Sounds good to me. I'll completely ignore him from now on, so he can only carry on by himself.
Maybe if I ever drink the Kool-aid too I'll see things different, but until that day ever comes, I will not pursue this further. Bruce On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Franc <[email protected]> wrote: > Why don't you two get a room? All this constant bickering back and forth > knocking each other down is getting really old. FRANC > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bruce > Hershenson > *Sent:* Sunday, September 20, 2009 5:23 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Big auction houses normal or not normal? > > Since you specialize in excusing away all they do, how about explaining > away why they completely ignored the many complaints posted and sent to > them about LA Prop consigning fakes to them UNTIL a respected collector > called a Dallas TV station, and suddenly THEN they cared and did something? > > Or how about the time Rita Rooney caught them 100% selling an item to her > with a doctored photo, and they completely blew her off for a long time > UNTIL she posted the entire story on MoPo (complete with undoctored and > doctored photos, and suddenly THEN they cared and did something? > > I sure hope you are getting paid well for your hard work. > > Bruce > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Sean Linkenback > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I agree that the appearance of Deep Pockets tends to attract more >> attention, both good and bad, so the fact that Heritage is nearly 250X the >> size of Bruce's little operation (this year alone) means they have a much >> bigger target on their back. >> >> While Grey certainly can't be expected to police the entirety of Heritage >> and it's departments, I believe it speaks volumes that in the seven years >> they have been dealing posters they have already nearly equaled Bruce's >> twenty years worth of sales but I have never heard of a single lawsuit or >> threat of one, nor have I heard of them not paying a consignor nor any other >> complaints (perhaps aside from their "outrageous" buyer's premium, or the >> occasional misdescription just like Bruce, Cinemasterpieces or any other >> volume seller is apt to do). >> >> Despite Bruce's constant attacks on Heritage, when Bruce wanted to see an >> example of one of the fake Universal Horror posters, Grey immediately >> stepped up and not only provided him with multiple examples, he even >> declined Bruce's $100 "bounty" for them. >> >> It is also interesting that in the article Bruce posted, Heritage is >> taking the proactive approach of refunding customers and going after the bad >> guys themselves, NOT telling their customers that they don't have any >> liability for the fakes. So I guess we can definitely wipe Heritage off the >> list of auction houses that Bruce has been hinting do this practice. Now if >> only he would finally tell us who that auction house (or houses) is, so that >> we can avoid them in the future. I guess fear tactics work better when there >> are multiple nameless targets or "everyone else but me" rather than naming >> any specifics. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sunday, September 20, 2009 3:49 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Big auction houses normal or not normal? >> >> I only do $3 million a year which is a pittance compared to the $700 >> million Heritage does (but is that with or without N.P. Gresham's >> purchases?), but in 20 years I have never had a lawsuit or court case, >> either against me or initiated by me. >> >> I wonder if that means I am doing something wrong? Maybe if I want to >> become one of the "big boys" I need to change the way I do business? >> >> Bruce >> >> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Simon Oram <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I was just wondering is it normal for big auction houses to have >>> multiple lawsuits or court cases going on at the same time - is it also part >>> of the normal days work at the big houses to be accusing and have accusers? >>> >>> Simon >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ How >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: >>> [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF >>> MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >>> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ How >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF >> MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
