tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post175423619168260135..comments2023-10-26T04:53:47.765-04:00Comments on Mutterings of a Mad Bookseller: "Hey- I Recognize That!"Forrest Properhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-47190644723706314292007-10-10T00:04:00.000-04:002007-10-10T00:04:00.000-04:00Those Italian boys were geniuses. Talk about role ...Those Italian boys were geniuses. <BR/>Talk about role models.<BR/><BR/>GO sox, well maybe.<BR/><BR/>Becket is a local boy whom my wife's family knows.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, I have a brother in law attending Harvard who pals with Beckett. <BR/><BR/>They never invite me up<BR/>TVRedroachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988952812499435668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-83767933936664747832007-10-09T08:27:00.000-04:002007-10-09T08:27:00.000-04:00Now why didn't I think of some'at like that.....ge...Now why didn't I think of some'at like that.....geniusFOUR DINNERShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675014976854343039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-32840776227381565822007-10-08T08:18:00.000-04:002007-10-08T08:18:00.000-04:00HTGT- Thanks, and congratulations yourself- Yanks ...HTGT- Thanks, and congratulations yourself- Yanks won!<BR/><BR/>Sara- mine always has been.Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-20483278986742876512007-10-08T03:49:00.000-04:002007-10-08T03:49:00.000-04:00Wow ... that tacky bed reminded you of this? Wangs...Wow ... that tacky bed reminded you of this? Wangs truly can be inspirational, huh?Sara Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521777383020425971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-75063049489129946932007-10-07T21:45:00.000-04:002007-10-07T21:45:00.000-04:00It's Sunday night, October 7th. Congratulations!It's Sunday night, October 7th. Congratulations!here today, gone tomorrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17203537337770906267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-64796013844564154072007-10-07T12:42:00.000-04:002007-10-07T12:42:00.000-04:00C.Rag- exactly, but without the dreadlocks.C.Rag- exactly, but without the dreadlocks.Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-17948080176091657242007-10-07T11:47:00.000-04:002007-10-07T11:47:00.000-04:00So this was a big con in the Greek and Roman antiq...So this was a big con in the Greek and Roman antiquities world just like Milli Vanilli was in the pop world.FreeOscarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519953981397395954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-59364199093607073302007-10-07T09:53:00.001-04:002007-10-07T09:53:00.001-04:00Hey! Why'd that come out "anonymouse"? I'm signed ...Hey! Why'd that come out "anonymouse"? I'm signed in...Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-72988984801407947972007-10-07T09:53:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:53:00.000-04:00Bruce- You're welcome. I think the Met would just ...Bruce- You're welcome. I think the Met would just as soon you now forget it completely.<BR/><BR/>Popey- What you're doing with that halibut is <I>disgusting.</I><BR/><BR/>Phoebe- I have the same question, but I think the answer is that since the shrinkage is uniform, they still fit. Well, obviously they <I>did</I> still fit.<BR/><BR/>"Shrinkage". Now there's another potentially interesting aspect of the story...<BR/><BR/>Mike- That's an interestng story- are you sure they put the distinguishing agent in <I>every</I> ruby they made???<BR/><BR/>Cissy- Exactly. I collect/sell books on art fraud & forgery. Hoving's book "First Impressions" is excellent reading on this topic. He boiled it down to what he called the "Need/Greed/Speed" factor- fakes would fall flat without buyers who MUST have the thing/want to be sure that THEY get it/and are convinced that unless they move QUICKLY someone will beat them to it.<BR/><BR/>Reverend- Oddly, or interestingly, it seems that the more outrageous the fraud the easier it is to get people to fall for it.<BR/><BR/>The Iraq War comes suddenly to mind.<BR/><BR/>Sirdar- Interestingly (CC says as everyone dives for cover) today's Photoshop forgers are only the latest in a long line of forgers and fraudsters who have faked photos- the art is as old as the medium.<BR/><BR/>Malach- Does that make them Polish?<BR/><BR/>And an api sumir snertid to you too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-91463614935552043392007-10-07T09:12:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:12:00.000-04:00Those guys have poles in their bums. Check me out...Those guys have poles in their bums. Check me out:<BR/><BR/>kex upp sumir api snertið ekki til borða á the hátíðMalach the Mercilesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243258141258465269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-58299083319361780142007-10-05T23:36:00.000-04:002007-10-05T23:36:00.000-04:00Great story. I guess the fraud artists were far a...Great story. I guess the fraud artists were far ahead of the times. They are the equivalent of todays Photoshop artists...only on a much larger scale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-74097769652116787702007-10-05T22:58:00.000-04:002007-10-05T22:58:00.000-04:00Great story, thanks. I love the sheer audacity and...Great story, thanks. I love the sheer audacity and scale of the fraud - genius!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-22182723713630937492007-10-05T22:51:00.000-04:002007-10-05T22:51:00.000-04:00That's the thing with scams, cons & frauds - it ta...That's the thing with scams, cons & frauds - it takes two sides to do the tango. Someone (or someones) has to really want it to be true, or the trick falls flat.Cissy Strutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118911668329411883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-64608819527466890582007-10-05T22:48:00.000-04:002007-10-05T22:48:00.000-04:00HaHaHaHa...the Pope said Niggurath. This is totall...HaHaHaHa...the Pope said Niggurath. <BR/><BR/>This is totally off topic, but your story reminded me of it. There were these two women out in California that discovered the secret to making flawless synthetic rubies. No one could tell the difference between their synthetic ones and real ones. These two ladies, who were obviously much more ethical than I could ever be, actually put stuff in their synthetic rubies so that people could tell the difference. <BR/><BR/>See, that story has nothing to do with art scams, but reading your story made me think about it.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325465720003721471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-12224224848978361672007-10-05T21:50:00.000-04:002007-10-05T21:50:00.000-04:00Okay, if you fire the pieces separately, wouldn't ...Okay, if you fire the pieces separately, wouldn't the broken edges look different from an edge that was broken after it was fired? It no make-a sense to me. That's why I'm not a fancy art expert.<BR/><BR/>And would you and Poopey stop talking gibberish.Phoebe Fayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425002459681921692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-90616700675738896922007-10-05T21:35:00.000-04:002007-10-05T21:35:00.000-04:00Colonia De Pope est gauisus video vidi visum kids ...Colonia De Pope est gauisus video vidi visum kids swimming in lacus in suum underwear. Totus laus goes ut Shub Niggurath in is unus. De Pope peniculus meus dentis per a halibut. Vos es a amicus monachus vir. De Pope diligo vestri vulgus virga , etiam , etiam.<BR/><BR/>De Pope is glad to see you want to bring back Latin.Pope Benedict XVIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13657834500407935373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-40329323887865379532007-10-05T20:46:00.000-04:002007-10-05T20:46:00.000-04:00That's a really interesting story. I had never hea...That's a really interesting story. I had never heard anything about it before. I appreciate you posting it.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05902257493636336703noreply@blogger.com