Phrench phorgery

le Richard lerichard at free.fr
Fri Mar 11 20:00:06 CET 2005


Don,

I've also been in contact with the top-seller of the item. He proposed to
help. I hope you succeed.

Photographs of you doing the drawing Picsou along with Zep are available here
http://paperone.free.fr/imagesangouleme/DONROSAANGOULEME%20060.jpg
http://paperone.free.fr/imagesangouleme/DONROSAANGOULEME%20061.jpg
http://paperone.free.fr/imagesangouleme/DONROSAANGOULEME%20062.jpg
http://paperone.free.fr/imagesangouleme/DONROSAANGOULEME%20063.jpg
http://paperone.free.fr/imagesangouleme/DONROSAANGOULEME%20064.jpg
http://paperone.free.fr/imagesangouleme/DONROSAANGOULEME%20065.jpg

Of course, it's easy to explain why are you were so smart that you found a false
when it has been confirmed, but I'll do it anyway. The thing that made me thing
the item was wrong is the fact that the drawing dedicace was small in a corner,
while you usually put it in BIG in the MIDDLE TOP or MIDDLE BOTTOM of the
drawing. Also the line drawings are quite not very well done, and when you copy
a drawing you're always worst than the original.

I hope you can counfound the seller. He also sold many rare items of Maus and
various other famous cartoonists (I'm not a specialist of those artists but
these originals seem doubtful now).
I think it often happens on EBAY, as it is so easy to make false (and in
normal "traditional" auctions as well with paintaings that sold for much
more). The fact is, that professionals (like ebay, or other sellers) are
usually not very eager to track the thiefs. They don't have any interest in
doing so. They just want items to be sold. And the worst thing that can
happen for the seller is that he should take his item out. Not a bery big risk,
heh?

[In traditional auctions they have experts who guarantish the origin of a
painting, but for some artists, this is usually when IT IS a false].

If you noticed, I think it's not possible to publicly add a note saying the
item is a false on the ebay page (it is with other auction sites like
Aucland).
Clearly they don't want people to say why an item could be wrong on the page
and alert the bidders. So all I can do is saying so in non-commercial mailing
lists like DCML...

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