[MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

Received this this morning: It is absolutely true that I made an unfortunate mistake in my determination of authenticity of the Dracula poster. This was an honest mistake born of my ignorance of S2 reproductions and my lack of experience with the original Dracula poster. Joe Maddalena was i

Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

DU Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:02 AM Subject: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain Received this this morning: It is absolutely true that I made an unfortunate mistake in my determination of authenticity of the Dracula poster. This was an honest mistake born of my ignor

Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

yes - how does he know they are fakes? - Original Message - From: lobby card invasion To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain Oh I really like the ending of that message

Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

01, 2009 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain Oh I really like the ending of that message. ...Oh, and by the way,"give me a few days to return all the new fakes that came in this week" Huh??? Excuse me??? Zeev - Origi

Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

OK, finally. Quite a few days late and a couple hundred thousand dollars short, but at least he's stopped blowing smoke and trying to shift responsibility to someone else. There's hardly any sacrifice in giving up his authentication service at this point, as I kinda doubt he was going to be mak

Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

Just a humble Japanese collector/dealer here, but that sounds like quite a lot of money you're expecting "someone" to fork over, let alone a publicity campaign for a standards group. Sounds like a shitload of money. I have let my voice be known for my absolute revulsion for the guys like Thomas L

Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

Steve, You are right on all points. In the past, after the outrage subsided, things went on just as before. This time may be different for a couple of reasons: 1) A *lot* more money was lost on these high-end fakes. Millions of dollars by some accounts. 2) The reports coming out clearly sh

Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

JR, I believe you just outed Heritage. On 2 Oct 2009, at 07:35, James Richard wrote: Steve, You are right on all points. In the past, after the outrage subsided, things went on just as before. This time may be different for a couple of reasons: 1) A *lot* more money was lost on these hig

Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

Hi Grey, You mean his statement is untrue, specifically in regards to any loss to Heritage? If so, accepted. Are you also denying fakes inadvertently passed through Heritage? I wasn't clear on that bit. On 2 Oct 2009, at 16:17, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote: Richard JR reads between the lines!

Re: [MOPO] An email from John Davis/Poster Mountain

Richard JR reads between the lines! His statement is untrue in regards to a loss to Heritage due to fakes. On Oct 2, 2009, at 9:24 AM, "Richard Evans" <evan...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: JR, I believe you just outed Heritage. O