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Complaint Review: MMA Fine Arts - Quebec Quebec
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MMA Fine Arts
5475 Pare, Suite 180, Ville-Mont Royal Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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514-733-5918
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www.mmafinearts.com
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MMA Fine Arts Galerie Concorde Kept Ripping me off for years (Nigel Goddard aka Art Millington, Scott Jones, Harold Sendel, Earle Corber) Montreal Quebec
This started nearly a decade ago with Earle Corber at Galerie Concorde. I bought 13 pieces over 2 years to build my "collection" of fine "prints" and he kept me abreast of my progress on the international auction list that i never got to 1st place on. He ripped me for nearly $50,000. He had elaborate stories of foreclosure and bankruptcy sales that i could scoop up art at 15-20% of thearket price. He sent out a nice brochure and even sent me a nice coffee table book for Christmas one year. Then, as my hopes to start selling pieces built, he vanished- off to curate a museum on France. I was then contacted by Harold Sendel (very pushy and the most successful salesperson in Canada, self proclaimed) to buy more for my profile to get my name out there to sell my art. Or course, I bought more. After awhile, i realized he was full of crap too and wouldnt return his calls. Over the next year or two i heard from random salespeople that would sell my art but i would have to buy 2 pieces of art to "become a client of the gallery." I had no other option or hope to sell all of this stuff so i did it. I was then brought into the "original" market. Oil on canvas because prints were not making money anymore. The salesperson here was Art Millington (aka Nigel Goddard from another fake gallery, i have learned). He would take some of my old prints and give me "dead money" towards my new original purchases. I spent another $20,000 over 2-3 years. Then the big opportunity came, Scott Jones (sounded a whole lot like Harold Sendel but a little less pushy) was the new thoroughbred to take me to my millions. All i needed to do was trade my 3 originals and pay an additional $16,000. I was gonna make over $250,000 in the next 60-90 days. 90 days came and went. Both Scott and Art (or Nigel) assured me that it was going to happen very soon. Next thing, both of them were gone. They left the poor owner and took all of his clients. He was forced to start a new company. Poor guy! Poor me, poor stupid me! These guys have really put together a complex scam over the years. Luckily, i like a few of the pieces but they are a constant reminder of how hard i worked to make the money to buy worthless crap. Very sad but i work so hard that i just didnt have the time to stop and think about what was happening to me. I just kept getting deeper and deeper into this mess with hopes that one of these "sales" would bring me out of the hole i was in. Shame on me, but i hope I can help someone else avoid making these same mistakes.
