Very good post Freeman. It is a shame that the shadow is now cast on Heritage
with all the hard work and honest effort in most of their divisions and,
unfortunately, you will have people that hear this story and it will affect
their decision to consign anything to Heritage. As this story unravels, I'm
sure even more will come to light. My question is the legal ramifications to
this company LA Props. Obviously there was an intention to defraud. The owners
or perpetrators are guilty of criminal activity. There has to be something more
that can be done to them other than just suing them. I'm wondering how they
thought they could get away with it. Perhaps greed was just too much and they
couldn't stop continuing to pass off these items to an obviously willing
auctioneer.
I have had nothing but wonderful experiences with Heritage and Grey is one
of the most upstanding people I have ever known. I'm sure this incident will
make all at Heritage "over alert" at this point and I, personally, would not
hesitate to consign something to them.
Sue Heim
www.hollywoodposterframes.com
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Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:33 AM
Subject: [MOPO] Heritage Auction's Prop Bust
You know, I hate to see Heritage get caught in any scandal what with the
hard work of our buddy Grey dedicating immense effort to get his poster
auctions to the caliber they presently enjoy as well as many of the other
divisions that have worked hard to plant their tent pole auctions including
coins, comics, Americana, jewels, minerals, antiques etc. But the guy
running props was warned time and again on his listings by people I know
personally, as well as a website for props that undertook astonishing
documentation that called into question a shocking number of their so called
certified items.
On this one website, one intrepid member knew the user ID LA Props would use
to purchase items on Ebay. He could actually trace items purchased on Ebay
(this is a non-specific example) but say a simple cowboy hat would be
purchased, exact item would later be "authenticated" as John Wayne's. I know
that sounds incredible but this individual sited numerous situations exactly
like this. These findings and calls into question would be arrogantly ignored
by the director at Heritage props much to the frustration of dealers who
specialize in such items knowing such a scandal could hurt the hobby as a
whole. How many even know LA Prop is not even in California?
The guy at Heritage should be terminated, he was warned and challenged time
and again and now his declarations of protest in the press are a joke. He
knew, he knew the entire time. The implications hopefully will nipped in the
bud unique to this individual and LA Props. But Heritage will have their work
cut out for them on future endeavors. What's the saying, "lay with dogs you
get fleas, or in this case, ticks." It's fraud on the grandest scale and a
shame for an organization that has worked so hard to be one of the best.
freeman fisher
8601 west knoll dr. #7
west hollywood, ca
90069
310-6579426
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