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Bradley and Pat Campbell, Long Term Park West Gallery Customers, Disillusioned and Dismayed
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.
Case Study, November 11, 2009

86-year Old Victim of Park West Gallery, Park West at Sea and Celebrity Cruise Line Art Auction Fraudulent Misrepresentation and Deceptive Trade Practices
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.
Case Study, July 18, 2009

Sandy Jeakins, a Victim of Park West Gallery and Norwegian Cruise Lines: A sequel to the case study on Sandy Jeakins
In February 2009 we published a case study of Sandy Jeakins, a victim of Park West Gallery aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship [Park West Gallery and Norwegian Cruise Line art auction fraud - Jeakins Case Study]. In this sequel we are publishing the events that have occurred since that case study was published, as Sandy continued to try to get her situation resolved with Park West Gallery, Norwegian Cruise Lines and her credit card company, Bank of America.
Case Study, July 13, 2009

Victims of Park West Gallery, Park West at Sea and Celebrity Cruises Art Auction Fraudulent Misrepresentation and Deceptive Trade Practices, and Enforced Customer Dissatisfaction
Victims Debbie Seagle and David Urbanski of Dublin, Virginia, were sold a supposed original Pablo Picasso Sculpteur et Son Modale for $45,000. As a result of extensive research in which she obtained records for over 24 recent sales of the Picasso print she determined that the average sale for a genuine one was about $10,000 - $12,000. The misrepresentations on the part of the auctioneers and sales people involved, and Park West's customer services became obvious to her.
Case Study, February 9, 2009

Another Victim of Park West Gallery, Park West at Sea and Norwegian Cruise Line Art Auction Fraudulent Misrepresentation and Deceptive Trade Practices
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.
Case Study, January 20, 2009

Divine Comedy? Divine Tragedy? Or Divine Farce? The Great Park West Salvador Dali Half a Million Dollar Print Swindle
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. This was sold as an investment with representations of it being a rare investment opportunity. Not long afterwards, circumstances changed and Julian and Sharon decided to liquidate their "investment." When Shapiro at Park West summarily dismissed their invitation to Park West to buy the set of prints back, their investigation rapidly showed them that what they had bought was not worth a fraction of what they had paid. Worse, there was a possibility that the prints themselves and/or the pencil Dali signatures on them were forged.
Case Study, January 10, 2009

"All Sales are Final - Thank you and have a good day!" - Park West Gallery
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.
Case Study, January 6, 2009

Park West Gallery Refuses to Right the Wrong on Dali Print - Litigation on the Horizon
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" aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Explorer of the Seas on their honeymoon in 2004. Then followed a series of customer services and executive bloopers of magnitude as Park West sent them the wrong print, declared the value for customs purposes to be a third of what they paid, and then contradicted themselves internally regarding the provenance and value of the piece sent.
Case Study, November 12, 2008

Another Park West Gallery Dissatisfied Customer - Case Study
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 to right the matter. Lies, false assurances, price gouging, knowingly selling fakes and not putting it right even when clearly pointed out characterize this case study.
Case Study, October 24, 2008

Park West Gallery/Park West at Sea Cruise Ship Art Auction Rip-off and Customer Services Nightmare
Richard and Tracey English tell how they were sold fraudulently overpriced art by Park West at Sea aboard the Carnival cruise ship Miracle. This is another in the series of 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.
Case Study, October 18, 2008

The Truth About Park West at Sea Cruise Line Art Auctions - An Insider's Story
A 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 and later went on to work for Albert Scaglione and Park West, tells the story of how the art auctions on cruise ships began, how they were taken over by Park West and how they dwindled from a fun activity where real bargains were to be had to what they are now, overpriced and often poor quality art sold under heavy pressure for more than it is worth using anything goes sales tactics.
Video, Octoober 10, 2008

Yet Another Park West Gallery/Park West at Sea Cruise Ship Art Auction Rip-off and Customer Services Refusal to Help, Peter Max Art
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.
Case Study, October 3, 2008

Report of Another Park West Gallery Park West at Sea Cruise Ship Art Auction Rip-off, Rembrandt
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.
Case Study, October 1, 2008

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