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Originally Posted by BigJJ
Rob did the right thing.
Whatever the additional information Rob asked for, and perhaps wanted to make public, was the correct way to go to resolve this firmly one way or the other.
If the autographs and backstory are real, why on earth would you not provide all the info in the world, to prevent the items from being withdrawn from a major auction?
Does the owner think everyone will forget? Or that each auction house has a totally different set of buyers? And that other houses will want to touch what was withdrawn from REA?
Even if someone is concerned about chain of title issues, deathbed gifts, etc., the only way to make certain you lose a good amount, or all, your value is to withdraw items from an auction.
To lose value (by withdrawing) because you are concerned that you may lose value (via legal claim) is really dumb.
The question is, is the owner's backstory true and he is foolish, or is the owner's backstory not true.
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JJ,
The photos were certified by JSA...it had the same clout that the Babe Ruth ticket did...The Consignor could have left the items in the auction and they would have sold for a pretty penny. REA would have left them in if the Consignor would not have requested to pull them.
The only thing that was a "good thing" that was done was that they contacted the Consignor for more provenance at the urge of someone here, but they didn't pull the items. Only After the Consignor told them to pull the items, did they pull them.
The Consignor of the Gary Cooper photo has not requested it be pulled, which is the only reason it's still up.
If they are doing the right thing, then why is that Cooper photo still up?