http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/default.php Copyright 2003-2009 Global Fine Art Registry LLC. World's First Permanent Online Registry and Marketplace for Art and Collectibles en-us 01 Jul 2009 10:25:00 MST http://www.fineartregistry.com/featured_artist/frances-pineda/ 01 Jul 2009 10:25:00 MST Georgianna Lane Frances Lee Pineda, from Arvada, Colorado, didn't plan to become a self-taught artist. Her background, education and life experience were in technical fields that didn't inspire or nurture her creative spirit. But that all changed when she retired from business and took a good look for a meaningful endeavor to fill her time... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/06/losing-everything-for-park-west-gallery-auctioneers-speak-out-9.php 23 Jun 2009 11:25:00 MST Fine Art Registry Article #9, Park West Contracted Auctioneers Speak Out. The story of Jim Shlosser and his wife, Judy, who were lured by Park West Gallery away from the very successful auction company they owned, to go to work on the cruise ships selling Park West art where they soon lost everything they had... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-crimes/art-fraud-prosecution.php 22 Jun 2009 13:55:00 MST Dr John Daab Over the last two years Fine Art Registry has been conducting investigations of various entities involved in selling questionable art. These investigations have demonstrated that from forged artist fingerprints to forged signatures to worthless appraisals, some sellers of art are clearly scamming their customers into paying for misrepresented and overpriced items. More importantly, these investigations have exposed and identified the system and structures undergirding fine art scam sales and the lack of governmental activity involved in arresting, prosecuting, and jailing those who commit art fraud, and remain free to continue their criminal activities... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/06/cruise-ship-art-auctioneers-contracted-by-park-west-gallery-speak-out-8.php 09 Jun 2009 11:25:00 MST Fine Art Registry Article #8, Park West Contracted Auctioneers Speak Out. A veteran Park West Gallery auctioneer, no longer working for the company, called us with her story. By revealing this information she hopes to help customers who have been pressured into buying potentially fake or overpriced art... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/06/art-auctioneers-contracted-through-park-west-gallery-speak-out-7.php 08 Jun 2009 13:03:00 MST Fine Art Registry Article #7, Park West Contracted Auctioneers Speak Out. We interviewed four people who had recently gone to train at Park West Gallery to become Art Directors and Auctioneers aboard cruise ships and had subsequently begun to work on cruise ships, only to find that there was... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/06/contracted-auctioneers-for-park-west-gallery-speak-out-6.php 03 Jun 2009 17:58:00 MST Fine Art Registry Article #6, Park West Contracted Auctioneers Speak Out. Direct quotes from a Park West auctioneer who quit, disillusioned, after years of making money with Park West at its cruise ship art auctions. They give an idea as to why he eventually quit and went on to get a "real job selling real art"... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/park-west-gallery-secretly-owned-eight-of-rembrandts-copper-etching-plates.php 29 May 2009 11:34:00 MST Fine Art Registry Fine Art Registry has published four articles about the Millennium Impressions, modern restrikes of eight of Rembrandt's etchings. In these articles, the secret purchase of the eight plates in August 2003 by Park West Galleries, Michigan based art dealer selling art mainly on the cruise ships, is revealed for the first time, dispelling false information spread by Park West to its own auctioneers and its public, that the plates were not owned by Park West, among other misleading information. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/survey-of-market-and-values-of-rembrandt-etchings-millennium-impressions.php 28 May 2009 19:22:00 MST David Phillips Photomechanically reproduced examples of some of the etchings have been seen at cruise ship art auctions. It is therefore important to consider the fair market value and the investment potential of the eight Rembrandt etchings that comprised the Millennium Impressions. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/park-west-gallery-motion-to-transfer-class-action-lawsuits-to-michigan.php 27 May 2009 19:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry Park West Gallery is at it again. It seems that they have a problem with communicating the truth, even when it comes to addressing the respected courts of this country. http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-insurance/art-and-insurance-series.php 26 May 2009 15:50:00 MST Shaundra Clifton "Okay, so what's the problem? I pay my premium on time so why can't you pay me on time?" Frustrating isn't it? In a way it can make one feel that the insurance company is trying to get out of... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/how-to-lose-your-virginity-as-an-art-collector.php 22 May 2009 16:20:00 MST Fine Art Registry The following was submitted by the relative of a physician who has spent over $600,000 on art, mostly from Park West Gallery on cruise ships and online. It is published as submitted. http://www.fineartregistry.com/music-food-art/melancholy/ 19 May 2009 16:27:00 MST Cork Marcheschi Melancholy. With each additional year I live, the criminals that dwell in my body gather force. The power of youth and middle age has slipped away and maturity has me in its crosshairs... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-information/going-green-with-reinforced-concrete-sculpting.php 15 May 2009 16:25:00 MST Dr John Daab The Green Earth Approach. Normally, reinforced concrete sculpting creates an object utilizing sand, cement, water, steel and stones. The mass of the object is solely reinforced concrete. In this... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/park-west-gallery-rembrandt-millennium-impressions-editions.php 14 May 2009 21:03:00 MST David Phillips Park West responded to articles #1 and #2 in this series by building a whole new website in which they confess, after all these years, when they had no way out of it, that they have owned the eight copper plates which had been used to print the Millennium Impressions and Park West's later version, the Millennium edition all along. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/fine-art-registry-sues-park-west-gallery-for-further-defamation.php 12 May 2009 18:43:00 MST Fine Art Registry Fine Art Registry has filed a counter-claim against Park West Gallery in the Michigan Oakland County Circuit Court (Case No. 08-096952-CZ), accusing the gallery of defamation. http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-crimes/illicit-cultural-property-trade-and-unesco-convention.php 12 May 2009 18:40:00 MST Nicolas Dietz In the past few years, the media has covered a number of stories relating to the looting of antiquities and other cultural property. The sacking of Iraq’s National Museum soon after the fall of... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/park-west-at-sea-contracted-auctioneers-speak-out-5.php?cp=F755 11 May 2009 16:24:00 MST Fine Art Registry Article #5, Park West Contracted Auctioneers Speak Out. "I recently left my position as an art associate with Park West at Sea on board the Carnival Inspiration. After months of pay disputes, accusations about our work ethics, and being lied to by our company, my art auctioneer and I both decided to leave the company..." http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/park-west-gallery-contracted-auctioneers-speak-out-4.php 08 May 2009 11:40:00 MST Fine Art Registry "You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave." Change in Policy Regarding the Hiring and Letting Go of Auctioneers. On May 7, 2009, we received the following information from an informed source. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/fine-art-registry-sues-park-west-galleries-inc-for-defamation-and-conspiracy.php 07 May 2009 17:46:00 MST Fine Art Registry A counterclaim against Park West Galleries, Inc. was filed on 4 May 2009 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division on behalf of Fine Art Registry and David Phillips. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-sold-dali-print-with-forged-signature.php 03 May 2009 14:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry A Salvador Dali print sold by Park West Gallery aboard a Carnival cruise ship for over $13,000 was recently examined by two world renowned Dali experts. They found that the signature is a forgery, and that the print with the false signature had a value of $0.00. http://www.fineartregistry.com/featured_artist/peter-worsley 01 May 2009 00:01:00 MST Georgianna Lane Dramatic life events can awaken in an artist a desire to chronicle them for the future, to share observations and invite commentary. For Fine Art Registry member Peter Worsley , this awakening... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/forged-salvador-dali-signature-on-print-sold-by-park-west-gallery.php 27 Apr 2009 22:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry A Salvador Dali print sold by Park West Gallery aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship was recently examined by two world renowned Dali experts. The verdict? The signature is a forgery, and one which they have been seeing a lot of on prints sold by Park West. Total value? $0.00. http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-legalities/fine-art-authenticity-score.php 24 Apr 2009 12:40:00 MST Dr John Daab, CFE Fine art authenticity moves on a continuum from copies, to fakes, to works created by the artist apprentices from the schools operated by the master, to works attributed to the master, and... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-legalities/art-title-insurance.php 22 Apr 2009 17:20:00 MST Dr John Daab, CFE Like a piece of real estate undergoing the process of being sold, regulations and laws exist requiring that the piece of art for sale has no issues regarding proper ownership by the seller. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/park-west-gallery-named-in-federal-lawsuit-detroit-news.php 18 Apr 2009 13:00:00 MST The Detroit News The Detroit News reports that Park West Gallery is named in federal lawsuit. New Yorkers filed a class action suit against Park West art gallery for alleged fraud. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/salvador-dali-fake-prints-from-park-west-gallery.php 17 Apr 2009 21:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry $22,000 worth of art sold by Park West Gallery aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship and at a land auction was recently examined by two world renowned Dali experts. The verdict? One of the prints is a fake print with a fake signature. The other is a genuine print with a fake signature. Total value? $0.00. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/04/another-class-action-lawsuit-against-park-west-gallery-park-west-at-sea.php 17 Apr 2009 11:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry The self-proclaimed largest art gallery on the planet has been sued again! It was just reported to Fine Art Registry that a class action lawsuit has been filed in Michigan against the beleaguered Park West Gallery, Inc. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/04/royal-caribbean-cruise-line-customer-relations-exec-fired-after-park-west-gallery-inquiry.php 16 Apr 2009 14:25:00 MST Fine Art Registry Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Ltd. gets rid of Customer Relations Exec after she tries to take action to prevent Park West Gallery from repeatedly ripping off customers on board Royal Caribbean ships. The ex-Customer Relations Exec, Samantha Algar, talks to Teri Franks, CEO of Fine Art Registry about the events surrounding this surreal incident. http://www.fineartregistry.com/music-food-art/sachertorte-cake.php 16 Apr 2009 14:25:00 MST Cork Marcheschi Last week I was having dinner at one of my favorite San Francisco eateries, Weird Fish. There were six of us, and it was an extra good time. The company couldn't be beat, the conversation and laughter was natural and the food is always great. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/salvador-dalis-purloined-imagery.php 15 Apr 2009 15:55:00 MST Frank Hunter A person or persons, most probably in France or Italy, discovers the Dali illustrated Macbeth and decides the illustrations would make for good prints.... The publisher will market his product and attempt to recoup his investment with a profit even before the date of publication. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/dali-divine-comedy-sets-compared.php 11 Apr 2009 20:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry This is a follow-up to the Fine Art Registry video entitled Divine Comedy? Divine Tragedy? Or Divine Farce? The Great Park West Dali Half Million Dollar Swindle. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/04/park-west-gallery-rembrandt-millennium-impressions.php 10 Apr 2009 16:45:00 MST David Phillips Park West Gallery Buys Eight Rembrandt Copper Plates and Conceals their Ownership. Why the Secrecy? In August 2003, Park West Gallery secretly bought the eight copper plates that up to that time had been used to print the Millennium Impressions Rembrandt etchings. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/04/rembrandt-millennium-impressions.php 08 Apr 2009 18:35:00 MST David Phillips The Millennium Impressions – Recent Posthumous Etchings Made from Eight Rembrandt Copper Plates. An introduction to the Millennium Impressions, the provenance of the plates they were printed from, and the history of the plates and etchings up to August 2003. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-salvador-dali-blue-unicorn-blues.php 06 Apr 2009 15:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry Bernard Ewell, Park West's Dali expert of choice, pronounces a Dali print given to a Park West employee in lieu of payment, to be an out and out fake with a forged signature. But Park West asserts they have never sold a fake piece of art. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/04/park-west-contracted-auctioneers-speak-out-3.php 06 Apr 2009 15:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry On March 21st 2009 we received the following unsolicited e-mail from a former Park West auctioneer who had read some of the material published on the Fine Art Advocacy and Fine Art Registry websites. http://www.fineartregistry.com/featured_artist/woycenko-marilyn.php 01 Apr 2009 09:12:00 MST Georgianna Lane Waves of glorious color wash over the canvases of Marilyn Woycenko, effortlessly summoning seascapes and starscapes and wondrously expansive universes - glimpses of worlds of creation. Peering in... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/03/disney-cruise-line-ends-relationship-with-park-west-gallery.php 20 Mar 2009 08:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry According to several Park West sources, the Park West Gallery auctioneers aboard the Disney cruise ships were told, on March 16th or 17th 2009, to pack their bags and leave the ships. "We have discontinued our relationship with Park West," confirmed a spokesperson at Disney Cruise Line today, March 19th. http://www.fineartregistry.com/music-food-art/ 19 Mar 2009 14:25:00 MST Cork Marcheschi MUSIC – FOOD – ART. For all of the life I can remember, these have been my three constant traveling companions. How do these three things interact? How do they influence each other? http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-information/tax-deductions-for-artists.php 19 Mar 2009 14:25:00 MST Dr. John Daab, CFE Visual artists may not know that the steps involved in creating art, the areas used, and the materials and equipment purchased to produce the art are gold nuggets when it comes to tax time... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/03/slapp-first-amendment-under-attack.php 19 Mar 2009 13:40:00 MST Dr. John Daab, CFE Over the last 30 years, there has been a steady and progressively increasing movement by some individuals, corporations and members of government to unravel, compress, and lessen First Amendment rights of speech, expression, and petition by a mechanism called a Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation lawsuit, otherwise known as a SLAPP. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/detroit-news-park-west-gallery-halts-cruise-art-auctions.php 10 Mar 2009 16:50:00 MST Fine Art Registry The Detroit News reports of Park West Gallery's announcement of art auction withdraw from cruise ships on board Holland America Line, due to the global slow down in the economy... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/03/google-aol-shutdown-park-west-gallery-ads-for-trademark-violation.php 09 Mar 2009 16:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry The ads were part of a cyberterrorism (or at least cyberyapping) campaign instigated by the beleaguered Michigan art gallery, conducted with the customary unscrupulous underhandedness and flagrant disregard for the law which seems to mark their operations, through their PR agency, Fleishman-Hillard. http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-information/contemporary-art-essential-perspectives.php 04 Mar 2009 18:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry Is there a way to survive and achieve your goals of bringing art to your community or to society? Cork Marcheschi, artist, sculptor, teacher and collector... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-information/glass-sculpture-tacoma-museum.php 04 Mar 2009 18:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry Have you ever wondered what goes into the making of a glass sculpture? The mysteries of the fire? In this video, Fine Art Registry member and contributing author... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-appraisals-independent-or-not.php 03 Mar 2009 14:20:00 MST Fine Art Registry Park West Galleries, Inc. also operates in Michigan under the assumed name Circle Fine Art Liquidators. We now have evidence that Caroline Ashleigh appraised a good majority of the Circle Fine Art inventory which Park West Gallery acquired. What we have uncovered here calls into serious question the ethics of the appraiser and not surprisingly, most certainly Park West Gallery's business practices. http://www.fineartregistry.com/featured_artist/valle-humberto.php 01 Mar 2009 08:30:00 MST Georgianna Lane Born in El Paso, Texas, Phoenix-based artist Humberto Valle, Jr. can hardly remember a time when he wasn't creating art. "I remember trying to draw characters from my favorite cartoons... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-contracted-auctioneers-speak-out-2.php 25 Feb 2009 15:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Park West Galle(r)y Slaves? Indentured Service at the Art Auctions Afloat - or How to get two and a half months' or more work out of someone for no pay before replacing them with the next sucker. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-contracted-auctioneers-speak-out.php 24 Feb 2009 13:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry Information received from currently or recently contracted Park West auctioneers and other personnel. They are published here in the interests of the buyers and potential buyers of art at the cruise line art auctions, so that they can be fully aware of what they are dealing with, and in the interests of those many individuals who are being taken on, trained and employed as associates and auctioneers on the cruise ships, so that they may know their fate. The information has been provided to us by those who are concerned about the fate of the auctioneers. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-skeletons-return-to-haunt.php 23 Feb 2009 11:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry Fine Art Registry received comments from a former insider with Park West Gallery on February 21, 2009. Though the email was anonymously delivered, what is stated here has been corroborated by other independent sources and we believe the statements to be true and accurate to the best of our knowledge. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/park-west-gallery-recalls-all-unsold-dali-inventory.php 23 Feb 2009 11:25:00 MST Fine Art Registry According to several reports received from Park West Gallery auctioneers aboard cruise ships and from other sources, at the end of January 2009 Park West Gallery ordered ship auctioneers to stop selling the company’s large stock of Salvador Dali prints and return all unsold inventory to headquarters in Southfield, Michigan. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/detroit-news-park-west-gallery-drops-dali-print-sales.php 23 Feb 2009 10:25:00 MST Fine Art Registry In a news article entitled, Dealer drops Dali print sales, Mike Martindale reports that Park West Gallery has stopped selling Salvador Dali prints on cruise ship art auctions. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/detroit-news-park-west-gallery-defamation-case-dismissed.php 16 Feb 2009 18:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry In a news article entitled, "Southfield art gallery's defamation case in Florida dismissed", Delores Flynn reports that Park West Gallery defamation case against Fine Art Registry in Florida is dismissed. http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-technology/fine-art-authenticator-technology.php 12 Feb 2009 18:00:00 MST Dr. John Daab After centuries of having fine art authenticated by so called art connoisseurs, there is a movement toward a combination or interdisciplinary approach to authenticating fine art. Case law, IRS.. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/park-west-gallery-case-against-fine-art-registry-dismissed.php 12 Feb 2009 15:25:00 MST Fine Art Registry Park West's defamation case against Fine Art Registry was dismissed by US District Judge Ursula Ungaro on 10 February 2009, "for failure to prosecute in the name of the real party in interest," thus ending Park West Gallery's boasts of a "multi-state legal suit against Fine Art Registry" so frequently repeated in its press releases, paid internet ads, and to dissatisfied customers calling in to request refunds for artwork purchased. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-deceptive-trade-practices.php 09 Feb 2009 20:50:00 MST Fine Art Registry Case Study, Victims Debbie Seagle and David Urbanski of Dublin, Virginia. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-shocking-revelations.php 04 Feb 2009 16:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry In light of the recent spate of black PR propaganda forwarded by Park West Gallery and its henchpeople, we decided it was high time to begin letting all those nasty skeletons out of the PWG (Park West Gallery) closet. We can assure you, and it is an understatement to state that you have never seen the likes of these skeletons. http://www.fineartregistry.com/featured_artist/claudio-celesty.php 01 Feb 2009 02:55:00 MST Georgianna Lane Dividing her time between residences in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Sedona, Arizona, abstract expressionist painter Celesty Claudio lives and works in intensely artistic communities, enjoying being... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-information/art-scholarship.php 01 Feb 2009 02:45:00 MST Dr John Daab CFE There are three common definitions of the term scholar. One has it that a scholar holds an advanced college degree such as a Masters or Doctorate. Another states that a scholar is a student under... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-lies.php 31 Jan 2009 14:40:00 MST Fine Art Registry How do you deal with dissatisfied customers who demand a refund? Sue them!! And do what you can to silence anyone who tries to help them in their plight. In a new fit of customer services zeal, the beleaguered Southfield, Michigan based art gallery has decided to deal with its dissatisfied customers by suing them for defamation. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-lies.php 31 Jan 2009 13:35:00 MST Fine Art Registry There seems to be no end to the machinations of Albert Scaglione, Park West Gallery and its hired public relations spin doctors. And while it is not unusual to see the truth twisted and bruised in the unscrupulous world of propaganda, it is dangerous indeed to rape and pervert the facts to the degree exercised by Park West Gallery and its henchpeople. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-donation-honest-objective-or-sham.php 30 Jan 2009 13:45:00 MST Theresa Franks It was recently brought to our attention through Caponigro Public Relations, Inc. (Park West's PR spin doctor) that Albert Scaglione and Park West Gallery donated over 40 million dollars (that's right - 40 million dollars) of its own inventory to a number of public universities and institutions across the U.S. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-galleries-sued-for-art-fraud-1976.php 28 Jan 2009 14:25:00 MST Fine Art Registry Park West Galleries, Inc. sued for art fraud. Park Newspaper article, "Print Predicament: What is original?" that was published in the Detroit, Mich. News on December 12, 1976. Courtesy The Salvador Dali Archives, Ltd. NY. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-art-auction-fraud-and-deceptive-trade-practices.php 20 Jan 2009 15:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry This is one of a series of many case studies of reported fraudulent misrepresentation and deceptive trade practices at art auctions conducted at sea on cruise ships and the refusal to provide customer services support for their customers. Sandy Jeakins case study. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/candg-news-park-west-gallery-sued-for-art-fraud.php 20 Jan 2009 13:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry In a news report entitled, Park West Gallery Under Fire in Lawsuit, Jennie Miller reports about the lawsuit against Park West Gallery for claims of selling fraudulent art to 10 plaintiffs. http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-crimes/selling-questionable-fine-art-at-sea.php 14 Jan 2009 17:45:00 MST John Daab Unprotected and unregulated sales, weak or absent policing bodies, corporate structures disabling consumer response, stonewalling complaints, make fine art selling at sea the perfect crime. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/dali-albaretto-collection-criminal-investigation.php 14 Jan 2009 12:40:00 MST Fine Art Registry The English Translation of the newspaper article, "Dali und die Danaer, Im Visier der Ermittler: die Dali-Sammlung Albaretto" that was published in the German newspaper, "Zeitung" on Sunday, August 8, 2004. Translated by Elenore Hadrys in August 2004. Courtesy The Salvador Dali Archives, Ltd. NY. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/abc-detroit-lawsuit-park-west-gallery-sold-fake-art.php 13 Jan 2009 13:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry In a news report entitled, LAWSUIT: Southfield Gallery Sold Fake Art, Peggy Agar reports about the lawsuit against Park West Gallery for claims of selling fake art to customers. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/detroit-news-suit-claims-sale-of-forged-art-at-park-west-gallery.php 13 Jan 2009 13:42:00 MST Fine Art Registry In a news article entitled, Suits Claims Sale of Forged Art at Southfield Gallery, Mike Martindale reports about the lawsuit against Park West Gallery for claims of selling forged artwork to customers. Fine Art Registry is referenced. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-salvador-dali-print-swindle.php 10 Jan 2009 23:56:00 MST Fine Art Registry Sharon Day and her husband Julian Howard were sold a full set of Salvador Dali's Divine Comedy prints for close to half a million dollars by Morris Shapiro of Park West Gallery in Southfield Michigan. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/cruise-art-auction-buyers-sue-park-west-galleries-inc.php 07 Jan 2009 14:50:00 MST Fine Art Registry A Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial was filed against Park West Galleries, Inc., Albert Scaglione and Morris Shapiro (owner and gallery director, respectively) and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-galleries-royal-caribbean-cruises-art-auction-fraud.php 06 Jan 2009 08:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry This was Park West Gallery's response to a request for refund of over $100,000 spent by Michael and Maria Vallillo of Parsippany, NJ, on art bought from Park West Gallery on Royal Caribbean cruises, which they later found to be fraudulently misrepresented, heavily overpriced and in some cases inauthentic. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/judgement-set-aside-against-fine-art-registry-press-release-010509.php 05 Jan 2009 08:35:00 MST Fine Art Registry On December 18th, 2008, the Honorable Lawrence P. Zatkoff of the Southern Division of the Eastern Michigan District Court, set aside a Default judgment against Fine Art Registry in the case filed by Park West Galleries Inc, claiming defamation in articles published on the FineArtRegistry.com website. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/park-west-gallery-divine-farce-press-release-010509.php 05 Jan 2009 08:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry Global Fine Art Registry, LLC, has produced and released a documentary video in which internationally renowned experts on Salvador Dali and a research scientist examine a set of Dali Divine Comedy prints sold by Park West Gallery for close to half a million dollars, and state their unanimous opinions that the prints bear forged Dali signatures, in addition to a number of other anomalies in the set of boxed prints. http://www.fineartregistry.com/featured_artist/ettina.php 31 Dec 2008 15:15:00 MST Georgianna Lane Ettina A. EmcVonEakin was born in Eugene, Oregon and has been fortunate to live throughout her life in scenic locations throughout the West. Recently, she moved back to Oregon after residing in... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-information/sculpting-with-reinforced-concrete.php 31 Dec 2008 15:10:00 MST Dr John Daab Many years ago as a carpenter apprentice I was introduced to the different aspects of what carpenters do in construction. They frame houses with wood, build and install cabinets and floors, shore... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-dali-swindle.php 19 Dec 2008 11:42:00 MST Fine Art Registry A short summary of a full length documentary in which experts examine a set of Salvador Dali Divine Comedy prints, sold by Park West to two London based lawyers, for over half a million dollars. http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-information/pashley-manor-gardens.php 17 Dec 2008 16:45:00 MST Georgianna Lane Award winning Pashley Manor Gardens is one of England’s most beautiful gardens – and one of its finest sculpture galleries. Take a stroll around Pashley and discover how its owners have created a spectacular and unique venue for the works of noted artists... http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2008/southwest-art-magazine-art-proof-of-purchase.php 16 Dec 2008 08:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry The Essential's Guide to 2009, in the January issue of Southwest Art Magazine features Fine Art Registry in an article entitled Proof of Purchase... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-education/fine-art-appraisals.php 11 Dec 2008 07:45:00 MST Dr. John Daab You have just purchased a work of fine art from the gallery around the corner. The owner assured you that the price you paid was based on an appraisal provided by the manager of the gallery, who... http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2008/art-calendar-creating-permanent-records-of-your-work.php 10 Dec 2008 11:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry The October 2008 issue of Art Calendar Magazine carries a three page spread written by Fine Art Registry Founder and CEO, Teri Franks, entitled Creating Permanent Records of Your Work, Take Control of Your Legacy... http://www.fineartregistry.com/featured_artist/mark-stacy.php 01 Dec 2008 16:00:00 MST Georgianna Lane Enter the world of painter Stacy Mark, and discover an organic and textured land, a land where the glowing light behind silhouetted trees heralds an illusive twilight or a dawn rich with... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/park-west-gallery-dali-signature.php 01 Dec 2008 15:45:00 MST David Phillips Did someone forget to remove the color from inside the loop of the "D" in Dali's signature when they carefully applied it to a print in the Park West Gallery catalog? http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art_history/architect-artists.php 14 Nov 2008 08:05:00 MST Dr. John Daab Architects, in designing a building, traditionally combine squares, rectangles, triangles and circles or arcs (the elements of Euclidean geometry) to produce the kind of building you see... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-dali-ripoff.php 12 Nov 2008 16:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry Here are the developments in the few days that have ensued since we published the full case study of Brian Falk and his wife Malene Hansen who were sold what appears to be a fake Salvador Dali print at a Park West at Sea "auction"... http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2008/artnet-hoving-jackson-pollock-horton.php 08 Nov 2008 10:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Artnet Magazine features Fine Art Registry in an article entitled The Fate of the $5 Dollar Pollock, by Thomas Hoving, reproduced here in its entirety, courtesy Editor, ArtNet.com... http://www.fineartregistry.com/featured_artist/soniei.php 02 Nov 2008 18:00:00 MST Georgianna Lane This month's featured artist, Soniei, from Nova Scotia, paints serene, contemporary Japanese-inspired art and is a successful full-time artist. Read our profile on Soniei... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-violation-press-10272008.php 27 Oct 2008 18:25:00 MST Fine Art Registry On October 22nd, 2008, the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center ruled in favor of Fine Art Registry and against Park West and its hired PR practitioners in an important case of domain name misappropriation... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/parkwest-gallery-smear-campaign-backfires.php 27 Oct 2008 16:25:00 MST David Phillips Park West Gallery initiated a smear campaign against Fine Art Registry to try to silence or discredit FAR who was publishing a bit too much of the truth about Park West's operations to suit them. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/dali-ripoff-parkwest.php 24 Oct 2008 08:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry Park West Gallery sells Brian Falk a fake Dali print and then puts the Falks through an absolute nightmare, dragged out over several years when they try to get help from customer services and senior Park West Gallery executives. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/far-wins-wipo.php 23 Oct 2008 08:50:00 MST Fine Art Registry Fine Art Registry wins arbitration over defamatory and slanderous statements as well as Trademark Infringement made by individuals linked to Park West Gallery and hired to hijack Fine Art Registry Domain Name and Federally Registered Trademarks. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/parkwest-dali-authenticator.php 21 Oct 2008 16:50:00 MST Fine Art Registry The oldest, largest and most widely hailed auction houses in the world, Sotheby's and Christie's agree that the only definitive universal experts on the original works of Salvador Dali are Robert and Nicolas Descharnes of Paris, France... http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/dali-authentication.php 21 Oct 2008 14:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry It may be too obvious but it's worth stating: a genuine painting by Picasso, by Jackson Pollock, by Rembrandt, by any famous artist, can fetch tens or hundreds of thousands or even many millions of dollars; a fake or a forgery, which can often look very much like the real thing, is usually worth nothing or very little... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/dali-parkwest-ripoff.php 18 Oct 2008 10:35:00 MST Fine Art Registry Richard and Tracey English tell how they were sold fraudulently overpriced art by Park West at Sea aboard the Carnival cruise ship Miracle... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/video-auctioneer-parkwest.php 10 Oct 2008 11:40:00 MST Fine Art Registry Video interview with former Park West auctioneer, Gavin Watson, who pioneered art auctions on cruise ships before Park West Gallery ever got involved or Park West at Sea was formed... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/petermax-parkwest-ripoff.php 03 Oct 2008 13:35:00 MST Fine Art Registry Robert and Debra English tell how they were sold fraudulently overpriced art by Park West at Sea on their honeymoon aboard the Carnival cruise ship Miracle... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/rembrandt-parkwest-ripoff.php 01 Oct 2008 09:40:00 MST Fine Art Registry Stephen and Kimberly Wood tell how they were sold art which was fraudulently overpriced by Park West at Sea on their honeymoon aboard the Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Mariner of the Seas... http://www.fineartregistry.com/featured_artist/cornell-beth.php 01 Oct 2008 08:25:00 MST Georgianna Lane Beth has always been an artist in some form or another. She painted on clothing and jackets when she was young and picked up a paintbrush after the birth of her daughter 15 years ago. She fell in... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/art-education/gailey-art-collecting.php 01 Oct 2008 08:20:00 MST David Olson I have a beautiful seascape by H. Gailey, an original oil on canvas, with Collier Art Corporation Certificate #123456. What is it worth? Can you tell me about the artist?" How many times have...