Ok, I'm getting very concerned about the subtext now.
No one would think male bonding over Cameros, large steaks and the
belittling of a young man's horsepower sounds remotely gay.
But worrying, there has been no denial of the accusation of "Poster
Gestapo" sodomy.
On 11 Jun 2011, at 17:17, Adrian Cowdry wrote:
I did wonder if I was going to get flack, my shoulders are broad.
Those in the know will take all the crap below as just that.
Thankfully I have too good a relationship with my friends for me to
worry about the misguided garbage written below.
As most of you will know I had cancer in 2008 and could not attend
Cinevent 2009. Cinevent 2010 was for me and my friends a close and
very much bonding time. My friends needed to see me well and I
needed to see them. I didn't think I'd see them again at one point.
convent 2010 was a cathartic experience for me, this all sounds very
gay...but those concerned know who they are and what they mean to me.
As for Ralph, did he get a Marx brothers card? I was unaware. I
think I did bad mouth Ralph one night he didn't by the beers or
something, we had to wait till the next night.As for Andrew getting
a Goldfinger 3 sheet, well done, if it hand.t have been sold the
owner was prepared for me to take it on consignment. The fact the
owner at the time sold it couldn't have been better. In fact that
owner and I have such a good relationship that I would do anything
in power to help him in anyway and I can safely say vice versa.
As for the photo outside of Mitchells I needed just me and the guys
whom I have bonded with, Andrew was new to me. In fact all the guys
who were there said no to Andrew being in the shot...I was lucky to
be there and it was an emotional time for me and I needed just those
guys...not someone I didn't know and also someone who was proving to
be offensive and obnoxious toward my pals at the very least he was
impolite.
Andrew did prove to be entertainment none the least...however it is
plainly obvious that there is something wrong. Certainly I could
care less about him and his collecting. At the beginning like most
of us I was willing to take him into our group but the more impolite
he became the worse it was and he insisted on getting drunk in our
company the quicker the better. Not the manners of a gentleman.
Adrian
This never happened to the other fella.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Price <weezy.ba...@aol.com>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 3:48
Subject: [MOPO] The guy from Britain
Greetings MOPO,
My name is Tom Price. I go to law school in Nashvilleand have little
to no interest in collecting but have known Andrew for over
10years. Over the course of the last twoweeks he and I both have
been laughing all of this MOPO and video talk up. All of the
comments, lies, bullshit, ect.have, needless to say, been fabulous
entertainment. Though I know nothing about collecting,reading all
of this from an outsider’s perspective has been quite the
visualtreat. We were both (along with someothers) hysterically
laughing our tails off. Very, very funny stuff. AnywaysAndrew will
not be posting on the “NOPO” (short for NO posters forum) anylonger
because he’s through dealing with those who lack any kind of sense
ofhumor. Good riddance. Anyways I joined this listserv on his
behalfso that he could at least have some kind of correspondence
about what kind ofbullshit was further being said about him. I won’t
post to this listserv or contact the forum administrator
unlessdefamation or slander warrants for it. He has told me about
the events thattranspired this past year at Cinevent in 2011 and in
the previous years. These are some of the truths that I do
knowafter speaking with him on the phone.
Adrian Cowdry in 2010 went to Columbus with the intent of getting
postersconsigned into his Coy’s Auction. Apiece that Adrian wanted
to take back with himon consignment (a Goldfinger 3sheet) was
instead purchased by Andrew and thissparked immediate resentment
from Adrian. So much so that later on that night whenSteve Sally,
John Denardo, Steve Ryan Andrew and two others went to dinner
thatnight at Mitchells Steakhouse Adrian told everyone “I want a
picture out infront of Mitchells Steakhouse with everyone in it but
Andrew.” This was the first sign Andrew told me that Adrian didn’t
likehim. If it was jealously because of whathe was able to afford
at his age or whatever Adrian didn’t like Andrew. Perhaps this is
why Andrew speaks of him as aCowARdy. This however didn’t come as
asurprise to Andrew as he heard Cowdry badmouthing another young
collector RalphDeluca behind his back all weekend long as well. His
beef with Ralph stemmed from Ralph buyinga Marx Brother Day at the
Races lobby card that Adrian had shown some interest in butcouldn’t
afford it at the price. Adrian came back acrossfrom the Strebin’s
booth and badmouthed Ralph behind his back after Ralphshowed him his
purchase standing only several feet behind of him. Anyways getting
back to the Coy’s consignmentdeal Adrian took some pieces from Steve
Sallyand a few others whose names Andrew told me NOT to mention back
with him to England. They sold a few months after the show, andfor
whatever reason he did not pay Steve and the others. Those whom he
claims “are his closestfriends” he took the money from theauctions
sales and did not send the consignees a check a month or so
afterwards. One of those consignees filed a lawsuitagainst him for
being a deadbeat, fraud and failing to pay up. Whether or not the
suit was dropped I do notknow, but one was certainly filed against
Adrianfor failing to pay. This consignee whofiled the lawsuit that
I am mentioning is in that very same 2010 photo taken infront of
Mitchell’s steakhouse that Andrew was excluded out of by Adrian. As
a matter of fact four of the people inthat photo consigned
Adrianmaterial and didn’t get paid for over a year (that is if they
finally gotpaid.). Eight, Nine, Ten months went by and it is a rumor
that he finallysettled up with some but not all of them, but the
fact of the matter is he tookmoney from people and withheld it from
people for a substantial matter of time. Adrianfor whatever reason
tried to get Andrew to consign some of his mint trifoldedJungle Book
One Sheets to the Coy’s auction, but he refused after the
exclusionfrom the photo at Mitchell’s steakhouse. Cowdry resents the
fact that Andrewhas a decent collection of posters at such a young
age.
As far as Richard Halegua’s lies about the Ramada (excuse meif I
spell this incorrectly) Andrew wants me to set the record straight.
He and his buddy both decided check intoanother hotel because of the
noise levels, smells of smoke and urine stains allover the carpet.
Around 11 PM Andrew waspassing through the base floor of the hotel
where he told me he saw RichardHalegua walking towards him. Upon
Andrewseeing Richard, Richard turn around and said something to
those in the lobby hewas sitting with chatting. Somethingalong the
lines of “This asshole is leaving.” Andrew overheard it and upon
passing him by asked Richard what hisproblem was. Richard Halegua
proceededto tell Andrew “You’re the fucking problem”. Then Richard
grabbed his pussy in front of everyone and flicked him off. Andrew
told Richard to quote “Get some moneyin his bank account” in
reference to Andrew hearing about how Richard oftenlowball offers
dealers and asks if he can do payment plans for $300 and $400dollar
posters. Upon hearing thesecomments Rich walked towards Andrew to
escalate matters even further but wasreprimanded when a half drunk
on duty officer told everyone to quite down inthe hallway.
Andrew told me that he was having such a good time at thefour star
Westin hotel drinking craft beers and shooting the breeze with
finewomen that he decided not to return to the show. Andrew
undoubtedly went out of his way toavoid confrontation with Richard
Halegua, but it just didn’t happen. Richard Halegua was looking for
confrontationso he got it.
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