didn't this guy have some kinda scam w/ ga tektites at one time? did he rip 'em off from some collection?
>From: "Walter Branch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Fred Olsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"meteorite-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stop Thief!, Stop
>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:18:51 -0500
>
>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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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