-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Gilbert Bland/Map Thief Again? Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:32:15 -0500 (EST) From: [log in to unmask] To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Last mail address/phone off ebay: South East Numismatic Co. P.O. Box 4455 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 United States (843) 745-0378 -------- Original Message -------- > 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 > <[log in to unmask]> > > > > 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 > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:28 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Gilbert Bland/Map Thief Again? > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Fw: Gilbert Bland/Map Thief Again? > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:23:11 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > > > 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 > 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 > New York, NY 10018-2788 > > [log in to unmask], 212-930-0589, fax 212-930-0027 > > Hours: 1-7:30 Tu & Wed, 1-6 Thurs-Sat. Closed Sun, Mon. > > http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html > > > ----- Forwarded by ahudson/MHT/Nypl on 01/03/2008 01:20 PM ----- > > > 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 >