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March 23, 2019
- Droog Magazine periodical for investigative
journalism 'Fakes, an insult to history' Introduction | Interview | Books Reactions | Dutch
version: Dossier Hitlervervalsingen - Jo
Rivett: vervalsingen zijn een belediging voor de
geschiedenis
The strange business of selling fakes, forgeries and other concoctions attributed to Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and other Nazis to Hitler Forgery Industry main page - to Droog Magazine 2019
| Auctions | Press
The trade in Nazi
militaria and memorabilia, including Hitleriana, is
a lucrative business with a yearly revenue of multi
millions of euros. What makes this trade so
attractive is that only small investments and a bit
of fantasy are needed to change rather worthless and
very common objects into extremely expensive
'historical and rare' items. Interview:
questions and answers The
Rivett-research | People and objects |
The
Rivett-research
Rivett: "Yes and No. My website is primarily to promote a detailed, microscopic research of badges, awards and medals. It contains loads of period material pertaining to the German medal industry that users can read or download, as well as an integrated forum.
The discussions
that take place on my forum are unlike any other
forum, and always center around facts and the
actual items. There are a few more people like me
who own expensive microscopes, and study awards
and badges like I do. I just like history."
to top of page | to start interview The people and
objects
Yes, indeed. This Shea-CoA looks
remarkable similar to the CoAs the forged
Hitler paintings swindlers August Priesack and
Peter Jahn issued. These
too contained superfluous information about the
issuers. Weird. But back to Mr. Shea. Do continue.
Screenshot from the item on Shea's site. Shea just listed it for $1,150.-, stating
that he has not yet researched it! Thus giving hope
to a potential buyer that the number could be
researched. It cannot, and he knows it cannot,
because he has all his Gold Party Badge numbers
researched by Robert McDivitt. to top of page | to start interview
The money to top of page | to start interview The internet fora Was any of that
money declared? Was any tax paid? Of course not. to top of page | to start interview
On
the authenticity of items
to top of page | to start interview
Threats to top of page | to start interview The
website
to top of page | to start interview Finally
to top of page | to start interview The right to hear and be heard In the context of the right to hear
and be heard we've given Bill Shea, Thomas
Wittmann and Basil Panagopulos
the
opportunity to react on this interview. Only
Mr. Shea choose to respond. I have been buying selling and collecting WWII memorabilia for 60 years and have handled hundreds of thousands of items. Once in a while, an item has slipped by me and my loyal followers are quick to let me know and I immediately remove it from my website and study the item as there is always something to be learned. If I make an occasional mistake, I quickly correct the error. Every item I sell is backed by my written lifetime money back guarantee just as the example displayed in this article. I have less than a 1/10th of 1% return rate on items I have sold over the last six decades. The stick pin referenced in this article was initially exposed as a fake. I immediately removed it from my website, www.therupturedduck.com, to study it. It was purchased directly from the son of a US Army WWII veteran so I had good reason to believe it was an original example. Subsequently, I did have a Dutch collector contact me stating this was indeed an original example. Perhaps he will read this article and provide additional input. Mr. Rivett takes issue with the verbiage in my Certificates of Authenticity. Perhaps he does not understand the purpose of the COA is to provide as much detail as possible regarding the qualifications of the individual who is writing it. I have provided evaluations which have proven the test of time and have even been used in court cases to resolve disputes. I have no idea how other dealers word their written guarantees. I can assure your readers that these are my words backed up by thousands of satisfied customers. My reference book series, THE STORIES BEHIND THE TREASURES OF WORLD WAR II, have been extremely well received. I would ask your readers to look them up on Amazon and spent a few minutes to read the dozens of reviews. Let my readers do the talking for me. Lastly, Mr.
Rivett takes umbrage to a Golden Party Badge stick
pin that he sold me alluding to the fact that I
misled potential customers regarding the research
potential. I have research experts who are finding
new information on a number of different areas of
the archives from the Third Reich. On more than one
occasion, I have submitted a number from a Golden
Party Badge and was told that no information was
available. Then, a year or two later, the researcher
contacted me to let me know the number had been
located. And, by the way, I have never used the
services of Robert McDivett to search for Golden
Party Badge numbers!" to top of page | to start interview In the context of of
the right to hear and be heard
we've given Jo Rivett the
opportunity to comment on Mr.
Shea's response. to top of page | to start interview |
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