alexanderhistorical Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 A seller of Graf Spee-related POW and police documents, all forgeries, made an appearance at the MAX Show last October unloading a large grouping of spurious documents. He has also sold a great number of related documents on eBay, though we obviously haven't seen them first-hand. He is an Argentine national, and accepts cash only. Some of these came into our hands, and we've examined them carefully. The key to identifying the fakes is the photographs attached to each piece. The images often are horizontally striated, indicating that they were produced on a laser printer. A few others appear "pixillated". Documents also have police stamps and the rubber-stamp of an inspector named "Modelo". The seller may also have sold the now-infamous "Mengele passport". If any readers were offered any such Graf Spee items (or Mengele items) by such an individual, please PM me. Bill
alexanderhistorical Posted February 9, 2014 Author Posted February 9, 2014 Tom, his initials are believed to be "H G". To disclose his name here would be unfair to him, in case I have the wrong man. I'll PM you the "suspect". Bill
Jock Auld Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 Mr Gottlieb was punting the passport up on WAF, I suppose to coincide with one of his auctions? Clever angle of how to varify a forgred document, always sufficient grey areas yet potentialy high value if it is your bag! Jock:)
hucks216 Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 Jack are you saying the passport is somewhere online? Tom It is on-line at nurmerous places I believe. A large thread was started on WAF by Mr Gottlieb which has resulted him being (finally) expelled from that forum.
Jock Auld Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 Not before bloody time! You've made my weekend! Jock:)
alexanderhistorical Posted February 9, 2014 Author Posted February 9, 2014 T Not before bloody time! You've made my weekend! Jock:) To blow my own horn...I dissected the passport in multiple posts at WAF after Craig refused to provide any further info on its source, additional images, etc. He also claimed his "publicist" altered the Josef Mengele Wikipedia site, and according to the Wikipedia editing log, the same "publicist" added negative content to my own Wikipedia page. The thread at WAF is long, but once you sift through the attacks, it's quite revealing. Now I am after the forger, whom I suspect is the seller himself.
alexanderhistorical Posted February 9, 2014 Author Posted February 9, 2014 Thread is here: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=717482
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