http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/ Copyright 2003-2010 Global Fine Art Registry LLC. Here you will find information on what Fine Art Registry is doing to help bring a little order to the world of art. en-us 22 Jan 2010 16:54:00 MST http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/park-west-gallery-lawsuits/greedy-dogs-park-west-gallery-and-cruise-lines.php 22 Jan 2010 16:42:00 MST Fine Art Registry Shamefully, Park West Gallery takes full and complete advantage of human frailties. There can be no question about this. We have a parade of victims and many sad stories and the evidence to prove it. Ask victims Sharon Day, Julian Howard, Mike and Maria Vallillo, Martha Szostak, Al and Vivian Best, Debi Austin, Heidi Rice, and Cheryl Crist who are currently suing Park West Gallery, as well as scores of other victims that Fine Art Registry has interviewed, and they will all tell you how they have suffered enormously at the hands of Park West Gallery and its CEO Albert Scaglione, and continue to suffer. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2010/01/park-west-gallery-cruise-ship-auctioneers-speak-out.php 22 Jan 2010 15:54:00 MST Fine Art Registry Recently two more Park West Gallery auctioneers contacted us and gave us some further insight into the ways of the Park West Gallery art auction. This material is published here to help potential auction goers walk into the auction with their eyes wide open. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2010/01/four-judgments-against-park-west-gallery-for-fraudulent-sales.php 21 Jan 2010 21:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry Four judgments against Park West Gallery, sued by customers who claimed they had been defrauded by the Michigan art gallery, were handed down by Michigan Circuit Court today, awarding the Plaintiffs damages of close to $9,000 against Park West. http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/park-west-gallery-lawsuits/park-west-gallery-litigation-update-8.php 16 Jan 2010 11:52:00 MST Fine Art Registry It is important to explain or attempt to explain just how Park West Gallery is able to con hundreds of thousands of cruise passengers (as well as customers at land based auctions) sometimes out of their life's savings. Some of Park West Gallery's sales tactics are so subtle that it would and often does fool even the intelligent and savvy. Park West Gallery preys on all sorts of victims - they make no distinction - doctors, lawyers, college students, retirees, and especially the elderly are all subject to the rip off. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2010/01/scandalous-revelations-from-current-and-former-park-west-gallery-insiders.php 08 Jan 2010 12:11:00 MST Fine Art Registry 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. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2010/01/park-west-gallery-drags-royal-caribbean-into-cesspit-of-controvesy.php 07 Jan 2010 17:36:00 MST Fine Art Registry 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. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2010/01/lawyers-dismiss-park-west-gallery-libel-case.php 07 Jan 2010 16:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry 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. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/12/park-west-gallery-lawyers-hasty-court-filings-throws-open-pandoras-box.php 30 Dec 2009 15:50:00 MST Fine Art Registry You would think that with all the money Park West Gallery and its CEO Albert Scaglione have made off the backs of innocent victims that he would be able to afford the cream of the legal crop to defend him and his gallery against the mounting nationwide litigation being filed against them. Okay, if not the cream of the legal crop, then at least halfway skilled legal counsel with the sense of a walnut to perform even the most basic of due diligence BEFORE filing public documents. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/12/open-letter-on-expertise-of-dali-works.php 22 Dec 2009 13:36:00 MST Robert Descharnes Twenty years after the death of the surrealist master (January 1989), a second wave of prints is creating a scandal. During the eighties, an outbreak of fake prints invaded the market. Robert Descharnes, at the head of the Demart organization, founded at the request of the artist (1986), led the war in close collaboration with the police. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/12/park-west-gallery-destino-prints.php 17 Dec 2009 13:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry But Do You Know What You Are Buying When You Buy the Destino Prints from Park West Gallery? Destino is the name of a short, animated film produced by Disney Studios, based on a collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney. Reproductions of some of the artwork on which the film is based has been turned into a series of prints, sold in limited editions of 1035 of each print mainly by Park West Gallery for thousands of dollars per print. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/12/court-orders-royal-caribbean-cruises-back-in-lawsuit-with-park-west-gallery.php 15 Dec 2009 18:07:00 MST Fine Art Registry An order issued by the Michigan Court of Appeals on 11 December 2009, effectively brought Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. as co-defendants with Park West Gallery, back into a court case from which they had been dismissed. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/12/park-west-gallery-remarkable-developments-litigation-update.php 15 Dec 2009 15:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry The February 2010 scheduled legal boxing match between Park West Gallery and Fine Art Registry was recently cancelled by the Michigan Federal Court. It is currently on the court's trailing docket calendar, and is expected to be reset sometime in March of 2010. Though Fine Art Registry has been ready to go head to head in the legal ring with the bully, Park West Gallery, since the originally scheduled trial date in October, this second in a row of welcome delays provides Fine Art Registry with additional time to further expose the gallery's continued bad business practices. To this end, we will in the immediate future begin with the release of a new investigative report on the Park West Gallery Destino collection. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/12/park-west-gallery-throws-in-the-towel-in-defamation-case.php 03 Dec 2009 09:40:00 MST Fine Art Registry On November 30th, 2009, Hon. Nanci J. Grant, Circuit Judge of Oakland, State of Michigan, ordered the dismissal with prejudice of Park West Gallery's Counter-Complaint against Counter-Defendants Julian Howard and Sharon Day. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/11/wbaltv-investigates-complaint-about-park-west-gallery-art.php 23 Nov 2009 12:58:00 MST Fine Art Registry On 16 November 2009, WBALTV Baltimore aired an investigation into the purchase of a Salvador Dali print for $12,000 by Fine Art Registry member Richard English aboard the Carnival Miracle in July 2006. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/11/victim-of-questionable-park-west-gallery-art.php 18 Nov 2009 13:18:00 MST Fine Art Registry On November 16, 2009 the following program, by WBAL-TV Baltimore's I-Team, was aired in the Baltimore area. It concerns Fine Art Registry member, Richard English, and his purchase of a Salvador Dali print found by experts to carry a fake Dali signature. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/11/long-term-park-west-gallery-customers-disillusioned-and-dismayed.php 11 Nov 2009 15:12:00 MST Fine Art Registry Brad and Pat Campbell started buying art from Park West Gallery in 1983 and over the years have collected over 25 pieces, paying a total of close to $10,000. They comment on how Park West Gallery has changed over the years and explain why they will not be buying any more art from Park West. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/11/bernard-ewell-litigation-update-park-west-gallery.php 07 Nov 2009 09:35:00 MST Fine Art Registry Ewell's Motion to Dismiss, filed on October 8, 2009, is entertaining, and one of the more creative legal pleadings we have read in some time. Fine Art Registry is pleasantly surprised, however, that Ewell's legal counsel has taken the position he has on Ewell's so-called expertise. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/10/litigation-update-park-west-gallery-royal-caribbean-celebrity-cruises.php 31 Oct 2009 12:14:00 MST Fine Art Registry Anything Goes When it Comes to Financial Gain. On September 29, 2009, Defendants Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines filed a Motion to Dismiss the claims of Plaintiffs Bohm and Lee in in connection with the fraudulent artwork they purchased shipboard from Park West Gallery. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/10/descharnes-undying-commitment-to-salvador-dali.php 20 Oct 2009 07:49:00 MST Theresa Franks For decades Robert Descharnes has seriously pursued Dali's decree to "honor" and "defend" the artist's body of work. There is no one that can dispute that Robert Descharnes was more than a secretary to the great painter. He was a cherished friend. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/10/park-west-gallerys-picasso-barcelona-suite-lithographs-breaking-news.php 02 Oct 2009 13:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry Former Park West Gallery employees and those with insider knowledge into the Gallery's underbelly have shared some very interesting information regarding the current state of affairs at Park West Gallery and we believe it is important to share the latest with our readers. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/09/park-west-gallery-bernard-ewell-litigation-update.php 30 Sep 2009 20:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry More Litigation Updates. Is Park West Gallery attempting to cut its captive self-proclaimed Dali authenticator, Bernard Ewell, adrift? On September 19, 2009, Park West Gallery filed a Motion to Sever Bernard Ewell from the Federal litigation. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/09/notes-from-current-and-ex-park-west-employees.php 17 Sep 2009 14:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry Recently several of Park West employees approached us, outraged after discovering that they had been brazenly lied to by their own employer and key Park West Gallery executives. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/09/park-west-gallery-litigation-update.php 16 Sep 2009 16:22:00 MST Fine Art Registry A Litigation Update and more... Since May 2007 we have been reporting on the business practices of Park West Gallery, as well as the legal maneuverings, lawsuits, and threats of lawsuits by Park West Gallery to its own customers, in addition to other pending class litigation. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/09/10-sets-of-park-west-gallery-dali-prints-examined.php 09 Sep 2009 17:52:00 MST Fine Art Registry A brief summary of the examination by two international Salvador Dali experts, Frank Hunter and Nicolas Descharnes, of ten different sets of Dali prints sold by Park West Gallery for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Forged signatures and outright fake prints were found. Most of the prints examined were worth almost nothing. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/09/national-law-journal-reports-on-park-west-gallery-lawsuit-collection.php 04 Sep 2009 16:51:00 MST Fine Art Registry The National Law Journal just published an article written by Tresa Baldas, highlighting the many lawsuits recently filed against Park West Gallery, its CEO Albert Scaglione, and his Empire of companies. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/09/expert-linked-to-park-west-gallery-accused-of-defamation.php 04 Sep 2009 16:50:00 MST Fine Art Registry "An expert associated with a local art gallery has been named in a third-party complaint filed in U.S. District Court, accused of making "false and defamatory" statements against an Arizona art tagging operation. The suit alleges Bernard Ewell of Santa Fe, who works with Park West Gallery, "maintained a vicious attack on Fine Art Registry" through his Web site and blog..." - The Detroit News. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/08/losers-park-west-gallery-motion-denied.php 31 Aug 2009 14:47:00 MST Fine Art Registry Nationwide Class Actions Transferred to Washington State. The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik will be the Chief Judge and will preside over at least three of the nationwide class actions lawsuits against the Park West Gallery gang. The remaining three class actions currently pending in Michigan may be moved as well. Time will tell. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/08/park-west-gallery-dali-expert-bernard-ewell-sued-by-fine-art-registry.php 27 Aug 2009 19:32:00 MST Fine Art Registry A Third Party Complaint was filed on 26 August 2009 against Bernard Ewell, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, an appraiser and self-styled expert in the works of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali, who has for years been paid by Park West Gallery. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/08/park-west-gallery-and-its-hired-experts-ewell-and-fornes-exposed.php 25 Aug 2009 15:42:00 MST Fine Art Registry Víctor Fernandez, investigative reporter for LA RAZON newspaper in Barcelona, Spain, reports on the ever-increasing and ostensibly endless fraudulent and overpriced Dali "Divine Comedy" prints which are being sold in large part, by Park West Gallery a commercial art seller that figures prominently in this Spanish art fraud investigation along with its self-proclaimed, dime-store Dali "detective", Bernie Ewell (who on his best day is a mere appraiser), but for a buck would authenticate a Dali Pez dispenser if asked to (that is, if there were such a thing). Shockingly, it also focuses on Park West Gallery's newly hired "expert", Eduard Fornes, who just happens to be in a nice cozy bed with Park West Gallery. Like Ewell, it appears that Fornes will do anything for money. Now that Fornes is implicated in wrong doing in Spain, what will Park West Gallery do now? http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/08/the-horrific-dali-fraud-la-razon-spain.php 25 Aug 2009 15:40:00 MST Fine Art Registry The Horrific (Dantesque) Fraud with Dali. The center sued by the painter's Foundation sells loose prints from The Divine Comedy. A publisher authenticates for the USA a collection which is the subject of legal battles. La Razon, Spain. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/08/park-west-gallery-has-another-class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-them.php 19 Aug 2009 11:35:00 MST Fine Art Registry On July 24, 2009, Plaintiff Sean Mullen brought a lawsuit in Michigan Federal Court in what amounts to the sixth nationwide class action lawsuit filed against Park West Gallery and all its various affiliates including, PWG Florida, Fine Art Sales, Vista Fine Art, and Park West at Sea. Rounding out the named Park West Gallery defendants in the Mullen lawsuit is Park West Gallery CEO Albert Scaglione who is alleged by Mullen to be "the prime architect of the fraud and conspiracy." Other named defendants include Royal Caribbean, Holland America, and Carnival Cruise Lines. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/08/class-action-lawsuits-filed-against-park-west-gallery-in-florida.php 19 Aug 2009 11:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry On June 20, 2008, another class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in Florida against the self-proclaimed "largest art gallery on the planet," Park West Galleries, Inc., Park West Gallery, which does business as Park West, and Park West at Sea. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/08/freedom-of-speech-rights-suspended-aboard-royal-caribbean-cruise.php 18 Aug 2009 21:22:00 MST Fine Art Registry The Right to Freedom of Speech suspended aboard Royal Caribbean Jewel of the Seas when passenger cautions fellow vacationers about vendor Park West Gallery auction practices. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/08/tide-finally-starts-to-turn-against-park-west-gallery-auctions.php 18 Aug 2009 14:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry On Friday, August 14, 2009, The Boston Herald published an article announcing the debut of Celebrity Cruises' new ship, the "Equinox". What's so important about this article? Park West Gallery doesn't run the onboard art auctions. http://www.salvadordalifakes.com/articles/2009/08/creating-provenance-park-west-gallery-and-salvador-dali-prints.php 13 Aug 2009 14:15:00 MST Theresa Franks In its investigation of Dali prints sold at cruise ship art auctions, Fine Art Registry has found that, in addition to bearing forged Dali signatures, much of the provenance provided by Park West Gallery to support the authenticity of the graphics it has sold, is spurious, hopelessly incomplete or intentionally confusing and misleading. Much of the information concerning the provenance surrounding how, when, and where, the so-called Dali signatures were applied is either completely omitted from the provenance or history of the acquisition by the art dealer or mischaracterized. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/cruise-passenger-told-to-leave-in-art-auction-row-the-independent-uk.php 01 Aug 2009 01:55:00 MST Fine Art Registry American teacher, Mark Jacobs, was ejected from his 12 day cruise with Royal Caribbean in Oslo, Norway port for critizing onboard Park West Gallery art auction. Cahal Milmo reports for the UK newspaper, The Independent. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/07/house-transportation-infrastructure-committee-moves-foward-cruise-ship-safety-bill.php 30 Jul 2009 18:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry The International Cruise Victims Association, Inc. (ICV), a not for profit corporation formed by victims and families of victims of cruise crimes, applauded the unanimous passage of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009 by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, introduced by Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-CA). Currently, cruise ships operating under foreign flags of convenience are not required under U.S. law to report crimes occurring outside of U.S. territorial waters. H.R. 3660 would ensure that crimes committed while aboard cruise ships do not escape the jurisdiction of American law enforcement. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/07/congresswoman-matsui-applauds-committee-support-of-cruise-ship-safety-act.php 30 Jul 2009 18:00:00 MST Fine Art Registry Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) applauded her colleagues on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and thanked Committee Chairman James L. Oberstar (D-MN) and Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Chair Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) for their commitment to keep Americans aware and protected while on cruise vacations, and for bringing the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009 before the full Committee for mark-up today. Representative Matsui introduced this legislation following holding multiple hearings which made apparent the gross inadequacies of current cruise safety provisions. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/07/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-park-west-gallery-5.php 31 Jul 2009 18:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry On July 29, 2009, nationwide class action lawsuit No. 5 was filed against Park West Gallery and its affiliates (PWG Florida, Fine Art Sales, Vista Fine Art, and Park West at Sea). Also named personally for his active involvement with the alleged deceptive and fraudulent schemes and practices is Park West Gallery's CEO Albert Scaglione. Also being sued this time around is Carnival Corporation, Carnival plc, and Carnival Cruise Line. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/removed-from-royal-caribbean-cruise-for-criticizing-art-auction-practices.php 28 Jul 2009 23:01:00 MST Fine Art Registry Mark Jacobs, 41, U.S. citizen and resident of Garrison returns to New York after Royal Caribbean forcibly removed him from its Jewel of the Seas cruise ship. Jacobs was left at the Oslo, Norway port on July 26, forcing him to find his way to England...On this particular 12-day cruise, Park West is running three art auctions on days when the ship is at sea in international waters. Jacobs attended the first auction on July 18, and became concerned that the claims of the auctioneer might not be wholly accurate. Using on-line searching, he found that there were lawsuits and class action suits in addition to many individual stories regarding people being duped by Park West. Jacobs says, "Even though I have never bid at a Park West auction, I became concerned for my fellow vacationers. When I heard there would be two more auctions, I felt I had to let people know about Park West's track record." http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/07/a-tsunami-of-class-action-lawsuits-filed-against-park-west-gallery.php 24 Jul 2009 14:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry On July 22, 2009, a fourth class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in Michigan against the self-proclaimed "largest art gallery on the planet," Park West Galleries, Inc., Park West Gallery, PWG Florida, Inc. which does business as Fine Art Sales, Inc., Vista Fine Art, LLC. dba Park West at Sea, Albert Scaglione and Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/07/park-west-celebrity-cruise-art-auction-fraud-and-depective-trade-practices.php 18 Jul 2009 17:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry This is another in 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 subsequent refusal by Park West Gallery to provide customer services support. This one involves an 86-year old passenger on an anniversary cruise on the Celebrity Millennium... http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/surreal-case-of-dali-art-sold-by-park-west-gallery-the-independent-uk.php 18 Jul 2009 13:15:00 MST Fine Art Registry The Independent (UK newspaper) reports: On the cruise of a lifetime came the chance of a fortune. Cahal Milmo reports on a family who claim they were 'swindled' out of $400,000. Press coverage of Park West Gallery fraud victim and Fine Art Registry member, Sharon Day. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/07/cruise-ship-safety-bill-moves-forward.php 15 Jul 2009 17:15:00 MST International Crime Victims Association The International Cruise Victims Association, Inc. (ICV), a non-profit corporation formed by victims and families of victims of cruise crimes, applauded Congressional action to move the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009 through Committee and for Congressional consideration. The legislation they have been instrumental in crafting will require that that all crimes that occur aboard cruise ships be reported to the Coast Guard and Federal Bureau of Investigations. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/07/park-west-gallery-fraud-victim-sandy-jeakins-sequel.php 13 Jul 2009 17:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry In February 2009 we published a case study of Sandy Jeakins, a victim of Park West Gallery aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. In this sequel we are publishing the events that have occurred since that case study was published... 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.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 13:00:00 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 18:50:00 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.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.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/more-bad-news-for-beleaguered-park-west-gallery.php 14 May 2009 08:35:00 MST Fine Art Registry There's more bad news for the beleaguered Park West Gallery of Southfield, Michigan. On April 29, 2009, the Honorable Robert S. Lasnik ordered that "Park West and its closely-affiliated company, Fine Art Sales" must defend claims filed against them by the Plaintiffs in the State of Washington. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/fine-art-registry-sues-park-west-gallery-for-further-defamation.php 12 May 2009 18:04:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/2009/05/park-west-at-sea-contracted-auctioneers-speak-out-5.php?cp=A755 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.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.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.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.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 17:25:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-appraisals-independent-or-not.php 03 Mar 2009 14:05:00 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.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 11:35:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-ceases-land-auctions.php 16 Feb 2009 19:26:00 MST Fine Art Registry More good news! Albert Scaglione confirms death of Park West Land Auctions. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/park-west-gallery-case-against-fine-art-registry-dismissed.php 12 Feb 2009 15:50:00 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 20:26:00 MST Fine Art Registry Case Study, Victims Debbie Seagle and David Urbanski of Dublin, Virginia. http://www.fineartregistry.com/mediacenter/2009/the-art-newspaper-park-west-gallery-sued-by-customers.php 09 Feb 2009 10:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry In a news article entitled, Park West sued by customers, Martha Lufkin reports plaintiffs demand refund for "fake" works against Park West Gallery. http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-lies.php 04 Feb 2009 15:40:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-lies.php 31 Jan 2009 14:20:00 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 14:15:00 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 13:45:00 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/abc-detroit-lawsuit-park-west-gallery-sold-fake-art.php 13 Jan 2009 16:45:00 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 16:42:00 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 23:55:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/cruise-art-auction-buyers-sue-park-west-gallery-and-royal-caribbean-cruises.php 07 Jan 2009 14:20:00 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 07:55:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-galleries-michigan-vs-fine-art-registry-judgment.php 05 Jan 2009 09:50:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-dali-ripoff.php 12 Nov 2008 16:28:00 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 15:10:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/park-west-gallery-violation-press-10272008.php 27 Oct 2008 18:00:00 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 16:04:00 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 08:00:00 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 08:20:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/video-auctioneer-parkwest.php 10 Oct 2008 11:20:00 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 11:40:00 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.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/parkwest-class-action-suit.php 23 Sep 2008 00:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry Fine Art Registry is pleased to announce to its members and readership the filing of a class action lawsuit in Washington State against Park West Gallery... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/more-parkwest-investigations.php 23 Sep 2008 00:10:00 MST Fine Art Registry More Documentary Video & Investigative Reports on the Underbelly of Cruise Ship Art Sales... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/sothebys-dali-experts.php 23 Sep 2008 00:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry AUCTION GIANT SOTHEBY'S WEIGHS IN... on the subject of authentication of "ORIGINAL" Salvador Dali works of art... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/obfuscating-truth.php 20 Aug 2008 18:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry There are specific catchwords, catchphrases, and doublespeak that Park West Gallery uses in order to induce consumers to buy what is essentially mass produced merchandise.... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/fineartregistry-art-advocate.php 12 Aug 2008 18:05:00 MST Fine Art Registry Over the last two years Fine Art Registry has commissioned some remarkable investigations into the seamier side of the art industry. Our exhaustive research and published reports have exposed a number of significant public policy concerns... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/parkwest-sues-fineartregistry.php 06 Aug 2008 12:45:00 MST Fine Art Registry Park West Gallery served Fine Art Registry and its CEO with a second lawsuit today. Why? Solely to harass, intimidate, and attempt to stop Fine Art Registry from continuing to investigate and report the truth.... http://www.fineartadvocacy.com/articles/parkwest-michigan-law.php 06 Aug 2008 16:30:00 MST Fine Art Registry All buyers of art prints or multiples from Park West Gallery have a legal right under the Michigan Art Multiples Sales Act to demand from Park West Gallery/Park West at Sea IN WRITING certain detailed disclosures of key information concerning their purchase...