Yes, it's terrible to contemplate the dark corners of the human mind. Peterson apparently had a screw loose -- a sociopath, without conscience about the people and institutions he was hurting. I'm reminded of Bernie Madoff. Peterson treated me civilly, kindly copying for me some catalogues he had (not Edison catalogues, and not everything he had was stolen). In everyday interaction he appeared normal. But he hid a very dark secret. I heard he was rather unhappy in his personal life, that no doubt contributed. I try not to think about the depths to which some can sink without remorse. Tim Fabrizio phonophan PO Box 747 Henrietta, NY 14467
TEL 585 582 1586 FAX 585 582 2624 Web site: www.phonophan.com **************Great deals on Dell?s most popular laptops ? Starting at $479 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220029082x1201385915/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213969145%3B35701480%3Bh) From clockworkh...@aol.com Fri Apr 17 01:09:48 2009 From: clockworkh...@aol.com (clockworkh...@aol.com) Date: Fri Apr 17 01:15:26 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] Re Dr. Philip Peterson Message-ID: <d39.486ce83a.37199...@aol.com> "slimy criminal destroyer of history " covers it all. NO, if that SOB had just done that it would be much less than the actual damage done to many people. A researcher such as myself would never do what he did. In fact, when Peterson offered me many rare documents, sight unseen, I had no interest in them; but, I asked if he would make me photocopies on archival bond paper for so much a page. He would not do that so I had never knew exactly what he offering. I always felt non-acid paper photocopies were preferable to the originals since they would not degrade with time. What I had not known was that Peterson would sell someone something and tell them later to stay quiet about it. He was blackmailing those who bought from him. When the whole sordid ordeal began to unfurl many honest collectors were too frightened to come forward and so you see suspicious documents still coming to light as ephemera items in estate sales. I first became aware of Peterson's crimes when the FBI showed up at my door one morning at 7 AM. They asked if I knew a Philip Peterson and I told them I did and invited them in. They asked if I had bought any items from him, which I had not (thankfully). I had worked the night before until 1 AM and was totally wiped out, but in conversation with the agents, their questions quickly led me to the conclusion a major crime had occurred. That woke me up and I took the agents, who had no idea what an Edison Phonograph was, on a tour of my collection. They took copious notes and asked many questions on how to identify reproducers and phonographs. Peterson had apparently stolen at least one tinfoil machine from the vault. (When I visited his house Peterson told me he had found the machine in the Paris flea market, a story I actually believed.) The agents were quite happy to learn that Edison stamped a serial on almost every machine and reproducer. That gave them the key to sorting out the hundreds of reproducers Peterson had stolen from the Site versus the untended machine at an antique show. Following Peterson's horrendous act of theft, those of us who wanted to do research at the Site were greatly hampered if not stopped completely. When confronted with the large number of missing items from the vast collection of audio archives at Stanford, Peterson pointed the finger at the late Ed Linotti, an archivist working there who was completely innocent but was never exonerated. Ed was a dear friend who brought much of the 78s collection to Stanford from his own tireless searching and made them as donations. Ed left Stanford to found The Twentieth Century Talking Machine Company in San Francisco and rally local collectors in many areas. His Art Deco Society in San Francisco was one such foray into other collectibles. In short, Peterson hurt so many people and the pain continues to this day. It goes to show what havoc just one malignant narcissist can wreak on the innocent. Al **************Join ChristianMingle.com? FREE! Meet Christian Singles in your area. Start now! 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American Graphophone product. Others can be more specific. These > machines very seldom come up for sale. Very very rare. > > > --------------- > yes, the upper chassis was originally on a Tainter (foot) Treadle machine. > There were spring-wind and electric K's. Serial #s usually in the low > 20,000 range. > > allen > > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 > or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
