[Leica] Maybe of interest?

[Chris Crawford]

Nope. They declared bankruptcy; that erases their debts. I¹ve lost money
twice this way, neither were large amounts (less than $2000 each). Sucks,
but there¹s nothing you can do once the court accepts their bankruptcy
petition.

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On 11/13/14, 5:01 PM, "Lluis Ripoll" <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com>
wrote:

>+1
>
>Ted,
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>It is no possible Legal actions?
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>Cheers
>lluis
>
>El 13/11/2014, a las 22:14, grduprey at mchsi.com escribió:
>
>> Ted,
>> 
>> That is one dirty deal.
>> 
>> gene
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 2:49:11 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
>>Central
>> Subject: [Leica] Maybe of interest?
>> 
>> MAYBE OF INTEREST? Collector's copy book!
>> 
>> Many LUG members during past years have purchased one or the other of my
>> coffee table size hard cover all B&W Leica available light shot books
>>on the
>> MEDICAL PROFESSION..
>> 
>> 1/ "This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler."
>> 
>> An edition of 250 copies with a leather hand bound cover special
>>edition.
>> All author signed and numbered copies. Plus another edition of a 1000
>>with
>> standard dust jacket cover over regular cover.
>> 
>> 2/ Re-published: "DOCTOR's WORK. The Legacy of Sir William Osler."
>> 
>> Recently I was browsing "USED BOOK" internet locations looking for any
>>of my
>> 8 published books with various publishing house's during past years.
>>When I
>> discovered two copies of the "Leather hand bound Special Editions?"
>> READY??? 
>> 
>> One listed as "SPECIAL COLLECTOR COPY.... hand signed & numbered....
>> "$2000.oo." USA dollars! The other $3000.oo! :-) Jeeeeeeeeeeesh if only
>>I
>> had a half dozen copies??????????? :-) :-)
>> 
>> In any event I thought you might be interested with the end part of this
>> publishing adventure?
>> 
>> The publisher made a major sale of copies to the American Medical Assn.
>>I
>> mean bigtime sale! My royalty cheque in USA funds was to be for
>>$60,000.oo!
>> Yep absolutely honest! HOWEVER!! :-)
>> 
>> OH and before I get to the final lines...... Converting that amount to
>> Canadian dollars at the time it would've amounted to??? "80,000.oo!
>>Yeah I
>> know yer all breathing deep and thinking all kinds of nice things etc!
>> 
>> HOWEVER? The publisher put himself into receivership and I received
>> NADDA!!!!! NOT A PENNY!!! :-(
>> Nor a penny for my near ten years of photo production time in between
>> regular paying assignments about the world.
>> 
>> To say the least we shed a few tears!
>> 
>> Have a nice day CREW! :-) If you don't smile at this yer going to be
>>sick as
>> a dog!!!! :-( :-( :-( AAAAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted :-) 
>> And every word is true!
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