It´s just a letter from the wife of the journalist (named Louise de
Gier) in which she orders Michel to pay the (questionable) bill. The
first bill was about 700 Euros. Somehow she gave Michel a fine
because in this letter we are already speaking about more then 5000
(!) euro´s...
When Michel didn´t respond to this ridiculous letter either, he
received an email from her husband, the journalist Henk Schutten,
that he was going to bring a story in his newspaper.
I complained to the newspaper, stating that the journalist was
acting as an incasso-bureau for his wife...
So who did the journalist approach? Well, of course mainly enemies
of Michel, like the infamous Billy Youngworth III, a complete fool.
Read this about Billy III, where he is called an admitted liar (in
the NY-times):
Billy wants people to think that he knows where the paintings remain
that were stolen during the biggest art-robbery of all times, in the
Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum in Boston. But the only thing that
Billy III really knows is where to find little boys on the
Phillipines, his main hobby.
Of course the article also mentions Ferrel who was accused by Michel
many times on his website of doing business with Hezbollah. A very
trustfull source of course.
And last but not least, the article mentions William Veres, who is -
as many of you know - an enemy of Michel.
Anyway, though most of you already knew how some journalists work,
this is a good example how low things can get...
Art
--- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "tuppennyblue" <tim@...>
wrote:
>
> Babelfish provides a puzzling translation of the letter, most
especially the writer's name! Could any of our Dutch members
clarify?
>
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Aldo
> To: Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 12:57 AM
> Subject: [Ancientartifacts] Re: Michel van Rijn arrested for
antiquities laundering
>
>
> I wanted to know van Rijn´s version, but this message seems to
provide
> information to get a better picture.
>
> Although I do not know van Rijn nor have never gotten in touch
with
> him, I do know that he is a controversial person and many people
do
> not like him because his position regarding some issues in the
ancient
> artifact trade.
>
> The info provided by euainetos (Arthur Brand?? I do not know him
> either) seems to fit better to my former opinion regarding van
Rijn's
> activities.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Aldo
>
> --- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "euainetos" <euainetos@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > there was an article in a Dutch newspaper(see Unidroit-list)in
which
> > is claimed that Michel van Rijn and myself were arrested
because of
> > God knows what.
> > The only thing true in that story is that Michel and myself are
> > WITNESSES in a case against a major British gang that tried to
use
> > the artmarket for `bad` things...
> >
> > So why the article you guys must think. Well that almost too
sad to
> > be true. The journalist of the article, Henk Schutten, was -
as many
> > of you might know - a former friend of Michel. Michel even
gave him
> > the world-scoop of the Judas-gospel. Anyway, recently the
friendship
> > ended. But the wife of Henk Schutten, a lawyer, had done some
things
> > for Michel and she claimed a certain amount of money (see email
> > below). When Michel didn´t agree with that bill, suddenly her
> > husband the journalist contacted Michel saying that he would
write
> > an article about the case in England. More or less he meant:
if you
> > don´t pay my wife, you will get your name in the newspaper...
> > That´s how journalism works. Anyway, I will keep you updated
about
> > the case.
> >
> > For the Dutch readers, here the email from his wife the
lawyer, to
> > Michel.
> >
> > Beste Michel,
> >
> > Ik vernam zojuist van onze boekhouding dat jij onze
declaraties niet
> > betaalt. In totaal staat er een bedrag open van ? xxxx. We
hebben
> > volgens ons keurig gedeclareerd en niet alles in rekening
gebracht.
> > Mocht je het daar niet mee eens zijn dan verneem ik dat graag
van je
> > en kunnen we het bespreken.
> >
> > Met vriendelijke groet,
> > Louise de Gier
> >
> >
> > --- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "tuppennyblue" <tim@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Michael van Rijn has probably made himself more enemies in
> > the antiquities world than anyone else I can think of, there
is
> > every chance that he has been set up by one of them here. I
> > would like to hear his version too.
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Aldo
> > > To: Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 4:16 PM
> > > Subject: [Ancientartifacts] Re: Michel van Rijn arrested for
> > antiquities laundering
> > >
> > >
> > > VICTIM OF ART FRAUD?? CONTACT: MICHEL VAN RIJN
> > >
> > > (From van Rijn's web site, www.michelvanrijn.nl)
> > >
> > > I would like to know van Rijn's version.
> > >
> > > Aldo
> > >
> > > --- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Welsh"
<dwelsh46@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Art dealer Michel van Rijn suspected of laundering
> > > >
> > > >
> > > http://www.museumbeveiliging.com/2008/03/22/kunsthandelaar-
> > michel-van-rijn-z
> > > > ou-witwassen/ [in Dutch]
> > > >
> > > > Amsterdam art dealer Michel van Rijn is suspected of
> > involvement in an
> > > > international conspiracy being investigated by British and
> > American
> > > > authorities. Earlier this year Van Rijn was arrested and
> > interrogated in
> > > > London by Scotland Yard. He was released on bail Friday.
> > > >
> > > > He allegedly certified artworks in three cases with a false
> > > certificate of
> > > > origin or provenance. The extent of the conspiracy is not
> > clear. But
> > > > according to a British source who is closely involved in
the
> > > investigation,
> > > > the scandal may result in 'great harm to the international
> > arts and
> > > > antiquities trade.'
> > > >
> > > > Central to the investigation is London investment firm
Aitco,
> > which
> > > financed
> > > > acquisition of works of art by Van Rijn . Aitco last year
> > placed two
> > > very
> > > > valuable archaeological items in an auction at Christie's
New
> > York, for
> > > > which Van Rijn had provided a false provenance. According
to
> > an official
> > > > statement from Scotland Yard six suspects were arrested,
> > including the
> > > > manager of Aitco. "The arrests took place after a two year
> > > investigation of
> > > > the ring, which is suspected to have falsified the origin
of
> > stolen
> > > works of
> > > > art, which they claimed that they had inherited."
> > > >
> > > > The investigation developed rapidly when an auction
alerted
> > police
> > > because
> > > > of doubts surrounding the origin of two valuable
archaelogical
> > objects
> > > > offered for sale on June 8 of last year at Christie's in
New
> > York: a
> > > > Byzantine lamp from the sixth century and a Byzantine
mosaic
> > from
> > > the fifth
> > > > century.
> > > >
> > > > The mosaic, estimated at between 100,000 and 150,000
dollars,
> > did
> > > not reach
> > > > its estimate, but the lamp was sold for 84,000 dollars. In
the
> > > catalogue of
> > > > Christie's was stated that the lamp came from
the "Wieseman
> > collection,
> > > > Berlin, 1930s'. To ensure that it is not a reproduction
the
> > buyer at
> > > > Christie's was asked for additional information. "When we
> > discovered
> > > that
> > > > there were problems surrounding the origin of the
documents,
> > we notified
> > > > authorities," said spokesman Keith Carlisle. The Dutch
> > assistant to Van
> > > > Rijn, 38-year-old Amsterdam coin dealer Arthur Brand, is
> > suspected of
> > > > involvement in the scam.
> > > >
> > > > Brand admits that he made a false statement to a London
> > notary. "That
> > > > happened because we were threatened by Aitco. Then we
reported
> > the
> > > case to
> > > > Scotland Yard."
> > > >
> > > > .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dave Welsh
> > > > Unidroit-L Listowner
> > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L
> > > > dwelsh46@
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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