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From: Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]>
To: David Kusumoto <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2012 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] An auction house to avoid
Thank you David. I had not intended this issue to become a newsworthy story on
par with the tylenol poisonings or The Komen/Planned Parenthood issue. I would
find it amusing if it did... it would indicate not much is going on in the
world... really, little conflicts within niche groups do not make it to to the
big screen.
Rather than an attack on Heritage, my intention is to warn newbie sellers not
to be tempted by the big $$$ signs some auction houses offer. If the cost to
collect your money ends up being a lot of hassle, or having to prove you did
send in X,Y & Z, is it really worth it?
If you sell, as the sellers at the West Berkshire auction did, can you collect
your money?
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From: David Kusumoto <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] An auction house to avoid
My goodness, of course it was meant for the entire list. Just look at the time
stamps. There's a two-day spread between the original note "Geraldine Kudaka"
sent to Bruce - and when the note was FORWARDED to the entire MoPo group from
Geraldine herself. She is obviously a MoPo member. There is no other way an
e-mail like that could be posted to the group without first enrolling as a
member. Unfairly or not, I interpreted the note as an attack on Heritage, an
attempt to force a public or private response from group members - or from Grey
himself. In PR and news, there's a rule we follow: In the business world,
there is no such thing as a true "surprise." Most disputes broil beneath the
surface for weeks or months - before they finally explode into the public eye.
They are usually the penultimate step before the "course of last resort," e.g.,
taking grievances to the media for widespread dissemination to audiences
outside the core group
most interested in the outcome. It is at that point that a client is at risk
losing control of a story and is forever put on defense until a counterattack
or well-understood response is mapped out and executed. Successful response
case histories: Tylenol poisonings, beef percentages questioned in Taco Bell
products, antenna issues with the iPhone. Unsuccessful or "too late" response
case histories: Pink slime, Bank of America's $5 debit fee proposal, and the
Komen Foundation's "180" with Planned Parenthood. -d.
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 17:44:25 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fw: [MOPO] An auction house to avoid
To: [email protected]
Was wondering that myself.
Peter
From:MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lovenoir2
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 2:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fw: [MOPO] An auction house to avoid
An interesting read.
Was this meant to go to the entire MOPO list?
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> wrote:
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From: Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] An auction house to avoid
Your favorite auction house, Bruce -- Heritage.
My husband, Charley, was a Hollywood executive. When we first did a Heritage
consignment through Rudy Franchi, everything went fine. So fine, we sent a 2nd
batch using my UPS account & return label which had my name on it. I use my
maiden name, so I guess Heritage thought it was a cold submission from nobody.
Thought we'd hear from them -- nada. We are pretty busy here and knew from our
first consignment that Heritage plans their auction schedule months in advance.
When I finally called Heritage to see when the posters were going to be
auctioned. Carter told they had received the posters, and wanted to know if we
wanted to put them in the weekly auction as there was nothing of value in the
lot. I said, "What? What about the Get Carter and Lennon posters? Or the
Fillmore posters?" Heritage claimed they had not received these posters in the
lot we sent.
I had mentioned this event on this newsgroup before. You responded with a
derogatory comment about Rudy, then Grey threatened us with lawyers and I
posted a comment here batting for Rudy.
At that time this was going on, I did not want to deal with Heritage because we
were building a house and had a high weekly payroll to meet. The headache of
dealing with this Heritage problem was small potatoes compared to being the
General Contractor on a house.
After Grey threatened me with lawyers and I batted for Rudy, Rudy contacted
me. He had spoken with Grey and the upshot was we were offered a deal for
future submissions..
That was months ago.
I've come to the conclusion I don't want to do future business with Heritage.
It's one thing to have a consignment set up by Rudy for my husband, Charley
Lippincott, who had hired John Van Hammersveld to do the Get Carter poster and
has the largest, most complete collection of John's work -- even more than John
-- and another thing when little wifey using her UPS business account sends
the 2nd consignment batch. As nobody me, if posters disappeared from my lot,
who is to say that this doesn't happen to other people? On principle, I don't
want to do business with Heritage.
Life is too short, Charley's collection too huge, and it's just not worth my
time.
If Grey wants to have his lawyers come after me, fine.
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From:Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]>
To: Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] An auction house to avoid
Which auction was it?
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]>
wrote:
I sent things to a US auction house who, 6 months later, claimed they never got
the high value posters.... and threatened me with a lawyer.
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From:Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 10:45 PM
Subject: [MOPO] An auction house to avoid
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2012/west-berkshire-auction-house-cameo-refutes-customers-payment-claims
Customers claim West Berkshire auction house owes them cash
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