[quote]Originally posted by bradsimpson:
<strong>Jan,
You are absolutely right. I hope that members of this forum can connect the dots...
I don't know who did it?...
...Do members really beleive (sic) the guilty party will confess when questioned? </strong><hr></blockquote>
Well â?? just as an FYI based on my observations, Brad â?? every time Jan proposes that we â??connect the dotsâ? â?? it has never lead where he originally intended us to go. Unfortunately for you â?? this example is no different then Janâ??s previous â??connect the dotsâ? theories. As a sidebar, I would have liked to believe that one â??Dealerâ? wouldnâ??t openly attack another â??Dealerâ? in a public Forum, based simply on â??Professional Courtesyâ? â?? and more certainly, until all the â??gaps between the dotsâ? are filled in. But perhaps Iâ??m just an optimist. However, since this appears to be the format you would like to employ - please note a post Iâ??ll be making a post on â??Grading Dealers â?? Rooting Out Fakers and Boostersâ? later today, as Iâ??m sure you will assist and join in on that effort given your propensity to point-out, define and fight â??Fake and Boosted Lugersâ? â?? no matter where that road might lead and no matter how far back in decades we would need to investigate to develop a criteria to â??grade dealersâ?. And no â?? we certainly then wouldnâ??t have any â??dotsâ? that would need to be connected.
To this issue - here is a simple question Iâ??ll invite you to answer. During your â??extensiveâ? conversations with both parties â?? did you ask who actually â??ownedâ? the Krieghoff(s) in question during the period that Mr. Gibson was compiling the information and photographs (you may have to jog his memory a bit - as it was 20+ years ago?)? Perhaps you can further ask who actually photographed and submitted both picture(s) to Mr. Gibson? Now, while I understand the answers might be somewhat embarrassing if your intent was to attempt to discredit another Dealer, I would like to believe that you are merely trying to use the photographs as an illustration of a faked or boosted Luger. Therefore, please do post back your thoughts if Mr. Shattuck wasnâ??t the owner at that time, and how that might impact your accusations. To remain mute on that point might only confirm that you indeed, might have had some ulterior motives in selecting this â??exampleâ? and whereby confirming that Pete may be correct â?? innuendoâ??s and â??partial informationâ? may be as damaging as veiled intentions to mis-lead? Just an observation as I watch this silly game played within this Forum.
However, I do find it strange that you would state: â??the guilty party will confess when questioned?â?. Learning the answers to the somewhat basic and simple questions above, (and questions I might suggest you too, might have posed so as to not have to appeared to â??accuseâ? another dealer, as Pete and others have noted) - have you started the paperwork to disinter Mr. Skinner, so you can hook him up to a polygraph to get his â??confessionâ?, if it was/is the same Krieghoff altogether? I suspect - but Iâ??m not certain â?? getting Mr. Skinnerâ??s confession today might be a somewhat frustrating process, but during that period of waiting for him to â??confessâ? (should he even utter a sound during that confession would be a miracle) â?? I stand with Pete in voicing my opinion that you owe at least one person an apology â?? it might be considered the professional thing to do. I remain only cautiously optimistic that you feel the same way.
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