[meteorite-list] Stop Thief!, Stop
From: harlan trammell <skyrox_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:37 2004 Message-ID: <BAY1-F79EGcvcoCru4e0001d86a_at_hotmail.com> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>didn't this guy have some kinda scam w/ ga tektites at one time? did he rip 'em off from some collection?<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: "Walter Branch" <BRANCHW_at_BELLSOUTH.NET> <DIV></DIV>>To: "Fred Olsen" <DEBFRED_at_WORLDNET.ATT.NET>,"meteorite-list" <METEORITE-LIST@METEORITECENTRAL.COM> <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stop Thief!, Stop <DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:18:51 -0500 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Hi Fred, <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Are you serious? Man, there is no end to this guy. Have you contacted him <DIV></DIV>>about this? Your prints are copyrighted, right? Have you contacted the <DIV></DIV>>proper authorities? <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>-Walter <DIV></DIV>>------------------------------------------ <DIV></DIV>>www.branchmeteorites.com <DIV></DIV>>Walter Branch, Ph.D. <DIV></DIV>>Branch Meteorites <DIV></DIV>>PO Box 60492 <DIV></DIV>>Savannah, GA 31420 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>----- Original Message ----- <DIV></DIV>>From: "Fred Olsen" <DEBFRED_at_WORLDNET.ATT.NET> <DIV></DIV>>To: "meteorite-list" <METEORITE-LIST_at_METEORITECENTRAL.COM> <DIV></DIV>>Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:55 PM <DIV></DIV>>Subject: [meteorite-list] Stop Thief!, Stop <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> > Stop! Thief! Stop! <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > Notorious, internationally, known meteorite thief strikes again. After <DIV></DIV>> > capers in Egypt and Brazil Ron Farrell of the Universe Collection and <DIV></DIV>> > Bethany Science has embarked on a new bit of chicanery. He is selling <DIV></DIV>> > unauthorized color copies of the handmade, hand colored Ensisheim woodcut <DIV></DIV>> > print produced by Fred Olsen of Denver Colorado. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > I spent hundreds of hours over two years researching the original print <DIV></DIV>>on <DIV></DIV>> > which this work is based. <DIV></DIV>> > I visited Ensisheim, Alsace, France in August 1999 and began this project <DIV></DIV>> > soon after. I searched for a good image of the original broadsheet to <DIV></DIV>>start <DIV></DIV>> > with. I then modified the image, restored missing areas, altered the size <DIV></DIV>> > to fit the handmade paper, translated and hand wrote the caption. I then <DIV></DIV>> > transferred the image (mirror image) to a slab of hard maple and carefully <DIV></DIV>> > carved it out. I then found a printer with a centuries old press who is <DIV></DIV>> > versed in hand printing. Together we used hundreds of pounds of pressure <DIV></DIV>>to <DIV></DIV>> > print each image, one by one, onto the French handmade paper. Then each <DIV></DIV>> > print is painted by a professional artist who uses handmade (as were <DIV></DIV>> > available in 1492) mineral pigment paints that I make from pure mineral <DIV></DIV>> > crystals. The image of the Ensisheim meteorite is painted with pigments I <DIV></DIV>> > make from ground meteorite. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > Ron "the Con" Farrell got my print from Louis Carion in Tucson in 2001, <DIV></DIV>>and <DIV></DIV>> > started <DIV></DIV>> > selling his rip-off color copies of my print in 2002. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > ______________________________________________ <DIV></DIV>> > Meteorite-list mailing list <DIV></DIV>> > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <DIV></DIV>> > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>______________________________________________ <DIV></DIV>>Meteorite-list mailing list <DIV></DIV>>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <DIV></DIV>>http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2743??PS=">Enjoy MSN 8 patented spam control and more with MSN 8 Dial-up Internet Service. Try it FREE for one month! </a> </html> Received on Fri 31 Oct 2003 09:55:29 AM PST |
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