the same loving attention? No, I didn't think
so...
-- JR
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From: Sean
Linkenback
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 18:18
Subject: Re: [MOPO] WSJ: Article references Heritage, movie
collector Stephen Fishler JR, Once again did you read
the complete article before you fired off your hastily written
response? (reminds me of your
recent ‘valuable’ vs. ‘available’ flub or any of your other ill-timed
conclusions.) Do you realize how
large a collection 12,000+ comics is? While it is doubtful they were
stored in comic boxes, that would be over 40 long-comic boxes full of comics
weighing nearly 2,000 lbs and if you stacked them to 1 meter in height, it would
still be 4 meters long and another meter in depth. You don’t think someone
could carefully remove a few comics a day from this accumulation (one of many
such accumulations stored in the basement) without someone realizing it?
If you had a pile of 12,000 folded posters I feel confident that I could slowly
remove a bunch without you ever realizing it – especially if it was a collection
that you stopped adding to 25 years ago and didn’t routinely run an inventory of
(and why should you, it was safely stacked up in the basement). It wasn’t
a sudden loss of 1,000 comics, it was small stacks taken and sold for nearly a
year – much more difficult to detect. The fact that one of
the pre-eminent dealers in the hobby gave the name of who he purchased comics
from, and the name just then happens to be the name of someone who did work on
the house at the time of the books disappearance doesn’t strike you as odd?
Especially when this same person now denies any knowledge of the comics
themselves? I wonder if the IRS
might have an interest in the amount of money Fishler was paying the contractor
and whether or not it was reported on his taxes? From: MoPo List
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of JR I don't see what the "mystery" is... the original owner
of the comics, Davis Crippen, didn't die until 2005. While it's possible that
someone was able to get into his house and remove several thousand comics
with his knowing it, it's not really likely -- I think this "mystery" is being trumped up to build
interest in the forthcoming auctions. -- JR
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