http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/ Copyright 2011 Global Fine Art Registry LLC. Fine Art Registry Investigates Long History of Suspected Fake Dali Prints from Torino-based Albaretto Family en-us 06 Sep 2011 09:55:00 MST http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/park-west-gallery-and-the-art-of-the-con.php 19 Aug 2011 12:00:00 MST Avery Hershkowitz (his friends call him "Abe") first contacted Fine Art Registry in approximately August 2007, at the very beginning of our investigation into cruise ship art auctions. The first couple of articles we published on Fine Art Registry concerning cruise ship art auctions, authored by Anayat Durrani, were general in subject matter. It was immediately after these articles were published on Fine Art Registry that we started receiving calls from cruise passengers who complained about all sorts of abuses by Park West Gallery, including reports of the art peddler's oily and underhanded sales tactics, including questions on the value and the authenticity of the art being sold... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/insurance-investigation-reveals-stolen-dali-prints-sold-by-park-west-gallery-are-forged.php 02 Aug 2011 12:00:00 MST The following story is a warning to all prospective buyers and holders of Park West Gallery Dali inventory--and especially those Park West Gallery Dali prints that are purportedly signed by Dali and that source from the Albaretto family and other shady European sources from which Park West Gallery acquired its inventory. Recently, a theft of so-called signed Dali prints was reported. The owner's insurance company was notified of the theft and an insurance claim was filed for the "fair market value." (Isn't this where the bogus, unsupportable, grossly inflated Park West Gallery "replacement value" appraisals come into play?) But after the insurance company conducted an investigation, it turned out that the Dali prints were found to be "forged" and "defaced"... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/worthless-dalis-sold-on-cruises-new-york-post.php 31 Jul 2011 12:00:00 MST On their honeymoon cruise in 1998, Long Islanders Carl and Stacey Kolansky fell in love with two woodcuts by Salvador Dali. They saw them during an art show aboard their Royal Caribbean cruise ship, and later snapped up two prints for a few thousand dollars thinking they had made a great investment... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/park-west-gallerys-financial-abuse-of-richard-english-family.php 27 Jul 2011 12:00:00 MST Richard English and his wife, Tracey, are two more financial fatalities in a long and never ending line of Park West Gallery victims. Richard English testified at trial for Fine Art Registry. Though Richard English and other Fine Art Registry witnesses were harassed and intimidated by Park West Gallery's lawyers in an attempt to keep them from testifying at trial, the slime ball tactic didn't work and it hasn't worked from the beginning when Park West Gallery tried to keep our expert witnesses from testifying at deposition and at trial... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/park-west-gallery-propaganda-does-anyone-really-buy-this-rubbish.php 23 Jul 2011 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry just received from Park West Gallery victims some of the most incredible Park West Gallery propaganda we have seen to date, titled, "Documentation of the Park West Gallery Salvador Dali Collection." The victims, who will remain nameless for obvious reasons, purchased Dali works of art from Park West Gallery, which surprise, surprise turned out to be forgeries. When they went to sell the "great investment" (or so it was represented by Park West Gallery) they suddenly learned that what they had purchased years ago wasn't at all what they had bargained for and so they demanded answers from Park West Gallery as to the Dali prints' authenticity. These victims wanted answers, but as usual what they received was the same old song and dance--the same trash that Park West Gallery has been disseminating for years, but this time with a twist. Park West Gallery is just piling it higher and deeper than ever before... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/former-park-west-gallery-auctioneer-tells-all.php 11 Jul 2011 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Penny Tyler is a former Park West Gallery assistant auctioneer. On November 8, 2008, after being sufficiently indoctrinated at the Southfield, Michigan gallery by the fork-tongued auctioneer, Chris Lindsey, in how to peddle art Park West Gallery style, Penny was placed on the Carnival ship Inspiration.... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-06/park-west-gallerys-abuse-and-financial-rape-of-the-szostak-family.php 22 Jun 2011 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry "The conclusion I came to was that I was completely swindled and that what I owned had absolutely no value.... I couldn't breathe, to suddenly realize that I had been duped, that this was like a criminal act against me personally. And that's how I left it. I told my story." --Martha Szostak, Sworn Testimony, April 9, 2010... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/busted-again-park-west-gallery-sues-its-insurer-for-bad-faith.php 26 May 2011 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry The Pot Calling the Kettle Black? Is Scaglione's latest lawsuit against his insurer, the proverbial pot calling the kettle black or what? While it seems like poetic justice that Albert Scaglione and Park West Gallery are being denied insurance coverage for the defense of victims' claims against them, the real issue is... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/park-west-gallerys-financial-rape-of-the-vallillo-family.php 25 May 2011 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Q. Sir, in your opinion, do you believe that Park West is engaged in unethical conduct? –Jonathan Schwartz, Attorney, April 2010. A. Unethical, criminal activity...they are worse than the Mafia... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/madcap-trial-testimony-of-bernie-ewell.php 18 May 2011 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry As promised, this article will be the first in a continuing series on the Michigan Federal Court trial testimony of Park West Gallery's star "expert" witness, the Mad Hatter of the Park West Dali... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/salvador-dali-foundation-blasts-park-west-gallery.php 17 May 2011 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry The following is perhaps the greatest and biggest news since Fine Art Registry announced its huge win at trial against Park West Gallery in April of last year. We are pleased to announce that the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation in Spain has formally weighed in on the legitimacy of the Divine Comedy Set sold to Sharon Day and Julian Howard by Park West Gallery for the outrageous sum of nearly $500,000... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/round-2-park-west-gallery-royal-caribbean-jury-trial.php 09 May 2011 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry It has been some time since our last update as it relates to Park West Gallery and all of the related litigation that is ongoing, but it certainly does not mean that our investigation into cruise... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-01/bernard-ewell-park-west-gallery-zany-dali-authenticator.php 27 Jan 2011 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry It's hard to believe that we are coming up on the four year anniversary of our reporting on cruise ship art auctions. Since that time, in an effort to silence Fine Art Registry from reporting the... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-01/class-action-lawyers-slam-park-west-gallery-in-amended-lawsuit.php 06 Jan 2011 12:01:00 MST Fine Art Registry Since we are well on our way into the New Year of 2011, we thought it fitting to update our members and readership on the latest in the class action lawsuits filed against Park West Gallery that... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2010-12/park-west-gallery-appraiser-berndard-ewell-sued.php 23 Dec 2010 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Fine Art Registry discovered recently that a brand new lawsuit has just been filed against the infamous, Park West Gallery ASA appraiser and (self-proclaimed Dali authenticator) Bernard Ewell... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2010-12/park-west-gallery-appraiser-caroline-ashleigh-exposed.php 06 Dec 2010 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Throughout our reporting over the years on Park West Gallery's unfair and deceptive trade practices, we have exposed two so-called appraisers that Park West Gallery regularly employs or contracts... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2010-12/ripoff-report-rips-on-park-west-gallery.php 04 Dec 2010 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Way back in the spring of 2007 when Fine Art Registry first began reporting on cruise ship art auction rip offs in general, we discovered that at least 73 reports of rip off by the art peddler... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2010-10/confession-of-a-former-park-west-gallery-auctioneer.php 28 Oct 2010 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Bill Smith and the Infamous Forged $750,000 Divine Comedy Suite Sold by Park West Gallery and Park West Gallery Secretly (or so they thought) Settles Huge Claim with Victim. Former Park West Gallery Auctioneer Tells All - Months after Fine Art Registry won a unanimous jury verdict at trial in Michigan in April of this year, a former Park West Gallery auctioneer contacted us and provided some further insight into the extraordinarily bad and the ugly business practices of the Park West Gallery art auction. http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2010-05/park-west-dali-prints-dont-past-the-smell-test-federal-trial-transcripts.php 27 May 2010 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Teri is back again for Part 6 and the continuation of Rodger Young's opening statement at trial. His pomposity is rife as he continues to try to convince the jury of the "facts as he sees them" in this case. Teri asks the question; "Can you imagine how it was for me at trial, sitting there and listening to this garbage that was coming out of Rodger Young's mouth?" The distortions and lies are almost too much for anyone who knows the truth, to sit quietly and listen to without exploding! Teri lets loose with all of the thoughts and information that she was not allowed to utter during the trial. This is riveting! http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2010-05/royal-caribbean-ceo-confirms-no-contract-renewal-with-park-west.php 12 May 2010 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry A HUGE MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION has been made by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Today in an official blog authored by Mr. Adam Goldstein, CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has declared that their contract with Park West Gallery WILL NOT BE RENEWED! This is a victory for ALL cruise line passengers. Teri Franks CEO of Fine Art Registry has been a lone voice crying in the wilderness. Standing strong in the face of a malicious giant that deemed itself as being "The Largest Art Gallery In The World", Teri would not back down against their attempts to SHUT Her Up! Her battle against the fraud and deception that has permeated the unregulated art world has been relentless. Her artists and collectors and their protection has been her passion. The victory that was realized at the jury trial in Michigan has resulted in a vindication of her 3 years of a "David and Goliath Fight"! Now what seemed to be just smoke regarding Park West Gallery and their shady business practices has broken into a wildfire! The war has not been won yet, but another huge victory has been accomplished today. Congratulations Teri! http://localhost/articles/park-west-proved-by-lawsuit-loss-to-be-selling-fake-art.php 12 May 2010 12:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry The recent loss of Park West Gallery's defamation case against Fine Art Registry and three individuals shows that the jury in Federal Court in Eastern Michigan had no doubt that the evidence they were shown proved that Park West Gallery has been selling and continues to sell inauthentic art, including Salvador Dali prints, using fraudulent misrepresentation at art auctions on cruise ships. And Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines have stated that they will not be renewing their contract with the disgraced gallery.