| Dear Group: I will try to address this is one fell swoop. In some of my listings I actually refer to this group for information--I believe it can provide a useful service. My concern was the impugning of my reputation without knowledge or evidence by Messr. Krumbein. Yes I am an attorney and I do avail myself of legal recourse to protect my rights--as any intelligent person would. When I asked Ernie what compelling evidence he had to take such a drastic measure without the most basic courtesy of any contact--I took umbrage--since he could give no evidence and acted as if he were doing me some major favor. I only became aware of a problem when someone was interested in the Zeus and mentioned the site being mentioned on a bad seller list by expert dealers--needless to say the item was not purchased. In a post below--the patent fakes or to be more charitable "questionable items" were addressed--but I will reiterate some. The Egyptian piece was formerly of Windsor gallery. Is he on the bad seller list? The Roman Zeus was from a Laguna Beach collection/friend(also an attorney) and was purchased by him from the Forum Shop At Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas-a decade ago. The oil lamp which seems to have been the catalyst was purchased at the Long Beach Coin show where it was prominently displayed from an antiquities dealer who I have good experiences with, id est The Time Machine, Mark Reid. The Ebay site is a an outgrowth of my hobbies where items are listed for me from overflow of my collection and a those of a couple friends. I am an infrequent visitor to the site--but I have had dealings with a few members. For example a bronze Bacchus and Roman bronze priest were sold to Fangiwelo--who I believe is an experienced collector. He later returned both items because he thought they were fakes--both items were subsequently vetted and sold on Arteprimitivo's last auction--this is easily verifiable. So there can be a problem with even an experienced collector authenticating some items in hand. I also sold an Attic cup with Pegasus--formerly from Sands of Time also to someone on this site. The Geometric bronze was even seen by one of the sites resident expert and someone at the Getty. Moreover I have asked someone to review the listings who is on this site and any "fakes" will be removed. Please take this in the spirit it is given--as stated In some listings I refer to this site because of all the knowingly fraudulently sellers. Maybe each week the site could start vetting members listings/site? Thanks for your cooperation. I can also be reached directly at Robert1@alumni.USC.edu Since I have neither the inclination nor time to monitor any all relevant listings. I can be contact --- On Wed, 4/30/08, Steve Minor <relicdigar@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Steve Minor <relicdigar@yahoo.com> |
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