[Leica] Maybe of interest?

[Tina Manley]

There ought to be a law!

Tina

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Chris Crawford <
chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> 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,
> >
> >It is no possible Legal actions?
> >
> >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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