Dear Rick,
I dont normally answer postings about pending
cases for reasons obvious to anyone outside
poster-land where you seemingly reside; but,
unfortunately, reality has to creep into every
venue once in awhile to remind its denizens
that there are rules of civilized conduct and
standards of honesty/integrity that apply
even to dealers and within thisniche of collectables
.
You wrote, The topping on the cake seems to be
that Mannheim was less than visibly concerned
for 4 years until all these balls starting
rolling simultaneously !!! Am i missing something here??
The answer is: YES you are missing a lot.
I have been a quiet collector of this genre
since about 1970 when my first introduction was
a solicitation to buy a distributors warehouse
with approximately 300,000 posters for the then
overwhelming price of $10,000 (about 3-cents
apiece). Four of us, all college grads just
getting started, couldnt put that money together between us!
I have known Dave Bishop and Ken Schacter since
about 1994-1995 and I traveled with Schacter to
New York, London and other venues to buy
posters. After establishing what I thought was
a friendship and business relationship, I made
about $500,000 in loans to these partners in
2005; and, later another $750,000 to Schacter, alone, in 2008-2009.
So, when my friend Bishop ran into trouble
making repayments in 2007, I didnt run to
court rather, I granted extension after
extension until BOTH stopped paying on loans
around July 2009. Even then, I hadnt
discovered that my 2005 loan money had been
ill-used to buy ONE METROPOLIS POSTER instead
of the promised large collection of
sci-fi/horror material that was supposed to
include rare 1930s Universal items.
When I filed the first lawsuit to recover my
2005 loan from Bishop, I was not aware I had
been a victim of a fraud. That 2009 lawsuit
was simply brought as a breach of his contract
the failure to repay a loan to me. Around
July 2009, Schacter decided that my lawsuit
against his buddy entitled him to also screw me
out of my then $585,000 in outstanding
loans. Thus, in October 2009, when all this
was first really coming down, I finally ran a
Google search Schacter + Poster and was
shocked to find some 150 articles about a
November 2005 purchase of the Metropolis poster
with my October 2005 loan funds. It then
became immediately evident why I had not been
repaid on my loans to Bishop/Schacter.
Since then, Schacter and his attorneys have
pulled every dirty trick equivalent to the
resistance encountered by Ralph Nader when
suing Chevrolet for the unsafe at any speed
Corvair case
(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed)
which case later became the subject of a
similar movie: Class Action. Perhaps this
simile will help you understand how [il]legal
tactics of delay and concealment slow down
justice. Nonetheless, these tactics will not
stop the Federal freight train now bearing down on Bishop/Schacter.
Hopefully, with this additional information,
you may now understand my situation and why
things take so long. The truth is difficult to
discover and prove in a court of law when dealing with liars.
From: Richard C Evans <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Sent: Friday, 17 August 2012, 9:56
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Mannheim, Metropolis and manipulation
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNOrp_83RU>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNOrp_83RU
On 17 Aug 2012, at 01:51, Rix Posterz wrote:
Thankfully all of this Mannheim/Schacter drama
hasn't yet appeared much on MoPo. Hey, if
you're reallu interested, just Google
"Mannheim,/Schacter lawsuit" and you'll find
all the info you're looking for. I think (I
hope) most members of MoPo would hopefully
prefer other subjects to be discussed. I hope others agree.
Rick
In a message dated 8/16/2012 5:29:42 P.M.
Pacific Daylight Time,
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] writes:
This stream of evidence that has been filtering
through my lens of perception has left some nagging questions...
Hopefully and fitfully someone can indeed
answer...there is no pleasure here..just concern
#1..10. On May 20, [2011], at the specific
instruction of Grey Smith of Heritage Auctions,
Inc. (Heritage) wired $125,000 to the
Debtors (undisclosed) Canadian Bank Account
with the Bank of Nova Scotia ending account #
6925 as an advance on the consignment sale.
Heritage on the same day also wired $50,000 to
the Debtors local Chase Account ending in 429.
Attached as Exhibit C are copies of the
correspondence directing the wire transfers and
the wire transfers from Heritage.
ME...."If this is indeed true...is this standard practice?"
#2...12. The Heritage Auction #7040 included
the sale of the following valuable assets with the included buyers premium.
This Island Earth Insert $ 896.25
Ghost of Frankenstein Insert $ 7,170.00
Werewolf of London [insert] $47,800.00
Phantom of the Opera [1943 insert] $ 1,804.45
Invaders From Mars [1953 1-sheet] $ 1,792.50
19. In reality, however, the Debtor had
obtained the unwitting help of (identity
upheld), to complete his fraudulent scheme to
defeat a secured judgment lien held by Robert
C. Mannheim by transferring $125,000 out of
the country and $50,000 to a local bank account
and later the same money and assets were
concealed from the bankruptcy estate while
Debtor retained ownership of the purportedly sold items.
20. At the Debtors specific request, (******)
agreed to bid on and purchase several of the
Debtors most valuable items being sold through
the Heritage July 11, 2011 auction; then,
Debtor would directly or indirectly pay for
these items; and, finally, (*****) would return the items to Debtor.[fn]
[fn] The Debtors true intent of attempting to
conceal assets from Movant, and ultimately from
this Court and this Chapter 7 Trustee, by way
of orchestrating a false sale, were apparently
unknown at the time to (*****) who was only helping a friend.
21. As set out in the email chain between the
Debtor and (****) attached as Exhibit A to
the separately filed Declaration, (****)
specifically purchased the following five items
for the Debtor, from the Heritage July 22, 2011
Auction. A redacted copy of the invoice from
that auction is attached to as Exhibit B
identifying these items and their purchase price:
This Island Earth Insert $ 896.25
Ghost of Frankenstein Insert $ 7,170.00
Werewolf of London [insert] $47,800.00
Phantom of the Opera [1943 insert] $ 1,804.45
Invaders From Mars [1953 1-sheet] $ 1,792.50
ME...."All of this seems strange and I highly
doubt the exchanges of assets in this matter
seemed less than dubious to those involved...
MORE ME..."The most unfortunate part is that
the claim filed within the State of California
implicates that the business it has retained as
council to the trustee, is the exact business
that allegedly aided in the post-bankruptcy
sale that aided in the further implication in
law breaking by Ken Schacter...is this a
quagmire or is/can this be viewed as accessory???"
The topping on the cake seems to be that
Mannheim was less than visibly concerned for 4
years until all these balls starting rolling simultaneously !!!
Am i missing something here??
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