Originally posted by rob NL
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Seriously?
I can't imagine this can check out, but I understand Kelly is a friend of yours.
I hate to say it, but I'm afraid Kelly Hicks got scammed the same way Kai did everyone else....
- "Dealer" (in this case a "Picker") buys document group at a public auction.
- "Picker" contacts well willingly paying customer and informs him (in-)directly (in this case via a contact in Spain) of the exclusive scoop.
- Well-paying American travels to the old continent to see and eventualy buy the group.
- A family member (in this case we're not even sure he was one, if not some neighbour kid) attests to the origins of the group (like Peter Witt in the case of Kai Winkler).
- By adding some tunic, officer's belt and fieldcap, etc. to the doc group, the price drastically increases and more profit is made on top of the document group.
- Dealer / Picker and "family member" are happy to have made a good buck...
To me it's the same scheme Winkler used. Nothing really more, nothing less.
It's a sad state of affairs.
Hopefully this thread will make more people aware of how these "exclusive" deals are being pulled off!
And let's hope we don't fall into them ourselves...!
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