Sean and all MOPOers I am very certain that no individual has in their possession a forged poster that came from Heritage. As a matter of fact, I did first discover the fact of these fakes when an attempt was made to consign a "forged" Dracula title card from a respected horror collector and I promptly not only called the consignor but began speaking with horror buyers throughout the country that I know, to let them know what was found. I certainly know Sean and Jim Gresham will attest to that. I know that Jim G. then sent me cards to look over, in which my belief was, they were forgeries. I believe I was the first to suggest to certain collectors in Columbus that the Frankenstein Title card in another auction may not be authentic, though I had not seen it, but knowing that some cards were showing up that were forged. I have sent clients to John Davis as he began to look into this and I thought he was doing a good job, I believe, in verifying the cards. Do I wish I had thrown up a red flare to the hobby earlier? Perhaps, but the extent of this was not known nor was there much on who may have been behind it. I think it was when Jim G. sent me his cards that some of us were very surprised. No, I was not sworn to secrecy, as some claim, but have worked to warn and help collectors with questions concerning these since first discovering. This is a warning to us to look closely in the future. A grading and perhaps authentification service would be of help but I believe up to this time the fakes are not difficult to detect. Please be assured that Heritage is perhaps overly cautious at this stage in dealing primarily with horror and a few examples of science fiction titles. Grey
On Oct 7, 2009, at 1:45 PM, "Sean Linkenback" <slinkenb...@comcast.net<mailto:slinkenb...@comcast.net>> wrote: Hi Bruce, While I am a little busy today, if you have a list of all these items Heritage sold that were fake, I will be happy to comb through the archives for you. I believe that the 3-sheet of Ghost of Frankenstein mentioned in the complaint by Jim Gresham was from Heritage, and I see it has been removed from their archives. I also know Heritage's policy is to not report any sales which fell through, and while I would imagine this would include the inadvertent selling of fakes perhaps you should address this question to Grey Smith rather than me, as I am still not on their (or anyone else's) payroll. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson<mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com> To: Sean Linkenback<mailto:slinkenb...@comcast.net> Cc: <mailto:MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu> MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu<mailto:MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Where to send Universal material to authenticate? I went to the LAMP site and of course you are correct, and I apologize for the error, to LAMP and anyone else who was offended by it. I think I was thinking of LAMP not appearing to have anything on their site about the Dracula fake being "authenticated" and then withdrawn, or is there a link to that as well? Sean, since you seem to be an expert on this, can you tell me if the Hertiage archives on their site still includes items that proved to be fake, and if so, why? Doesn't this distort the apparent rarity of those items? Bruce Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at <http://www.filmfan.com> www.filmfan.com<http://www.filmfan.com> ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: <mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edu> lists...@listserv.american.edu<mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edu> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
