"Thanks guys, hopefully the info and additional detail is helpful for everyone as in principle will be generic and the same across all the artwork sold by Castle and not just the two Mondo’s I have."
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"Is interesting additional info, not unsurprising really and I can Imagine any creative people like Bob would easily get bored so will look for ways to make the process less tedious or boring as they can? Maybe he will start to sign some with his…"
"I agree, the timeline fits but the lack of granular, documented detail is poor. In my opinion they should have a basic governance and catalogue process in place to allow the verification of the signing of each particular piece of artwork to specific…"
"All I’m asking is for Washington `Green / Castle Galleries to provide the evidence to support the Certificate of Authenticity they issued which guarantees the artwork is hand signed by the artist. The artwork is fundamentally marketed, sold…"
"To be fair to Ian, he has been open, honest and responsive, proactively kept in touch and has provided as much of the requested additional information and detail as he can given the circumstances Castle have found themselves in.
The relevant…"
"Update from Ian Weatherby-Blythe reference the formal pre court letter request for proof to support the provenance for the Mondo Scripto 2020 series CoA’s issued by Washington Green / Castle Galleries:
“I refer to our correspondence and…"
"Guys, just to give an update on the latest position. I issued a formal ‘Letter before court’ to Washington Green / Castle Galleries on the 03rd January with a request for a response within 14 days. I subsequently arranged a call with Ian…"
"- It is direct from Ian WB
- I have two 2020 Mondo Scripto pieces so personal focus is on these but with obvious mind to the potential wider issue impacting other pieces.
- Í’ll be taking legal advice, but I personally believe the case…"
"Had a further response from Castle today:
Thank you very much for your email and further comments. I appreciate your concerns and hope that the following explanations will provide you with comfort regarding the latest event.
I want to start by…"
"I think you’re correct and Castle don’t have the ability to satisfactorily prove the validity of the COA and signature. The request isńt unreasonable, unrealistic or onerous and if it can’t be provided then that really is, or…"
"The bottom line is that Castle Galleries should have witnessed every signing session and documented evidence to support it e.g. to ime, date, location, specific collection or pieces, edition numbers, witness names, photo’s video etc and be…"
"Update from Castle Galleries and Bob Dylan I received this afternoon. Basically if Ím reading it right then we are supposed to just accept that essentially, “I can’t remember myself, have asked the team to check and all the others…"
"Good news you got.a response at least. Anything more informative or enlightening in it than what the rest of us seemed to have got or was it just the same carefully worded generic onei?"
"Defo, and have advised Castle Galleries of the same with the formalised complaint the first step in the process, so now have 14 days to respond. Its a simple enough process really isńt it with template formats for the letters etc, and although there…"
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