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To: VinnyTex
I bought two paintings from a guy claiming to be an Israeli art student maybe a year ago. Surely no connections to the DEA or any government agency do I have. The guy was going door to door at small businesses, was super polite, believable, and happened to have a couple of paintings I liked. I bought 'em.

MM

33 posted on 05/08/2002 12:23:54 PM PDT by MississippiMan
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To: MississippiMan
I bought two paintings from a guy claiming to be an Israeli art student maybe a year ago. Surely no connections to the DEA or any government agency do I have. The guy was going door to door at small businesses, was super polite, believable, and happened to have a couple of paintings I liked. I bought 'em.
Hey, you should take a picture & post it here! (Don't forget the extreme closeup of the frame... :-)
40 posted on 05/08/2002 12:55:09 PM PDT by jennyp
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To: MississippiMan
It's a good racket. Spy and make some extra cash at the same time.
44 posted on 05/08/2002 1:02:58 PM PDT by AshleyMontagu
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To: MississippiMan
Who did you make your check out to? What company was behind these "art students"?

It would be pretty easy to verify if these were truly art students selling artwork. Find out what company they're working for and contact that company. Since no one seems to know who these students worked for, I have to assume they were here for nefarious purposes.

Over the years, we've had people going door-to-door in our neighborhood. Many of them use bogus "college student" claims. One said he was a scholarship soccer player at UGA when, in fact, UGA doesn't have a soccer team.

51 posted on 05/08/2002 1:12:08 PM PDT by mikegi
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To: MississippiMan
I picked up a gorgeous Elvis on black velvet, and another also on black velvet of these two kids with big round heads and eyes that look like cigarette burns on paramecia. (What can I say, I'm into black velvet. )

Anyway the artist said he was Israeli, but I kinda wonder if maybe he wasn't albanian or something.

Not that I'm any expert; I'm Presbyterian. Come to think of it, maybe that explains the black velvet thing too.

61 posted on 05/08/2002 1:57:19 PM PDT by tsomer
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