[meteorite-list] Zulu Queen, MCcartney Taylor etc

From: Wendy Piatek <wpiatek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:04:25 -0400
Message-ID: <079301c8a026$fafec0a0$a000a8c0_at_Library>

Bob the real truth is that you have been caught.
You have had ample opportunity to come clean with the real provenance of the
specimens but you chose not to.
I have checked on your story for both Zulu Queen as well as Andover.

The following is an exerpt from an email that a collector sent me.:


Back in December Bob Evans put a part slice of Zulu Queen on ebay, about a
gram. I asked then if he might have a larger piece and if the provenance
was Jim Schwade, since I knew Jim had a large slice and I assumed it had
come from him (I had previously asked if Jim wanted to sell, and I believe
he said it was spoken for or had already been sold). Here's Bob's reply:

I do have a little more Zulu Queen, but Im not sure at this point if I will
sell more. I think I got more than $100/ gram last time I sold a slice.
Im 99% sure that I got the Zulu Queen from Jim Schwade but I got it quite a
few years ago so I do have to verify that.



You then told a different collector you procured the Zulu Queen from UCLA.
Upon questioning they denied ever working with you. IOM where the main mass
is (<100g) also denied ever trading this to you. Jim is the only collector
with a complete slice and he has never cut his . Nice scam. Looks like that
1% is going to come back to bite you.

Many times I have heard your answer when asked about provenance is that due
to sloppy records you can't remember who you got these specimens from. Bob
I am a large collector with close to 800 specimens ---over 350 museum
quality historic pieces. I can remember where I got each and every specimen.
You have maybe what 10 meteorites that may be real (let's discount the fake
ones you have been curating) and yet you can't recall where you've gotten
them from.. Come on . Get real.
I have tracked the provenance of each piece of Andover and once again sorry
Bob---your bad memory points to your guilt. Jim would have been the source
as he traded it from USNM. The only collectors with a piece are Jim,Martin
H,Frank Cressy (from Al Lang), and myself. Oh yeah... Art Ehlmann has a nice
specimen.The main mass is at USNM. They have not exchanged this with you
either.

Let's not even get into your bad memory of other specimens you have
sold....Ensisheim or could it be St .Severin, Mooresfort, Bialystok,
Clareton...Heck the list goes on.
 Bob because of your bad memory I think this brings into question every
specimen you have ever sold. My hope is that every colector that has ever
dealt with you with micros will ask for a refund ---that is take you up on
your offer that you advertise on ebay. For all I know perhaps several
specimens were real but how would anyone know. You knew (thought ) no one
would ever take any of your suspected micros and have them analyzed. Hmm...

What you should be writing to Mike Bandli is an apology. Same goes for
McCartney, and... and...
Mike simply wanted straight answers to legitimate questions. He sold a piece
of zulu queen that you sold to him and he just wanted reassurance that you
got it from a legitimate source. I would think by this time with all the
questions about your character that you would quickly come forward with the
truth---who you got these specimens from. But in your case the truth
hurts...


Hey Bob who is the Illinois Attorney General's . I wonder if you mailed any
of those specimens across state line. Isn't mail fraud a federal offense.
Hmm...


Sleep well... you will need the rest.


Jay











 You wrote to one collector that you got Andover from Jim Schwade. Jim is a
very good friend of mine . He denies ever selling either meteorite to you. A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Evans" <bobe5531 at comcast.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Mike Bandli"
<fuzzfoot at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:00 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Zulu Queen, MCcartney Taylor etc


> Hey Mike,
>
> Thanks for causing alot of problems for me.
> Did it ever occur to you that I wasnt willing to give you my sources name
> because I was in the process of trying to obtain more meteorites,
> and I didnt need to compete with everybody else, including you ?
> Why dont you try asking Mike Farmer or the Hupes for the Moroccan names
> and phone #s. Good luck.
> Everything I ever sold you was up front nothing to hide. Now you come
> along with this.
> Why dont you send it to an accredited lab and see what they have to say
> instead of attacking me.
> Thats also pretty lame of you seeing as I told you that Im dealing with a
> parent who is in the hospital with blood clots in her lungs and I would
> deal with you later.
>
> Just so everyone should know. I have asked atleast one other dealer ( who
> sells many rare items on ebay ) for information on their supplier or
> provenance to just have my numerous inquiries go unanswered. So, why am I
> being singled out ?
>
> As far as jackass MCcartney Taylor , I gave the idiot planetary and
> achondrite for his chondrite and the moron sued me. Oh, he lied about not
> receiving my meteorites in court. How do you like that IMCA ?
>
> Mike, dont bother emailing back. I dont have anything else to say to you.
> Email the list though, they love this shit.
>
>
>
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Received on Wed 16 Apr 2008 09:04:25 PM PDT