Luke Skywalker?

On Jun 4, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Geraldine Kudaka wrote:

> But who killed John Kennedy?
> 
> From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] 
> Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 7:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Rudy Franchi, Heritage, no Inventory
> 
> Geraldine
> 
> the United States did land man on the Moon in 1969
> 
> anything else is a silly conspiracy theory
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> At 04:16 PM 6/4/2012, Geraldine Kudaka wrote:
>> Ahh... but here's the kicker I didn't add before....
>> 
>> Heritge claims they have sent back all our posters.
>> 
>> On our consignment sheet from Feb 2010, there's unsold poster which wasn't 
>> returned this past month.
>> 
>> Black and white, on Heritage paper, it states it wasn't sold.
>> 
>> Now have you ever had Heritage claim they returned everything, yet you have 
>> PROOF not everything was returned.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: "Walton, Jeffrey" <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected] 
>> Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 3:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Rudy Franchi, Heritage, no Inventory
>> 
>> I concur wholeheartedly….you just can’t ship a bunch of posters and claim 
>> fooul when no inventory on your part was done no matter if you trust that 
>> identity or not.  When shipping a bunch of poster I always make an inventory 
>> and send along a copy of the inventory as well.  So when Grey or Bruce 
>> compares the list and there is a discrepancy there is at least a record.  
>> What would have happened if the parcel was lost in the mail, then try to 
>> stake a claim with the insurance?
>>  
>> The X-files said it best –  ˜Trust no one.â€�
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> From: MoPo List [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard 
>> Halegua Posters + Comic Art
>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 3:31 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Rudy Franchi, Heritage, no Inventory
>>  
>> Geraldine
>> 
>> reading your posts as a outsider makes me wonder about some of the things 
>> you mention in your emails.
>> Are you trying to get a resolution, or are you just trying to disparage Rudy 
>> Franchi and Heritage?
>> Also, do you or do you not think that your own actions are a partial 
>> contributor to your angst??
>> 
>> Don't get me wrong.. I'm not attempting to disparage or attack you. I 
>> understand you have a dispute, it was not to date settled in your favor and 
>> that makes you angry.
>> 
>> But some thing that you wrote puzzles me. Your own lack of an inventory 
>> specifically.
>> 
>> 2 weeks ago, I consigned a large collection of my own to Profiles in History 
>> for their July auction. I have a book collection or hardcover Photoplay 
>> editions in dust jackets dating from 1913 to the 1940s with additional items 
>> up to the 1990s.
>> 
>> I have known Joe Maddalena for a reasonably long time and we have done deals 
>> on both a personal level and via his auction house. However, regardless of 
>> my relationship with Joe, when I consigned this collection to them of 800 
>> books and related items, there is no way I would have let these items leave 
>> my possession without an inventory.
>> 
>> For 2 weeks prior to them leaving my warehouse, I photographed each and 
>> every item in this collection. Yes it was done in part so I could have file 
>> images of these items for my image archive, but it was also done so that in 
>> case of any disputes, I could prove to Profiles what I gave them. This is 
>> not for the protection of myself and for the protection of Profiles. How 
>> could I dispute any issues without having such an inventory in my hands??
>> 
>> Did I do this time consuming job for my own pleasure??
>> No Ma'am
>> I had plenty of other work to do, and such a task only added to my weekly 
>> work schedule right at a time when I was actually busier than I had been in 
>> months, and anyone who knows me knows that my work schedule is always 
>> completely full and that I haven't been having lots of playtime in my 
>> wonderful city of Las Vegas. It actually left me with just one day to get 
>> ready for Cinevent, and that one day wasn't nearly enough.
>> 
>> Joe may be my good friend and I trust him 100%, but I do not leave it up to 
>> other people to protect my own interests, as much as I would like to when I 
>> don't have any time. If I leave it up to someone else to protect my 
>> interests, I really don't feel I can blame the other party no matter how 
>> many assurances I have that I can. Furthermore, if such a situation were to 
>> land me in a lawsuit attempting to claim some sort of duress, what portion 
>> of such duress is my own fault for not protecting myself??
>> 
>> I do remember the days when a handshake deal was a bond, but I have also 
>> felt the betrayal of a handshake deal not being honored, making me wish I 
>> had done what was necessary to protect myself before any issues arose. Not 
>> completing such an action is no one's fault but my own.
>> 
>> So the question becomes, "IF" your claims are true, what responsibility do 
>> you think you have in not having done what was necessary to protect 
>> yourself? Do you think this was a failure on your behalf, or do you think 
>> that you have any responsibility at all?
>> 
>> If you were to sue Heritage, what proof would you use to prove your case? 
>> Admittedly, you made no inventory, Charlie is 82 and you are also at an age 
>> where things become less clear to the mind - through no fault of your own.. 
>> It just happens as people get older. It will happen to me as well probably.
>> 
>> I have thought at times that something is missing and believed I had given 
>> it to someone, only to later find said item in my inventory, generally 
>> somewhere that it doesn't belong, at which point I was forced to apologize 
>> to that person who I thought screwed me.
>> 
>> You did not do what was necessary to protect yourself, how can that be the 
>> fault of Heritage?
>> 
>> Rich
>> 
>> 
>> At 06:15 AM 6/4/2012, Geraldine Kudaka wrote:
>> 
>> Rudy, this list is not just for dealers.
>> 
>> There are a lot of people who lurk here who are interested in movie posters. 
>> They are not professional dealers in the business. Some may be non-poster 
>> business people interested in selling off collections acquired from either a 
>> lifetime of working in the industry, or inherited them from dad, who passed 
>> on.
>> 
>> This is also a public list which non-subscribers go to for archived 
>> information on how to sell their posters..
>> 
>> As a noted movie poster expert, these uninformed sellers need to know that 
>> you will encourage them to send their collections "post vite" to Heritage. 
>> 
>> You will not tell them that they need to protect themselves by doing a 
>> photographic inventory and log of their posters before sending to Heritage. 
>> 
>> You will not warn them that Heritage's inventory process is suspect and 
>> their software probably some home-user Access-like database program. (Here, 
>> I'm referring to security differences between programs like Quicken and true 
>> business accounting software which do not allow you to change entries 
>> without leaving a trail.)
>> 
>> You will not tell them that heritage will not return posters they do not 
>> sell.
>>  
>> You will simply funnel them to Heritage  -- for your commission.  
>> 
>> For this reason - among others - an esteemed seller on this list posted a 
>> wish that you were dead... 
>> 
>> Need I remind you I defended you? This was before I sat down and went though 
>> our Heritage file and discovered what was really going on. This was before I 
>> went online and found that Heritage has been accused by others for stealing 
>> items submitted for consignment.
>> 
>> Last -- if you think you have spent "a huge amount of time" on this issue, 
>> get real. Suggesting we comply with Heritage's offer of selling without 
>> commission fees is certainly not an email that takes a lot of time to write. 
>> After Grey threatened us with legal action, we have spent far more money on 
>> attorney's fees than you have... That's a hard financial cost on top of the 
>> value of posters sent to Heritage.
>> 
>> While I appreciate your suggestion we go bankrupt "sueing everybody 
>> involved", I will decline your advice. 
>> 
>> In the start, I said this list is not just for dealers. My emails are for 
>> the lurking public, now and in the future. 
>>    
>> 
>> 
>> From: rudy franchi <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected] 
>> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 10:41 AM
>> Subject: [MOPO] Reply To Geraldine
>> 
>> It seems that I can't post to MOPO without Geraldine popping out like
>> a cuckoo bird on a spring. This has gone beyond rational discussion.
>> I've spent a huge amount of time on this problem and Grey has
>> spent the equivalent of days in hour after hour of trying to reach a
>> satisfactory conclusion.  Perhaps Geraldine should just sue everyone
>> involved. After she loses, she can appeal it all the way to the
>> Supreme Court where it will go down in judicial history as "When I've Got A
>> Hammer  vs. Everything's A Nail."  Meanwhile, I will continue to
>> occasionally post here and just put up with the tirades. On some of
>> the stock market discussion boards I visit, one can put a particularly
>> annoying person on "ignore" so that their posts won't show up in your
>> message box. Would that we could do that here.
>> 
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