Then they read these forums and I wouldn't want to come here either....theres a certain rudeness that comes with commenting on them even though the people saying it haven't done business with them.
Most of my comments and factual corrections I have posted on the MPF, which I presume they do not have access to. Even if they did, I think that none of my comments could be called rude. And, I am a customer; I bought two lots in successive live auctions and bid on others.
Maybe, what seems rude to them, or to others, is my frankness and adherence to facts. Some of those threads are a 'mile' long and filled with 100% proof of my findings. 2+2 IS 4. I ask and welcome any fact that shows I am wrong. As you know, Mark, nearly all these proofs were ignored (this when their director was active on the MPF and answered some of my complaints and ended up quitting a week before the Live sale) and those pieces remained unchanged in the sale.
This sale is worse, since it does not involve enhancement of lots or wrong attributions, but accepting dozens of known fakes that are not welcome in any venue except for a few nothing houses in the UK and of course, their main cesspool - eBay.
Sad, too, that now they have gotten you, Paulie, Ron, Jerry and others to consign, they have a chance to really do well. Instead, they offer sheer trash alongside your props that will only be bought by newbies and the uninformed. Would the sale have been any less effective if it had 50 less lots? Why do they think a rusty bayonet is from GWTW with absolutely no provenance? Or an unlabeled tunic attributed to a major star that lacks a WCC label? Have they not looked at THE ADDAMS FAMILY or THE MUNSTERS and see those are not their mailboxes? Real pieces from those shows sell for thousands of dollars, but they offer theirs for 10, 20 or 50 bucks with the only description being "a letter box" ...."a door knocker" etc. I can only assume they know and don't care.
All they have to do is read the OPB or use it's search feature for the names on the COA. Or check eBay (there is another yellow John Wayne scarf there for $35.00 with no more history to it than their $4000 one). I don't have to tell you that makes them look bad, or foolish, as it is obvious. But, to reply that I am being mean or rude is not an answer at all. I think it is downright rude they think most of us are so stupid and ignorant that they can offer these insane pieces and we won't comment on it.
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PS. I am sorry my illustration of your "Shortcomings" might have been hurtful to you.
