it's not possible to reveal the consignor in 99.9% of cases as if
people knew who the consignors were, why would you buy from the auction??
consignors may also want anonymity
Todd has it work to his benefit.. someone who buys that stuff and did
not know him will seek him out
Rich
At 08:29 PM 10/11/2009, Steven F. Poole wrote:
I was thinking this afternoon about the whole issue of the
Universal Horror fakes and have been wondering about
something. THE BLACK CAT 1 sheet that Heritage has coming up for
auction in November has the pedigree of being from Todd
F's collection and that, in and of itself, is better than any
so-called "expert" 3rd party opinion......at least in my book.
What I was wondering about is this........Is it ethically and
professionally possible for an auction house or dealer to reveal
where and from whom a card or poster came from to the current
owner? Early on when this scandal broke, I contacted an auction
house about a card that I now own that came from them. I asked
the representative of the auction house that I spoke to who had
consigned the card. You would think that I had asked for the
classified secrets pertaining to national security. I was only
told it was a "reputable consignor".
Not being a dealer or auction house rep., I would imagine that
there is some kind of an understanding that the auction house has
not in the past given out this info. to buyers unless it is
explicitly stated in the description of the item (ie Todd's BLACK
CAT). However, given the current climate and the uneasiness of so
many in the hobby, What about today in October of 2009? I would
really appreciate hearing the thoughts of dealers and auction house reps.:
If I came to you and had purchased an item from you in the past that
I had my suspicions about, would you be able and/or willing to share
that info. with me? Again, I would not in any way expect that kind
of client privilege to be shared with just anyone who asked, but
could you share it with the real current owner of the piece in
question who made the purchase from you?
Thanks for any info.
Steve
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