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Park West Art Gallery Sued Again - More customers say they were duped: Reports the Detroit Free Press

"More than two dozen other unhappy customers sued Park West Gallery on Tuesday, saying the Southfield-based company sold them fake, forged or overpriced artwork. The suit, filed in Oakland County Circuit Court, is the latest in a flurry of litigation against Park West, which once billed itself as the world's largest privately owned art gallery." Reports FreeP.com on June 23, 2010...

Southfield's Park West Gallery is Sued Again: Reports The Detroit News

"A Southfield art gallery was sued Tuesday by 27 collectors who claim the business sold them more than $3 million in fake or misrepresented artwork on cruise ships and at auctions. The lawsuit in Oakland Circuit Court is the latest against Park West Galleries Inc., co-owners Albert Scaglione and Albert Molina, gallery director Morris Shapiro and Plymouth Auctioneering Services Ltd." Reports DetNews.com on June 23, 2010...

Cruise Ship Passengers Say They Were Swindled in Onboard Art Auctions: Reports USA Today

"Are cruise ship art auctions fair or foul? It's a hot topic these days among cruisers -- and one the Detroit Free-Press today is taking a hard look at in a lengthy front-page story. The sister paper to USA TODAY profiles a number of cruise ship passengers who have accused Detroit-based Park West -- the biggest player in cruise ship art auctions -- of selling fake, forged and overpriced artwork and using phony appraisals and certificates of authenticity." Reports USAtoday.com on June 10, 2010...

Park West Gallery Fights Suits Over Value of Works: Reports Detroit Free Press

"Park West sued, countersuing over practices. Marti Szostak said it was irresistible: the chance to buy limited-edition prints by Dali, Rembrandt and other artists at a huge discount. So the 60-year-old nurse from Bargersville, Ind., bought 21 pieces of art for $48,000 from Southfield-based Park West Gallery during art auctions on Royal Caribbean cruise ships in 2005 and 2007. Szostak said she worked three jobs to pay for it and then decided to sell. To her horror, she said, art dealers told her the prints were largely worthless. She said experts told her the Dali signatures were forged." Reports FreeP.com on June 10, 2010...

Cruise Headlines from Fox Business News

"Many attractions on board cruise ships are operated by outside companies, not the cruise lines. One of these vendors is currently embroiled in controversy, Park West Gallery of Southfield, Mich.,the purveyor of many cruise ship art auctions." Reports FOXbusiness.com on May 21, 2010...

The Art Auction Controversy Continues - Reports Cruise Mates

"One thing has become apparent in the ongoing battle between Park West Gallery and Fine Art Registry – this has become a blood-letting battle to the finish." Reports CruiseMates.com on May 14, 2010...

Royal Caribbean to Scale Back Art Auctions on Cruise Ships - Reports USA Today

"Royal Caribbean is dropping the company that runs its on-board art auctions, Park West, and may eliminate art auctions entirely from its ships." Reports USA Today on May 12, 2010...

Park West Gallery Proved by Lawsuit Loss to be Selling Fake Dali Prints Among other Fraudulent Misrepresentation of Art Sales on Cruise Ships - Cruise Lines are Taking This Seriously

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.

Royal Caribbean Drops Park West Gallery - Reports Cruise Mates

"Royal Caribbean Drops Park West Gallery. Park West Art Auctions, suffering from fraud allegations, loses a major customer in Royal Caribbean" Reports CruiseMates.com on May 11, 2010...

Death Threat From Royal Caribbean? (305) 539-5381 - Reports Jim Walker for Cruise Law News

Cruise Law News reports: Earlier this week I reported on the jury verdict in favor of Fine Art Registry who fended off a SLAPP lawsuit by cruise art auctioneers Park West Gallery. The article...

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Spewing Hatred: Victim Advocate Receives Phone Call - Reports Cruise Bruise

Cruise Bruise reports: You know that what you are doing is worthwhile, when the people you try to keep in line and hold accountable come after you. That is what I thought when I got hate mail...

Southfield art gallery loses defamation suit: Reports Steve Pardo for The Detroit News

The chief executive of the Arizona art registry who won $500,000 from Park West Gallery of Southfield said Sunday she’ll continue to investigate art crime and advocate for artists and collectors...

Cruise Law News Reports - Cruise Art Auctions: Will Carnival and Royal Caribbean Continue To Permit Passengers To Be Duped At Sea?

CruiseMates.com has an interesting article entitled "Cruise Ship Art Auctioneer Park West Loses" which discusses a jury verdict in favor of Fine Art Registry which claims that the Park West...

Fine Art Registry Prevails Against Park West Gallery in Federal Court: Reports Art Daily

A Federal Court jury decided completely in favor of Phoenix based Fine Art Registry® and three individual defendants in a defamation and business interference case brought by Southfield Michigan...

Park West Gallery Loses - Arts Registry Awarded $500,000 by Jury: Reports Art Knowledge News

"Park West Gallery Loses - Arts Registry Awarded $500,000 by Jury." Reports the Art Knowledge News on April 23, 2010...

Fine Art Registry awarded $500,000 - It accused gallery of defrauding buyers: Reports David Ashenfelter for the Detroit Free Press

"Arts registry awarded $500,000. It accused gallery of defrauding buyers." Reports David Ashenfelter for the Detroit Free Press on April 22, 2010...

Cruise Ship Art Auctioneer Park West Loses: Reports Cruise Mates

"A Michigan jury rules in favor of Fine Art Registry who claims cruise ship art auctioneers have been selling fraudulent works." Reports CruiseMates.com on April 22, 2010...

Jury: Park West to pay $500,000 for Trademark Law Violation, Reports Chad Halcom for Crain’s Detroit Business

On April 21, 2010 Crain's Detroit Business published an article about jury verdict of the $46 million defamation lawsuit over alleged Dali forgeries in Federal Court, reports Chad Halcom...

Fine Art Registry Prevails Against Park West Gallery in Federal Court in Michigan in Classic David and Goliath Trial

A Federal Court jury decided completely in favor of Phoenix based Fine Art Registry® and three individual defendants in a defamation and business interference case brought by Southfield Michigan company, Park West Gallery, and also awarded $500,000 in damages to Fine Art Registry for Park West Gallery's illegal use of the web based art registration company's trademarks on the internet.

Park West Gallery Defeated in Major Federal Court Lawsuit

Garan Lucow Miller, P.C. is pleased to report a recent victory by one of its shareholders, Ian C. Simpson, of its Troy office. On behalf of its clients, Bruce Hochman and The Salvador Dali Gallery in a $46 million dollar libel suit brought by Park West Gallery in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

The Defamation Lawsuit over Alleged Dali Forgeries Continues: Reports Paul Motter for Cruise Mates

On April 8, 2010 Cruise Mates published an article about the $46 million defamation lawsuit over alleged Dali forgeries continuing in Federal Court, reports Paul Motter...

Fine Art Registry vs. Park West Gallery Lawsuit Begins its Fourth Week

Fine Art Registry® begins presentation of its case against Park West Gallery after the Michigan art gallery has spent three weeks presenting its case, claiming defamation, etc. The case is clearly a classic SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) lawsuit by the world's self-proclaimed "largest art gallery" against web-based company, Fine Art Registry, which has been outspoken in its criticism of the Michigan gallery's sale of inauthentic and vastly overpriced art at "auctions" primarily aboard cruise ships, and has provided advocacy and other assistance to victims of Park West Gallery's broadly questioned art and sales practices.

Park West Gallery Art Appraisals Off by 90 Percent: Reports Zac Bissonnette for WalletPop.com

On April 1, 2010 Wallet Pop published an article about Park West Gallery appraisals being off 90% by secondary market standards, reports Zac Bissonnette...

Legacy of Kenneth M. Freeman Protected by Fine Art Registry Patented ID System

Having one traveling museum exhibition, Artist at Work: The Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy currently at the Booth Western Art Museum in Atlanta, and sending a second museum exhibition on the road in June 2010 named Portraits of the West: The Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy, Bonnie Adams, curator of the Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy Collection, had some unique challenges to make certain the collection was protected. Bonnie Adams decided to protect the priceless originals and the authorized limited edition prints using the Fine Art Registry® patented, secure tagging and registration system.

Robert Descharnes Recognized as World's Foremost Expert on and Defender of the Works of Salvador Dali by Real Circulo Artistico of Barcelona Gold Medal Award

On December 17, 2009 the Real Circulo Artístico of Barcelona (Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona – RCAB), Spain, issued a proclamation awarding French photographer Robert Descharnes, long term friend and associate of Salvador Dali and expert in his work, its coveted Gold Medal "For the merit which he displays, the greatest authority in the world in the knowledge and defense of the work of the artist Salvador Dali i Domench." The award was accepted on Robert Descharnes’ behalf by his son Nicolas at the RCAB's headquarters in Barcelona on December 27th 2009 and acknowledged in a video addressed to the RCAB by Robert Descharnes who was unable to attend the presentation in person.

Four Judgments Against Park West Gallery for Fraudulent Sale of Fake and Overpriced Art in Lawsuits Filed by Their Customers

Four judgments against Park West Gallery, sued by customers who claimed they had been defrauded by the Michigan art gallery, were handed down by the Honorable Nanci J. Grant, Circuit Court Judge of the Oakland County Michigan Circuit Court today, awarding the Plaintiffs damages of close to $9,000 against Park West for artwork they purchased at art auctions on cruise ships or by direct sale by Park West Gallery in Michigan and dismissing with prejudice multi-million counter-claims by Park West against their customers.

Scandalous Revelations from Current and Former Park West Gallery Insiders

A reliable source emailed Fine Art Registry after reading Litigation Update No. 5, and specifically the section in the update where we reported that Park West Gallery's own lawyer had referred to Park West Gallery artwork as "shit" while at recent depositions in NYC at the end of 2009.

Park West Gallery Drags Royal Caribbean into Its Cesspit of Controversy, Litigation Update #7

The latest information and exciting developments regarding the barn burner litigation between Fine Art Registry and Park West Gallery. We also report here on the continuing sensational events swirling around the victims' lawsuit against Park West Gallery, and how the recent shocking Michigan Court of Appeals decision and Order weighs heavily in favor of the victims.

Lawyers dismiss Park West Gallery libel case, reports The Art Newspaper

On January 6, 2010 The Art Newspaper published an article about the Sharon Day and Julian Howard lawsuit against Park West Gallery, entitled Lawyers dismiss Park West libel case. However non-binding judgement means part of action will still go ahead.