Fradulent Seller (artgallery10)

I wanted to add this to the discussion of artgallery10, but thought it might
get lost in the sea of "re"s that had built up.
I found this on ebay's feedback page for this guy:

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"Mark" wrote
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I wanted to add this to the discussion of artgallery10, but
thought it might get lost in the sea of "re"s that had built up.
I found this on ebay's feedback page for this guy:

User artgallery10 (private) has elected to make their Feedback
Profile private so comments are not available for public viewing
at this time. Please contact artgallery10 (private) directly for
information about specific feedback comments.

...with a note that "an eBayer" was causing a problem. Since
NO negatives show (the scorecard is not visible), this would
tend to make bidders wonder what's really going on.

No one here has done anything but put publicly-available
information available....and his past 30-day sales history IS
public.

Potential bidders, wanting information (but not being able
to see the feedback) will go to one place: the sales history
and those lists of 99-cent items.

Kris

Talking about Hemingway signatures.

Have a look at this one

3535041166

Here Hemingway apparently doesn't know his first name, spelling it
Ernesllet Hemingway.
Of course he could be roaring drunk when he wrote it. Any comments?

Arne Herløv Petersen wrote:

3535041166

Here Hemingway apparently doesn't know his first name, spelling it
Ernesllet Hemingway.
Of course he could be roaring drunk when he wrote it. Any comments?

Definitely very odd. The Bar of the "H" of "Hemingway" extended to cross the
"t" of "Ernest" is characteristic of Hemingway's signature, but the extra
bit is strange. It could conceivably be taken for a "W", but that would
leave the "t" of "Ernest" uncrossed and, in any case, Hemingway's middle
initial (which did not usually form part of his signature) was "M" (for
"Miller").

Also uncharacteristic is the "E" of "Ernest". It starts from right to left,
which is at best unusual, I think, and is very jerky (suggesting a forgery,
perhaps or, as you say, perhaps he was just drunk). And the "i" is dotted
implausibly high - unless, of course, he *was* in his cups.

On the other hand, one would expect a forger to imitate a more conventional
Hemingway signature. I'd like to see - if they exist - some examples of
signatures including his middle initial

Intriguing, and the perfect reminder - as if I needed one! - of why I am not
a collector of signed firsts. (I have a few but they are mostly of the kind
it would not occur to anyone to try and forge.)

--
John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com

YOU ARE SO STUPID LOL

In article ,
(Mike) wrote:

YOU ARE SO STUPID LOL

I assume the tip of your nose is named Lol.

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