I think that blaming Heritage or Profiles, Jim Gresham, Ralph Deluca
or anyone else who dealt/sold/auctioned these posters isn't being
fair. Joe Madalena is a victim, not a perpetrator. He didn't go out
looking for forgeries to sell in his auctions. As a matter of fact,
not only did Profiles immediately refund monies paid for the items
sold in the auction with the Dracula window card, but when he was
going to handle the Dracula one-sheet, he did just what he was
supposed to do - he went to John Davis and paid John to authenticate
the poster. It was John who completely fell down on the job, not Profiles.
Similarly, anyone who sold/auctioned/dealt one of these posters
BEFORE the fraud was actually discovered is a victim and not a
perpetrator. How can any one individual or entity be blamed? This
wasn't exactly a Nigerian Money Scam where the victims needs to have
their head examined for becoming a victim. This was a high crime
committed on these people with the co-operation of a top restorer who
helped to hide the reality of these items.
Of course, we again can point to John Davis, who when re-backing &
re-restoring the Dracula window card did not detect the reality of
this piece which would have revealed the fraud months earlier.
the victim list is a very long who's who of the poster hobby and I
don't blame any of them for being involved. Haggard is a Bernie
Madoff. He befriended everyone - including me. The only reason I
didn't get screwed is because when Kerry offered me pieces, I said no
because I'm not interested in restored items, much less heavily
restored items, and that immunized me. I have seen some of the
Haggard fakes - from lobby card to 3 sheet size - I can say these
were very convincing items - most especially the 3 sheets and one sheets.
so don't blame the victims. blame the asshole who right now is eating
baloney sandwiches at taxpayer expense. I can say one thing though..
I don't mind paying for the baloney so much in this case.
Rich
At 01:22 PM 4/5/2011, Sean Linkenback wrote:
I think it is interesting to note that in the article Phillip just referenced,
that of the 11 posters Rega sent in, only two were determined to be
fakes - and then later the Dracula.
Does this mean Profiles happily sold 8 other posters that this
fraudster sent to them?
Can't really blame him for sending a fake-worked on Dracula poster
to Profiles for auction,
they had already sold a couple of other fake re-restored Dracula
posters so why not another?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip W. Ayling" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Kerry Haggard in the news today
The only information I ever saw about legal action were various
reports similar to the following
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/02/10/24563.htm
the status of that suit or any subsequent suits, settlements or
other actions are unknown to me. Perhaps others have more current info.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Halegua Comic Art"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Kerry Haggard in the news today
I believe so
At 11:41 AM 4/5/2011, Jens Thomsen wrote:
Was the Dracula ever reported to the authorities?
When I think of it, I have read a lot about the shenanigans of
Haggard here and there but hardly anything about that Dracula
poster since it was discovered to be a fake (or rather an altered
lithographic reproduction).
Jens
Den 04/04/2011 kl. 22.45 skrev Richard Halegua Comic Art:
> oh yeah.. that was Profiles in History, who currently has a
lawsuit going against the perpetrator of that fraud.. sorry I
didn't mention that Grey.. just got back from LA after several
days of conventioning late last night & I am so-o-o-o totally
tired after that long few days, lack of proper eating & lack of proper sleep.
>
> the "alleged" perp on the Dracula is some jackass named Thomas
Rega (or some close spelling) which may or may not be something
of a slight alias, but Sue Heim of Hollywood Poster Frames I
believe knows him and Diane Jeffrey of Studio-C originally backed
it for the perp, but included incorrect border information
supplied to her so people would know the poster was not real.
John Davis of Poster Mountain who subsequently worked on it to
correct the incorrect data did not however notice the fraudulent
piece, for which he was widely derided
>
> Rich
>
> At 01:35 PM 4/4/2011, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote:
>> Rich,
>> I appreciate your correction as to who the culprit might have
been but you might have mentioned that Heritage had nothing to do
with a "fake" Dracula poster ever.
>> Wrong alleged culprit and wrong auction company!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Richard Halegua Comic Art
>> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 3:31 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Kerry Haggard in the news today
>>
>> >
>> >By the way, just to get my facts straight, was Haggard also behind
>> >that fake 'Dracula' poster Heritage almost auctioned off?
>> >
>> >Jens
>>
>>
>> No
>> that was an entirely different asshole
>>
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