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FRAUD Ebay seller FELLUSS selling Greg Martin Sonic forgery

#1 User is offline Buyatari 

Posted 24 November 2014 - 09:49 PM

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Some people will do anything for a buck. He went so far as to put RIP in his title.
Unbelievable.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/271681370221

Item specifics
Seller Notes: “Excellent condition”
Original/Reproduction: Original Style: Urban Art
Listed By: Collector Size Type/Largest Dimension: 9"w x 12"h
Signed?: Signed Date of Creation: 2000-Now
Medium: Pencil, Graphite Region of Origin: US
Subject: Fantasy Artist: Greg Martin


Greg Martin's Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the iconic characters that is representative of the digital age. Artist Greg Martin, was responsible for some of the most iconic box art in video game history.
This drawing is 9" wide and 12"h. Dated August, 2007.

9"w x 12"h, Collector, Fantasy, Pencil, Graphite, US and Urban Art

"Gregory James Martin[1] (14. October 1956 - 21. May 2013) was a freelance artist, who began his career in Disney & Hanna Barbera Studios.[1] Throughout the 1980's and 1990's, he has done many promotional artworks for television shows and video games.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog community, Greg Martin is known for drawing American and European box-arts and advertising artworks for early Sonic the Hedgehog games. He has also done promotional artwork for many other Sega Genesis games as well. It was not until in early 2014 that he was revealed to be passed away on May 21st, 2013 and then gained the attention of being the artist behind the western promotional artworks for early Sonic games" (reference Wikia.)

About felluss editions: Since our founding some 4 plus decades ago we have sought to find extra-ordinary opportunity for artists, collectors and dealers. In addition to offering a small selection of museum and exhibition posters, our global relationships often provide unique opportunities for sought after unique and limited edition artworks. Our strength is in providing an impressive selection of lithographs, limited editions prints, signed items, and high quality at affordable prices.
This post has been edited by Buyatari: 24 November 2014 - 11:52 PM

#2 User is offline MarkeyJester 

Posted 24 November 2014 - 10:43 PM

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Holy hell! Burn it to the ground!! That is rather horrendous... There's a hint of Mickey Mouse I'm picking up from it (Not sure if it's just me though).

...it's got me thinking actually, about the possibility of good forgery original concepts being accepted without second thoughts. I recall animation cells being sold here and there (Good ones), I wonder if any of those are actual forgeries and we're just simply unaware, or have no way of proving...

#3 User is offline Buyatari 

Posted 24 November 2014 - 11:45 PM

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I suppose people will make copies of anything to make a buck. If there is ever a question about a hand drawn Greg Martin sketch or painting the first step would be to ask either Dan Maresca or myself.

#4 User is offline Buyatari 

Posted 03 December 2014 - 08:59 AM

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The seller took down the auction.

If anyone is interested in a real painting done by Greg Martin this place has a few non Videogame related movie covers for sale.

http://www.graphicco.../movie-posters/

#5 User is offline SpeedStarTMQ 

Posted 03 December 2014 - 01:11 PM

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To be a fraud, doesn't it have to be convincing? :colbert:

But yeah, that is pretty low.

#6 User is offline saxman 

Posted 05 December 2014 - 12:45 AM

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Wow... yeah that's pretty deperate. o_O

#7 User is offline Azukara 

Posted 05 December 2014 - 02:15 AM

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tbh it's not really far off from American Sonic

But nah, that's some kind of desperate, and also pretty disrespectful. Makes for a really funny spoof bid, though.
This post has been edited by Azukara: 05 December 2014 - 12:14 PM

#8 User is offline Sodaholic 

Posted 05 December 2014 - 07:38 AM

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That is disrespectful as hell to Greg Martin. Fuck this guy, no respect for his customers, let alone the deceased.

#9 User is offline Trunks 

Posted 05 December 2014 - 05:38 PM

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No one could possibly be fooled by this, could they?

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