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Arthur "Smokestack" Hardy (April 2, 1901 – December 4, 1995) was a volunteer fire fighter, photographer, black fire historian and collector of fire memorabilia (). [1] He was the first African-American firefighter in Baltimore, Maryland.
Wayne Bray, a memorabilia shop owner, met master forger Gregory Marino in 1994. The two became friends, and went into business selling forged Mickey Mantle autographs among other items. [ 2 ] A large number of the forgeries were made by Marino, [ 3 ] who could perfectly copy signatures on sight and worked 15 hours a day to produce forgeries.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jason Kelce memorabilia scam: 3 charged for selling forged goods. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment.
The American Philatelic Association was formed in 1886. [1] Other national, regional, and local clubs followed during the late nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries. Most of these societies were dominated by white men of financial means, and some actively excluded women and persons of color, though newer and more local clubs formed in the ...
Apr. 23—Local fire departments are warning of scams targeting their supporters. Plymouth Fire Chief Bill Strubbe said multiple people reached out to him about messages claiming to have shirts ...
Last year, American consumers lost more than $10 billion to fraud. Maine woman, 65, loses $23K to scammer posing as Bank of America employee — and she’s furious at their response Skip to main ...
The company's repeated attempts to profit from the 9/11 attacks led Senator Charles Schumer to refer to the company as a "despicable scam." [2] The company was penalized for fraud in 2004, when State Supreme Court Justice Thomas J. McNamara fined the National Collector's Mint for engaging in false advertising and deceptive business practices when issuing their Freedom Tower Silver Dollar coins.
The Responsible Marketing Blog recently blew the whistle on another 'vanity award', the prestigious-sounding U.S. Local Business Association's "Best of" award. This so-called organization makes ...