I would add, whether its Tom Luce, Tom Rega, or Jaime Mendez.
Jaime may or may not have sold the fakes, but if it wasnt for him,
there would be no fakes. He profited and he knew, and he too,
should be avoided. Hey poster hobby, stop using the artist who
created every fake. There are great alternatives, use Studio C, or
Poster Mountain, or someone other then Jaime.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Sean Linkenback
<[email protected]> wrote:
I have no blame on Joe for selling the fake Dracula WC (that blame
lies with John Davis), or on the fake Dracula 47 1-sheet that he
sold before knowledge of the fakes became widespread (and I do know
that he refunded both purchases).
That's why I tongue in cheek suggested that Rega picked the right
place to send his fake Dracula.
My only point was that I hope Joe didn't go ahead and sell the real
posters that Rega may have sent once it was discovered that he
purposely altered the poster to deceive Profiles. The only way to
deal with someone who is purposely making fakes and selling them is
to cut off all dealings with that person - whether it's Tom Loce or
Tom Rega.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Halegua Comic Art"
<[email protected]>
To: "Sean Linkenback" <[email protected]>; <MoPo-
[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Kerry Haggard in the news today
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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