Ron Farrell is well know for this methods, it has made the same thing putting for sale a piece of DaG 489 when instead not there were pieces in circulation
Matteo --- Walter Branch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Fred, > > Are you serious? Man, there is no end to this guy. > Have you contacted him > about this? Your prints are copyrighted, right? > Have you contacted the > proper authorities? > > -Walter > ------------------------------------------ > www.branchmeteorites.com > Walter Branch, Ph.D. > Branch Meteorites > PO Box 60492 > Savannah, GA 31420 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Olsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "meteorite-list" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:55 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Stop Thief!, Stop > > > > Stop! Thief! Stop! > > > > Notorious, internationally, known meteorite thief > strikes again. After > > capers in Egypt and Brazil Ron Farrell of the > Universe Collection and > > Bethany Science has embarked on a new bit of > chicanery. He is selling > > unauthorized color copies of the handmade, hand > colored Ensisheim woodcut > > print produced by Fred Olsen of Denver Colorado. > > > > I spent hundreds of hours over two years > researching the original print > on > > which this work is based. > > I visited Ensisheim, Alsace, France in August 1999 > and began this project > > soon after. I searched for a good image of the > original broadsheet to > start > > with. I then modified the image, restored missing > areas, altered the size > > to fit the handmade paper, translated and hand > wrote the caption. I then > > transferred the image (mirror image) to a slab of > hard maple and carefully > > carved it out. I then found a printer with a > centuries old press who is > > versed in hand printing. Together we used hundreds > of pounds of pressure > to > > print each image, one by one, onto the French > handmade paper. Then each > > print is painted by a professional artist who uses > handmade (as were > > available in 1492) mineral pigment paints that I > make from pure mineral > > crystals. The image of the Ensisheim meteorite is > painted with pigments I > > make from ground meteorite. > > > > > > Ron "the Con" Farrell got my print from Louis > Carion in Tucson in 2001, > and > > started > > selling his rip-off color copies of my print in > 2002. > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ===== M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
