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Subject: RE: Gilbert Bland/Map Thief Again?
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 15:06:58 -0500
From: April Carlucci <[log in to unmask]>
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Organization: Yale Univ Library
To: 'Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum'
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The next question is: who is/should be reporting this to the FBI and/or
postal authorities? Is there enough hard evidence? Perhaps the dealer in
Colorado, if they actually did business with Bland. Also, is there not a
facility with eBay to report suspicious items so that they can investigate?
I'm copying this over to Maphist as it will be of interest to them as well.
As Alice says, not getting the New Year off to a very good start, but best
wishes to all anyway.
April
April Carlucci
Catalog Librarian for Maps
Yale University Library
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From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Subject: Re: Gilbert Bland/Map Thief Again?
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Subject: Re: Gilbert Bland/Map Thief Again?
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:32:15 -0500 (EST)
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Last mail address/phone off ebay:
South East Numismatic Co.
P.O. Box 4455
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597
United States
(843) 745-0378
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> Subject: RE: Gilbert Bland/Map Thief Again?
> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:02:12 -0500
> From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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>
> A quick search of Google on "scframers" shows someone selling maps under
> this name in eBay. They are listed in the Antiques section, most seem to
> be 19th century. There are pages from an A.C. Black atlas (United States,
> Mexico, among others), and an 1891 atlas of the Civil War. Various others
> from early and late 19th century.
>
> Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
> Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
> Miami University Libraries
> Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope
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> Subject: Fw: Gilbert Bland/Map Thief Again?
> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:23:11 -0500
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> And have a depressing New Year everyone!
>
> see below
>
> Alice C. Hudson
> Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division
> The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
> The New York Public Library
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> [log in to unmask], 212-930-0589, fax 212-930-0027
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> ----- Forwarded by ahudson/MHT/Nypl on 01/03/2008 01:20 PM -----
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> Subject
> Gilbert Bland/Map Thief Again?
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> It appears Gilbert Bland is stealing maps again.
>
> There is someone based in Maryland who is moving covertly about the
> east coast selling relatively low end maps from government
> publications via email under the name scframers. A dealer in
> Colorado got suspicious and did some background checking and has
> concluded that it is almost certainly Gil Bland. He is masked
> behind a series of aliases, wrong phone numbers and similar barriers
> to the discovery of his identity, but the case is fairly compelling:
>
> 1. Same type of material--primarly low priced government report
> type material, but periodically better material.
> 2. Working the east coast, but based in Maryland
> 3. Also pursuing Scripophily (hope I spelled that right!).
> 4. Mail order type operation.
> 5. At least one deep search caused an even more direct connection
> to Bland's prior business name.
>
> Not sure what the best approach is to tracking this down, but he's
> using the mail, shipping interstate, so its a Federal offense.
>
> --
> Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
> 1298 Prospect, Suite 2C
> La Jolla, CA 92037
> (858) 551-8500
> (858) 551-8593 (fax)
> [log in to unmask]
> www.raremaps.com
>
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