Hi Steve, I too have used Jaime's service and never once has he asked what I was going to do with the item after it was restored (nor should he in normal circumstances). Jaime testified that Haggard told him he (meaning Haggard) was keeping them for himself and using them to display once he sold his collection of orginals. Fair enough and certainly no reason to stop working (though I might have questioned the need for multiple copies of the same poster, and even wondered why he needed repros on linen or made from sanded-down cards, but to each his own, and if it was just an odd customer so be it).
The problem lies when Jaime was then sent some of the restored/fake lobbies and posters from other collectors , both to ask his opinion on them and for him to "re-restore" them for better presentation. At this point something should go off in your head and you realize that people are now purchasing these items as original collector's pieces. To continue to make them after this point in time seems to me the wrong thing to do, and the evidence shows that he did indeed make them after this point. ----- Original Message ----- From: S.F. Poole To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] James Gresham VS. Jaime Mendez Lawsuit DISMISSED! Sean- Therein lies the rub. If Jaime KNEW what Kerry was doing with the repros., that is wrong and means definite culpability. I have used Jaime's services on several occasions and never once did he ask me what my intentions were for the pieces he worked on me for. He or any restorer really do not have a vested interest in whether I would turn around and sell the piece, consign it to auction or keep it for my own collection and I have never had any restorer ask me what my plans were for the piece they were working on for me. I'm thinking in particular of a very rare silent stone-litho lobby card that I own that is a highly desireable title and design. The bottom 3 inches of it had been cut and paper replacement was done to it including some text and artwork. In a sense, that section has been forged to make it look like its original to the card. If I sold this piece without disclosing the significant restoration/replacement that it has had and the buyer came back at me later after discovering the restoration, its me who would be responsible, not the restorer who did the work for me. I honestly don't know which way to go on this. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:28:49 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] James Gresham VS. Jaime Mendez Lawsuit DISMISSED! To: [email protected] In this instance the gun dealer and manufacturer are one and the same. And the question is, should a gun dealer continue to sell guns to someone they know is killing people with them? ----- Original Message ----- From: Todd Feiertag To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:14 PM Subject: [MOPO] James Gresham VS. Jaime Mendez Lawsuit DISMISSED! The closest analogy which I think this can best be compared to is this... Gun manufacturers, manufacture guns legally Gun dealers sell guns legally If I go into a gun shop and purchase a gun legally and on the paperwork I state that I'm going to use the gun for hunting purposes, but then I go out and murder 30 people, is it the gun dealers fault and reponsibility? Is is the gun manufacturers fault and reponsibility? Should the gun dealer and gun manufacturer go to jail? I don't believe so. No, it's the person who decided to break the law who's responsible. Someone can only be responsible for their own actions and no one elses. Todd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: James Gresham VS. Jaime Mendez Lawsuit DISMISSED! Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:10:43 -0500 For those following the Universal Horror Fraud Cases, I just learned tonight that as of December 2, 2009 the lawsuit filed by Jim Gresham against poster restorer Jaime Mendez was dismissed and thrown out of court. I'm just a little surprised that it took well over a month for this information to be disseminated to the public. Well, maybe not. With all the bashing that Jaime Mendez was subjected to here on MoPo and elsewhere, it really doesn't surprise me that there was no mention of this. And where is Ed and Sue Poole when you need them??? With their up to the minute news alerts, not even a peep about this. Todd Feiertag ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. 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. 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