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Originally Posted by drc
From what I understand Marino was a well known artist who forged autographs on some of his own artwork he sold. There's no reason he couldn't have been hired as an artist by a third party for their own signings. Presumably, this being before the third party (and others) knew Marino was forging autographs (or had yet to forge) on his own.
If I'm correct, Marino was a well known artist, presumably hired by others to do artwork, before he started forging autographs.
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Marino the artist, was not a forger, he was the father of two sons who were the major players in the biggest forgery ring ever busted by the FBI. The family was also a participant in the ring. The brothers served several years in prison, if only such a fate could befall the rest of the criminals in the autograph hobby.
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Last edited by RichardSimon; 11-13-2011 at 01:53 PM.
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