Sean, you just forwarded a note to the MoPo group that was never posted
PUBLICLY to the MoPo group. This is the first time I've seen this exchange
between Grey and Paul Waines.
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 03:57:42 -0400
From: s...@platinumposters.com
Subject: Re: METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS!
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
I remember the last time someone around here swore
their life on a statement.
It was a restorer who swore on his life that the
1931 Dracula one-sheet then being offered by Profiles in History was an
original.
But if you like to offer 2-3x what posters are
worth, I certainly hope you will remember to check out our auctions starting
this weekend.
----- Original Message -----
From:
Paul Waines
To: Smith, Grey - 1367
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 1:25 AM
Subject: RE: [MOPO] METROPOLIS
THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS!
http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=695&lotNo=85729
I have the
correct facts on this and would swear my life on it. The truth
will eventually come out and be told to everyone. It's just a matter of
time. People already know about it.
Prior to last year
you co-owed (w/ Heritage) or owned the paperbacked "Phantom of the Opera" One
Sheet poster above and set up the trade for consignment plan with Ken
Schacter
right around the March 2011 Heritage Signature auction (he consigned many,
many posters to this auction but some included the French Horror of Dracula,
Fantastic Voyage Teaser, Vertigo 30 X 40 amongst many, many others).
Many, Many other items were taken in by Heritage Auctions from Ken Schacter
in
exchange trading him “The Phantom of the Opera” One Sheet poster above. That
is a cold hard fact. In that particular signature auction and others. Please
do not try to deny this because last year you negotiated the plan for him to
acquire “The Phantom of the Opera” poster above in exchange for consignments
to Heritage Auctions (albeit Ken may have pestered you to the point and
completely dragged you into this).
The consignment deal
for "The Phantom of the Opera" went through last year after taking many
months
time of Ken negotiating and speaking with you (Grey) over the phone. The
deal took months to complete but in then end, Ken got the “Phantom of the
Opera” poster from you (I have pictures of the poster hanging on Ken’s wall
taken last year on my computer). After the deal went through you then
personally flew out to Los Angeles and hand delivered "The Phantom of the
Opera" paperbacked one sheet poster above to him. I also heard the
poster was actually sitting in a vault in Los Angeles (or the Heritage
offices) waiting on Ken to complete the deal. It went through and he got the
poster. Again that is a bonafide cold hard fact (I have photos of Ken
with the poster).
Why you were there
"assisting the State of California and the trustee" was EXTREMELY bizarre
to say the least especially considering he consigned so much poster material
through Heritage over the years.
I guess this mutual
relationship between you all explains why so many times over the years he’d
sell through Heritage rather than sell directly to me even when I’d offer him
2X or 3X what a poster he was selling was worth.
I'm not saying by any
means that Heritage or “sign on the dotted line” Grey Smith knew what was
going on, but Grey Smith representing “the state of California and Robert C.
Mannheim” presents itself as a MAJOR conflict of interest because he took
“bad
consignments” from Ken Schacter in exchange for “The Phantom of the Opera”
which was not on the truck (amongst other things) when marshalls hauled Ken’s
stolen“movie material” off last Wednesday.
----- Original Message -----
From: Smith, Grey - 1367
Sent: 05/03/12 09:16 PM
To: Paul Waines
Subject: RE: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS!
Where ever you’re getting your facts, you should do a little bit better fact
checking!
You obviously have some very poor sources.
----- Original
Message -----
From: Paul Waines [mailto:pwaine...@gmx.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:03 PM
To: Smith, Grey - 1367
Subject: Re: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS!
Didn't the vast majority of Heritage's movie poster consignments come from Ken
Schacter over the last few years?
http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=695&lotNo=85729
For example didn't Ken swing a $200,000 or $300,000 trade with Heritage last
year in exchange for this paperbacked One Sheet for "The Phantom of the Opera"
that is shown above and was hauled off last Wednesday? I heard Ken gave them
consignments for their Signature auctions in exchange for this one "Phantom of
the Opera" poster over a gradual period of time dating back to a least the last
couple of years. That is a fact. Another California collector told me that a
motherload of these items were in Heritage's 2011 March Dallas Signature
auction. That also is a fact.
Wouldn't this be a major confict of interest if Heritage were given the
opportunity to sell on behalf of the Trustee if they were tied into this? That
is taking in "dirty consigments" from someone who didn't have a clean title on
them or was using laundered money?
-P
-----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Grey - 1367 <gre...@ha.com
To: MoPo-L <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Thu, May 3, 2012 8:35 pm
Subject: Re: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS!
Yes, this is yours truly.
There on the behalf of the State of California and its trustee.
-----Original Message-----
From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of lovenoir2
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 3:36 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS!
That's what I was wondering, too. It looks like him.
-KL
On 5/3/12, Joe Burtis <jbur...@mpagallery.com wrote:
Is that Grey standing in the background?
Please visit our website:
www.mpagallery.com
90 Oak St.
E. Rutherford, NJ 07073
201-635-1444
----- Original Message -----
From: allen day
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS!
One heckuva way to find out.
BTW ... who owns midsystems.com?
ad
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From: glenndamato <glenndam...@earthlink.net
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 9:36 AM
Subject: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS!
Folks-Anyone wishing to know the whereabouts of the "Metropolis"
three-sheet (& Movie Poster Exchange's former "silent" partner) should
go to www.midsystems.com
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