The Strange Saga of the Autographed B&W Hall of Fame Plaque Postcards

[RichardSimon]

Sounds like Chapter 9 in the life story of Ron Dross.
He bought them and pulled off a huge scam, nailing a couple of dealers in the process for big bucks.
I still have the photocopies from this scam.

[JimStinson]

I had heard that Dross was involved but I have always suspected it was more than one person , Because some of the forgeries were REALLY convincing and while I will admit the fakes that Dross was cranking out could fool alot of people especially compared to the relatively crude stuff that was floating around back then. Alot of the ones I looked at and still have copies of would fool most people and in fact have !

[RichardSimon]

I was actively doing New York shows at that time and the 100% consensus in NY was that Dross was the one and only forger though he had a front man selling them for him. I cannot remember the name of the front man but I know of at least three New York area dealers who bought this crap. I bought some of them, sight unseen, with a money back guarantee. I bought them from one of those New York dealers but as soon as I saw them I returned them and got my money back.

[BERTO]

Originally Posted by richardsimon

i was actively doing new york shows at that time and the 100% consensus in ny was that dross was the one and only forger though he had a front man selling them for him. I cannot remember the name of the front man but i know of at least three new york area dealers who bought this crap. I bought some of them, sight unseen, with a money back guarantee. I bought them from one of those new york dealers but as soon as i saw them i returned them and got my money back.

for ron dross....was "bobby moore". He disappeared at the exact same time ron did, ron's dead...for along time. I was close friends with a lawyer who told me that, as he had handled dross's divorce also. Dross even gave the lawyer a few fake balls which i saw in the guys office and i told him they were fake. Thats when he told me he got them from dross and i said....oh, boyyyy...lol....

Thats how i found out ron had died....this happened in 1997 or so.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by BERTO

for ron dross....was "bobby moore". He disappeared at the exact same time ron did, ron's dead...for along time. I was close friends with a lawyer who told me that, as he had handled dross's divorce also. Dross even gave the lawyer a few fake balls which i saw in the guys office and i told him they were fake. Thats when he told me he got them from dross and i said....oh, boyyyy...lol....

Thats how i found out ron had died....this happened in 1997 or so.

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."- Clarence Darrow