DENVER CO: Stolen Art Collection

[guidovt]

Posted quite a few photos on PP.com and will be adding more as I find them in my archives.

[jamesmassey1988]

Very sorry to read that, man. Hope it all works out the way it should.

[guerilladubber]

Jesus, I'm so sorry to hear this. I would be beside myself. I hate this kid so much and I don't even know him. I hope something bad happens to him. I'm sure it will.

[guidovt]

No, that is not the person responsible. I have no idea who that is.

Guido

[guidovt]

Things are looking up, I have a series of text messages from him today that pretty much implicates him as the culprit. Not sure I will ever get my posters back but it sure looks like like a B&E and Grand Larceny for this moron. I'd obviously rather have my stuff back but I guess this is the next best thing.

Luckily, everything that was too big to fit in the Itoya portfolios (18x24) was not taken, not sure why as they were in the same room just in a large folding white cardboard type file + I moved my Great Went Robot to friends house on a whim, Corey has 5 or 6 of my BEST prints and my Gorge 99, UIC 98, Atlanta 99 are still with the frame shop in FL. So he really made off with the 'worst' of my collection. The #1s are just not replaceable so that really stings the most. Everything else I can replace I, just a matter of money. I was in the process of getting renters insurance but was having trouble because of the value of my art collection. Guess I should have just paid the insane premium.

Everyone in Denver please be on the lookout for the following prints (and Burlington VT as well, it's possible he shipped the portfolios there since he is from there as is Phish and he probably thinks it will be easier to sell there plus he doesn't have the evidence on him. He wouldn't have shipped the framed prints because of cost I would assume, so let's hope the police find them at his house and we can then figure our where the rest went. I am definitely missing some additional prints but I need to really go through my online purchase records as I only update my database every so often (which is why some of the #s are missing as well). If anyone sees any of these prints please contact me or the Westminster CO Police Department.

The two bold prints were framed. The prints in italics are ones that really meant a lot to me and obviously the #1s are not replaceable.

Values are estimated for police report using expressobeans.com average prices; no way to quantify the value of the #1s
7/21/96 Phish/Santana unused ticket stub $100
BG-227 Grateful Dead Miles Davis SF 70 Singer - Handbill $80
BG-227 Grateful Dead Miles Davis Fillmore Ticket 1 of 3-Fri $52.99
BG-227 Grateful Dead Miles Davis Fillmore Ticket 2 of 3 Thurs/Sun $48
Phish Clifford Ball 96 Modern Dog (Two copies of this, none are numbered) $92.34 x2
Phish Sunrise Big Cypress NYE 99-00 (none numbered) $63.50
Phish Hartford 00 Pollock (Meadows) 529/600 (framed in yellowish/orange frame) 3x matte $432.70 + $411 frame (have receipt from frame shop)
Oysterhead 'Fall of the Oyster' 01 Masthay 25/100 $33
Phish Hiatus 01 Masthay 25/100 $21.71
I Want More 01 Pollock 473/600 $157.09
I Want More 01 Pollock 25/600 $157.09
Phirst 02 Pollock 454/500 $84.09
Chameleon I 02 Masthay 4/10 $65
Trey Anastasio Asheville Halloween 02 Dreimiller (none were numbered) $47.73
Phish They're Back NYE New York 02 Masthay 22/100 $70.39
Trey Anastasio Spring Tour 03 Wood 209/750 $84.59
Seahorse I 03 Masthay 4/45 $35
Seahorse II 03 Masthay 37/45 $35
Phish 20th Anniversary Boston 03 Pollock 613/2000 $181.81 + $411 frame w/ receipt from frame shop(framed, white frame 3x matte)
Phish Boston 03 Stucke 35/90 $40.34
Phish Coventry 04 Covell (none were numbered) $22.28
Phish Big Cypress Commemorative 04 Masthay 79/99 (with photo that inspired print) $32.50
SAC Initial Gesture 04 Campbell 73/500 $40
SAC Suspended Motion 04 Campbell 73/500 $40
SAC Pollen 04 Campbell 73/500 $40
SAC Worldwide Network 04 Campbell 73/500 $40
Your Call Is Very Important To Us 05 Pollock 34/600 $76.36
Trey NYC 05 Masthay 50/100 $31.67
Jason & Debbi Wedding Invitation 05 Pollock (gift from Jason K, obviously not numbered $? Irreplaceable gift from a friend, this one makes me want to cry
Planetesme.com 06 Pollock 203/500 $21.50
Subscription Edition #1 COA 06 Pollock 1/50 $90 + value of being #1
Trey Anastasio Charlottesville 06 Masthay - Tan 8/13 $85 (paid $75 + $10 s/h)
Deal with the Devil 07 Pollock (none were numbered) $49.07
USTORM 1st Birthday Chicago 07 Pollock 1/300 $44.06 + value of being #1 which is difficult to quantify
Subscription Edition #2 COA 07 Pollock 1/50 $90 not on EB, impossible to quantify value of #1 (used value from 2006 COA)
Uptown Bank Building 1/100 $500 total for set + value of #1 (through 2nd Annual Open Studio)
Sears Tower from Chinatown 1/100
Rogers Park Two Flats 1/100
Canal Street Railroad Bridge 1/100
L Train 08 Pollock (bonus print) 1/150
2nd Annual Open Studio Chicago 08 Pollock 1/100
The Daily Shit 08 Pollock 1/120 $71.53 + value of #1
Embedded 08 Pollock 1/120 $61.97 + value of #1
Xenophobia 08 Pollock 1/120 $76.50 + value of #1
Hockeybot 08 Pollock 1/100 $174.86 + value of #1
Basebot 08 Pollock 1/120 $62.90 + value of #1
FootBot 08 Pollock 1/120 $41.50 + value of #1
Basketbot 09 Pollock 1/120 $47.16 + value of #1
Soccerbot 09 Pollock 1/120 $47.84 + value of #1
Fanbot 09 Pollock Bonus 1/60 $131.66 + value of #1
Clifford Ball 96 08 Koike 162/750 $61.71
Umphrey's McGee Leap Year Run Minneapolis 08 Pollock 156/300 $60.30
Phish Vegas 96 08 Pollock 169/1206 $72
Phish Hampton Bass Bomb 09 Masthay 14/50 $202.50 (amount I paid)
Spring Construction 09 Pollock 1/600 $102.50 + value of #1
Green Press 09 Pollock (none were numbered) $600 (sold on eBay for this amount)
Foo Dog 09 Pollock 70/700 (numbered in chinese) $83.84
Disco Biscuits Morrison 09 Pollock AP $70.73
Phish Wantagh 09 Masthay (Jones Beach) 56/200 $35
Phish Saint Louis 09 Methane 351/750 $69.18
Phish St. Louis 09 Masthay (Fox Theater) 57/200 $38.77
Phish Morrison 09 Masthay 54/200 $35
Mock Show Red Rocks 09 Pollock 425/500 $100 (I paid $100 outside the venue)
Mock Show Morrison 09 Jerzy (Walking Tube) 31/70 $80
Phish Hartford 09 Masthay 94/100 $71
Phish Festival 8 Indio 09 Scaglione 88/150 (88 for festival 8, ugh.... + just a beautiful print overall, loved it) $43.16
You've Got Heart 09 Huntsman Indio 3/31 $47.21
Phish The Horseman Indio 09 Masthay - Triptych Set x/66 (dont have the numbers for this set in my database) $193.33 for the set (through Satan's Stew)
Phish Gill-o-tine Indio 09 Masthay - Triptych Set x/131
Phish Satan's Stew Indio 09 Masthay - Triptych Set x/66
Terror Gnome Phish 09 Masthay - (Albany) 67/75 $80
Phish Albany 09 Bullock 'Looking Through' 30/100 $26.17
Mock Show: EPIC NYE 09 Welker 98/250 $36.87
Phish Miami NYE 09 Masthay 20/125 $40
Phish Miami NYE 09 Masthay 23/125 $40
Icculus is the Answer 10 Buds x/300 (no number in database) $10
Makisupa Stop and Search 10 Buds 215/300 $10
Taxi Driver 10 Methane Studios x/225 (no number in database) $75
Urban Floral 10 Pollock 111/375 $79.97
Phish Alpharetta 10 Bullock x/100 (no number in database) $50.67
Phish Berkeley Triptych 10 Masthay (33/45) $175 (what I paid)
Amherst I 10 Pollock 378/625 $108.34
Amherst II 10 Pollock 177/625 $127.57
Phish Atlantic City 10 Bullock x/125 (no number in database) $50
Bad Dog! 10 Pollock 19/150 $30
Bomb 11 Pollock 70/150 $30
Eye 11 Pollock 71/150 $30
Mike Gordon Nt 1 Brooklyn 11 Duval 'Queen' x/90 (no number in database) $25
Mike Gordon Nt 2 Brooklyn 11 Duval 'King' x/90 (no number in database) $25
Phish Alpharetta 11 Taylor 533/1000 $103.71
Phish Portsmouth 11 Pollock 148/800 $149.49
Phish Watkins Glen 11 Jerzy 6/240 $48.77
Phish Gorge 11 Masthay 55/100 $76.14
Phish Hollywood 11 Masthay 47/150 $152.50
Friendship and Support 11 Fairey - Red 'George Harrison' 141/450 $134.87
Friendship and Support 11 Fairey - Gold 'George Harrison' 260/450 $103.60
Phish Chicago Triptych 11 Masthay 51/125 $217.50
UIC NICU Chicago 11 Horan AP $25
Aurora Borealis 11 McCarthy x/650 (no number in my database) $71.91
Phish MSG Totem Set 11 Masthay (2 Prints) 19/150 $90
Phish NYC 11 DKNG - Green 673/700 $147.33
Zappa 12 Masthay 84/100 $40
Phil Lesh & Friends Broomfield 12 Biffle 155/500 $40
Phil Lesh & Friends Broomfield 12 Biffle 188/500 $40
Phil Lesh & Friends Broomfield 12 Biffle 189/500 $40
Phil Lesh & Friends Broomfield 12 Biffle 420/500 --- ugh $40
Umphrey's McGee Aspen 12 Scrojo (3 copies, none are numbered) $40 x3
Geisha Beetle 12 Pollock 18/100 $46
Geisha Beetle 12 Pollock 19/100 $46

Total $9,373.71 which does not include any value for the various #1s. Grand larceny is $10,000 theft or more so I'll have to figure to something out. I don't want to lie about anything and the value of the #1s clearly pushes this past $10k. For example Spring Construction #1/600 + some of the prints that never come up for sale and thus have a low average price (the old Masthay's, the Bass Bomb.) Anyways, the goal here is to get these items back--- any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Guido

Good news! Trying to figure out how to to a 'strike through'; found a portion of the missing prints in with another group of prints. Unfortunately they are are not the prints that hurt the most but at least it's not quite as bad. I will make a new list ASAP and get it posted. I'd like to be able to edit to old posts and strike through the prints I found as to not cause any confusion. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Guido

P.S. Also got my Tree of Life finished at the frame shop:

[GiantBoyDective]

Good luck man that read made me sad people like that deserve to be stoned to death by the people they've ripped off. Really hope you get your prints back

[guidovt]

Great news, ALL of my posters were recovered and the person that stole them arrested!

Well here is a quick synopsis of what happened:

I notified Corey at Furthur Frames of the theft and he contacted some local stores he knew and alerted them of what had happened (this was a few weeks ago). One of the people he notified, Bryce at Poster Scene in Boulder, had a customer enter his store on Wednesday with a portfolio containing numerous Pollock #1s and he realized these were the stolen prints. He offered the kid $1,000 for the portfolio to which Brent responded he wouldn't take less than $5,000 (for the single portfolio). He also got 54 photos of the prints and multiple photos of Brent with the prints; this was the key to having the police be able to set him up-- without those photos everything was still hearsay (Bryce you are a genius!). At this point, I was alerted as to what was going on by Corey, Bryce and the WPD. Bryce called Brent back and said he was interested in the some of the prints in the portfolio and anything else he had for sale. The police 'sting' was set for 10am today and Brent showed up with the framed Boston 03 and at least one of the portfolios. The police took him into custody at which point he brought them to his house and returned everything that was stolen. They processed him and released him pending charges, depending on the total value he will be charged differently. All of the prints are at WPD as evidence, they are photographing them and I will be able to get them back early next week.

I can't thank Bryce, Corey, all of you at PP.com and the WPD enough for helping me recover my collection. If you live in the Denver area you should realize that Poster Scene in Boulder and Furthur Frames in Denver are good people and if you are in the market for prints or AMAZING frame work then I can't recommend them enough. I would have given this recommendation even if all of this hadn't happened but this just solidifies that these are good people who went out of their way to help someone when there was nothing in it for them. They spent their time and effort to help a fellow human, and that is extremely beautiful to me. Thank you each from the bottom of my heart.

I really never thought that I would get my stuff back so I am just so happy right now.

Thanks again everyone,
Guido

EDIT: I forgot to thank everyone here at EB.com for their help as well. Thank you!

[shoeless]

Excellent news! Great to hear you got everything back, and even better to hear how!
for Corey and Bryce!!!

[Aphex139]

Hooray for happy endings! I'm glad things got worked out for you in the end.

[rival]

Very cool that this worked out for you.

[ErocAfellar]

Peacedog, master framer, super sleuth

[Bickel]

Congrats!

If it's not out of line to ask in here, please post a photo of this Brent guy and his last name so the rest of know who he is? If you can't, I get it, but I wouldn't wish what happened to you on anyone.

Seriously, though, good on you for getting it worked out!

[peacedog]

Glad everything worked out for you, Guido. Hats off to Bryce for keeping his eyes open. An asset to the community.

[Gmallard42]

Wow... So sorry.
My place was broken into while I was at AC run a couple weeks ago. Luckily none of my collection (can hardly call it that compared to yours) wasn't touched. All the douche took was my PS3 and PS3 games and my old laptop. Although really weird and a complete mystery, I can't imagine dealing with what you've got going on. Hopefully you can at least recoup cost but and fuckwad (junkie?) goes to jail for a while, but man, what a drymounting loss. Again, so sorry.

[Gmallard42]

Just finished reading through everything. Glad you got everything back! That is grrrrrrreat