How to get ripped off by SCP Auctions & Sotheby's

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Corey, first off, it was quite convenient that Sothebys' picture cropping left out the most significant damage in the picture. As Ryan showed, the real picture and the one in the catalogue are significantly different -- and not just in the cropped areas. Tears do not appear in the catalogue pic that appear in the real picture. That Sotheby's may claim that 'this is the way we do things' will hardly sway anyone. It may be the way they do things but it doesn't make it right. A jury (not that it would ever get that far) of regular people would be appalled, in my opinion, of the differences in the two pictures.

I agree that Sothebys will make it right once they are pushed; I'm amazed, frankly, that the bashing they've taken out here hasn't caused them to pick up the phone and call Ryan already.