Dear Rick,
I dont normally answer postings about
pending cases for reasons obvious to anyone
outside poster-land where you seemingly
reside; but, unfortunately, reality has to
creep into every venue once in awhile to
remind its denizens that there are rules of
civilized conduct and standards of
honesty/integrity that apply even to
dealers and within thisniche of collectables
.
You wrote, The topping on the cake seems to
be that Mannheim was less than visibly
concerned for 4 years until all these balls
starting rolling simultaneously !!! Am i missing something here??
The answer is: YES you are missing a lot.
I have been a quiet collector of this genre
since about 1970 when my first introduction
was a solicitation to buy a distributors
warehouse with approximately 300,000 posters
for the then overwhelming price of $10,000
(about 3-cents apiece). Four of us, all
college grads just getting started, couldnt
put that money together between us!
I have known Dave Bishop and Ken Schacter
since about 1994-1995 and I traveled with
Schacter to New York, London and other venues
to buy posters. After establishing what I
thought was a friendship and business
relationship, I made about $500,000 in loans
to these partners in 2005; and, later another
$750,000 to Schacter, alone, in 2008-2009.
So, when my friend Bishop ran into trouble
making repayments in 2007, I didnt run to
court rather, I granted extension after
extension until BOTH stopped paying on loans
around July 2009. Even then, I hadnt
discovered that my 2005 loan money had been
ill-used to buy ONE METROPOLIS POSTER instead
of the promised large collection of
sci-fi/horror material that was supposed to
include rare 1930s Universal items.
When I filed the first lawsuit to recover my
2005 loan from Bishop, I was not aware I had
been a victim of a fraud. That 2009 lawsuit
was simply brought as a breach of his
contract the failure to repay a loan to
me. Around July 2009, Schacter decided that
my lawsuit against his buddy entitled him to
also screw me out of my then $585,000 in
outstanding loans. Thus, in October 2009,
when all this was first really coming down, I
finally ran a Google search Schacter +
Poster and was shocked to find some 150
articles about a November 2005 purchase of
the Metropolis poster with my October 2005
loan funds. It then became immediately
evident why I had not been repaid on my loans to Bishop/Schacter.
Since then, Schacter and his attorneys have
pulled every dirty trick equivalent to the
resistance encountered by Ralph Nader when
suing Chevrolet for the unsafe at any speed
Corvair case (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Spe
ed) which case later became the subject of a
similar movie: Class Action. Perhaps this
simile will help you understand how [il]legal
tactics of delay and concealment slow down
justice. Nonetheless, these tactics will not
stop the Federal freight train now bearing down on Bishop/Schacter.
Hopefully, with this additional information,
you may now understand my situation and why
things take so long. The truth is difficult
to discover and prove in a court of law when dealing with liars.
From: Richard C Evans <<mailto:evan...@mac.com>evan...@mac.com>
To: <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Friday, 17 August 2012, 9:56
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Mannheim, Metropolis and manipulation
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNOrp_83RU>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNOrp_83RU
On 17 Aug 2012, at 01:51, Rix Posterz wrote:
Thankfully all of this
Mannheim/Schacter drama hasn't yet appeared
much on MoPo. Hey, if you're reallu
interested, just Google "Mannheim,/Schacter
lawsuit" and you'll find all the info you're
looking for. I think (I hope) most members
of MoPo would hopefully prefer other subjects
to be discussed. I hope others agree.
Rick
In a message dated 8/16/2012 5:29:42 P.M.
Pacific Daylight Time,
<mailto:five_inch_t...@yahoo.com>five_inch_t...@yahoo.com writes:
This stream of evidence that has been
filtering through my lens of perception has left some nagging questions...
Hopefully and fitfully someone can indeed
answer...there is no pleasure here..just concern
#1..10. On May 20, [2011], at the specific
instruction of Grey Smith of Heritage
Auctions, Inc. (Heritage) wired $125,000 to
the Debtors (undisclosed) Canadian Bank
Account with the Bank of Nova Scotia ending
account # 6925 as an advance on the
consignment sale. Heritage on the same day
also wired $50,000 to the Debtors local
Chase Account ending in 429. Attached as
Exhibit C are copies of the correspondence
directing the wire transfers and the wire transfers from Heritage.
ME...."If this is indeed true...is this standard practice?"
#2...12. The Heritage Auction #7040 included
the sale of the following valuable assets with the included buyers premium.
This Island Earth Insert $ 896.25
Ghost of Frankenstein Insert $ 7,170.00
Werewolf of London [insert] $47,800.00
Phantom of the Opera [1943 insert] $ 1,804.45
Invaders From Mars [1953 1-sheet] $ 1,792.50
19. In reality, however, the Debtor had
obtained the unwitting help of (identity
upheld), to complete his fraudulent scheme
to defeat a secured judgment lien held by
Robert C. Mannheim by transferring $125,000
out of the country and $50,000 to a local
bank account and later the same money and
assets were concealed from the bankruptcy
estate while Debtor retained ownership of the purportedly sold items.
20. At the Debtors specific request,
(******) agreed to bid on and purchase
several of the Debtors most valuable items
being sold through the Heritage July 11, 2011
auction; then, Debtor would directly or
indirectly pay for these items; and, finally,
(*****) would return the items to Debtor.[fn]
[fn] The Debtors true intent of attempting
to conceal assets from Movant, and ultimately
from this Court and this Chapter 7 Trustee,
by way of orchestrating a false sale, were
apparently unknown at the time to (*****) who was only helping a friend.
21. As set out in the email chain between the
Debtor and (****) attached as Exhibit A to
the separately filed Declaration, (****)
specifically purchased the following five
items for the Debtor, from the Heritage July
22, 2011 Auction. A redacted copy of the
invoice from that auction is attached to as
Exhibit B identifying these items and their purchase price:
This Island Earth Insert $ 896.25
Ghost of Frankenstein Insert $ 7,170.00
Werewolf of London [insert] $47,800.00
Phantom of the Opera [1943 insert] $ 1,804.45
Invaders From Mars [1953 1-sheet] $ 1,792.50
ME...."All of this seems strange and I highly
doubt the exchanges of assets in this matter
seemed less than dubious to those involved...
MORE ME..."The most unfortunate part is that
the claim filed within the State of
California implicates that the business it
has retained as council to the trustee, is
the exact business that allegedly aided in
the post-bankruptcy sale that aided in the
further implication in law breaking by Ken
Schacter...is this a quagmire or is/can this be viewed as accessory???"
The topping on the cake seems to be that
Mannheim was less than visibly concerned for
4 years until all these balls starting rolling simultaneously !!!
Am i missing something here??
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