Wow! this is really chilling. I just looked at the lawsuit and googled
Kerry Haggard. On seeing his picture I think I've met Haggard last
year at Jaime Mendez' studio when I picked up a few posters that JM
Studio restored for me while I was on holidays in the US. As I don't
know a lot of people I combined my trip with a few visits to pick up
stuff I sent from Europe, so to meet the people who I was dealing with.
I have to state explicitly that I'm not sure it was KH, but I met this
guy who was working with a steamer to peel of old layers from a
sixsheet Universal horror poster. He told me he always liked to be
there himself when his stuff was restored so that the could discuss
and monitor the kind of work to be done himself in setad of emailing
and phoning back and forth. I didn't quite catch his name and we were
only there for a short time, because the rental car with all our stuff
was outside and we had to go our hotel in San Diego. Having said that
he was introduced as someone who was in the Jim Gresham league of
collecting. I once bought a Invisible Man Realart card from JIm, so
that's why I mentioned his name.
I am now wondering if I was at the scene of the alleged crime. I
certainly hope not as I really liked Jaime Mendez and the people who
working there.
Wim
Op 29 aug 2009, om 20:31 heeft Bruce Hershenson het volgende geschreven:
There has been much private speculation on the part of many
collectors as to which restorer allegedly created the fakes which
defrauded so many people, including most major Universal horror
collectors. And those who have known who it was have continued to
refuse to name that person, forcing some people to publically
announce it was NOT them, to keep their good names clear.
These days, lawsuits are not filed with paper, but they are also
filed electronically, and they are available for public view.
Go to http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-miedce/case_no-2:2009cv13405/case_id-242141/
and see the lawsuit that was filed two days ago, which names some
names (but it also includes a "John Doe" and a "Jane Doe", which
means that more names will be forthcoming).
I wish those involved in this would simply tell exactly what
happened, so that the air can be cleared, and all honest dealers,
restorers, and auction houses will no longer have a cloud over their
heads. Once the truth is known, even those who had a relatively
minor involvement (like dealers or auction houses which unknowingly
acted as middlemen in the sale of some of these fakes) will surely
find that having the truth out there will be better than waiting for
it to be dragged out over a period of months.
I am so happy this matter is not being mishandled as the minty
whites were (where no one did anything), which resulted in the
criminals never being brought to justice, thousands of collectors
being defrauded of hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, and
a black cloud hanging over the hobby to this day. Let us all learn
from that giant mistake and not put our heads in the sand and hope
this will just "go away", because if we do that, our entire hobby
will suffer greatly.
Bruce
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