MessageGosh.....That's a pretty strong statement, JR. To say that Jaime
should never be trusted with posters again.
Help me to understand your point here. Because of being a possibly unknowing
accessory to this crime? Because he may send a dupe your way on returning
work? Because he will always be suspect of making forgeries of any real
posters one sends his way? Or just on general principle of being an admitted
expert at reproducing the real deal by way of vintage posters?
I'm not trying to be dense here. I just would like yourself or Bruce to go
into more detailed reasons why you guys are holding these tough (but maybe
valid) reasons. I have been a client of Jaime's in the past and I would
appreciate any discussions on the topic.
~Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: James Richard
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] BIG News in Universal Horror Fraud Case
No one is that naive. When Jamie was asked to create a duplicate of the same
poster more than once -- a duplicate which would be virtually indistinguishable
from the real poster -- there was no possibility he did not understand what he
was being asked to do or fail to realize what Haggard would do with them. No
doubt Jamie had what he considered good reasons for going along with scam. I'm
sure Kerry has his own reasons, as well. Doesn't change the fact that Bruce is
right: No one should ever send Jamie Mendez another poster now that there is no
longer any doubt about what he did.
There is no excuse for what he did and he can never be trusted with posters
again.
-- JR
Franc wrote:
Bruce --- I'm not taking sides in this one but your logic is flawed. A
forgery is defined as "the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects
with the intent to deceive." If Jaime Mendez's claim is actually true in that
he didn't know that is was the intent of Kerry Haggard to sell these works as
originals, then Jaime had no intent to deceive. Hence Jaime is not guilty of
forging movie posters irrespective of the fact that it is his work that was
ultimately used in Haggard's forgery.
Franc
-----Original Message-----
From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce
Hershenson
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] BIG News in Universal Horror Fraud Case
I guess those who said that we have to give this restorer the "benefit of
the doubt" will now accept that he is GUILTY of forging movie posters (whether
or not he was "aware" of what purpose they would be used for), since he admits
to it himself.
Given this news, are there still people here who think they should send
their posters to this person for restoration? How can you know that YOU won't
receive a reproduction in return? And what of the many, many posters he
restored for many dealers and auction houses over the past three years? Don't
they all need to be checked over closely.
I applaud this person for "doing the right thing", but I certainly would
advise him to find a new line of work.
Bruce
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:29 AM, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]>
wrote:
Sue is probably waiting until their regular newsletter to make an
announcement, but there is BIG, HUGE, GIGANTIC news in the ongoing civil
lawsuits (which will definitely affect the upcoming criminal suit) in the
Haggard fake case.
Jaime Mendez has entered a sworn affidavit in the Gresham v. Haggard
case for the plaintiff and is testifying that he DID indeed make the fake
posters on behalf of Kerry Haggard, but did not realize the true motives behind
Haggard's request.
There is also a partial list provided by Mendez of the posters he
worked on.
You can read more about it at the LAMP website:
http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/newsite/INDEX/ARTICLES/Frauds-Update.htm
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