I’m curious and I’d like to get an actual count on who owns which SLE’s out there.
I own one.
We now know Colbster owns two.
I know Benny (MichaeLantern) owns one.
And I know Matt L. owns a fleet of them, so that leaves him with the remaining four?
A guy on nightowl named brian owns one. I think it was suppossedly one of kens personal copies. Seeing what i saw now in the other thread id assume its one from mayne.
I, personally know of 4 forgery SLE copies and I know of several collectors, who own them. One of those 4 copies was sold as a blank, while another was sold as a poorly finished H1 edition. Since, I can not verify whether the additional forged copies that I have heard about exist, I can only speak on what I know to be fact, which is that at least 4 forgeries exist on top of the production run, which just grew by an additional 2 legitimate copies following Colby’s score.
People need to name the recasts if they know!!! Just because these recasts are KH/SLE recasts don’t make them different from other recasts out there. We need to know details and how to identify them guys
I now wonder if the H1 copy I owned was a recast :?I bought it direct from Andrew,the eyes and paint were done by Colin and Andrew did the hair.I have to think that there is a huge possibility that it was one of the non-legit copies.If that’s the case,I am truly shocked and had no clue.
I know Andrew sold/gave copies of his reworking of the SLE mask to friends, I have pictures so I’m not making it up, which was likely the same time these extra SLE masks were made and sold under false pretenses. Tough deal for all owners of the mask. Weren’t some of Colin’s/Andrew’s SLEs sold for several grand or more?
Also, Scott, member (Ghost) owned a copy of the SLE which he since sold to a private collector he told me, i don’t believe this copy has been accounted for nor do i believe it to have been a non-legit copy. sure the original owner prior to Scott was Jon Dano.
How easy exactly,Benny?A recast is usually super-obvious but for me,this mask seemed genuine.It was VERY small…even smaller than the other SLE’s I have seen.I am now looking over my old pictures of the KH/SLE H1 I bought from Andrew and really am scratching my head.At the time,it seemed legit.The features do seem a bit washed out but I figured that was from the plain,stark white paint-up on it.Looking at it now,though…I have to believe it is easily a contender for a phony copy.If this is a recast,that’s an outrage because Andrew originally had this up on ebay for $4000!!The price dipped to virtually half and I bought it from him outside of ebay for $2000.So,that is some unbelievably crooked stuff.Matt(MJ_23) now owns this copy and for his sake,I hope it isn’t one of the recasts.I must say though,it is VERY suspect.Let’s have the jury out on this one.Real deal or recast?The pics are in crappy lighting and the mask appears even more washed out,but what do you guys think?
The features do look a bit washed out on that copy. But what I’m really looking at his the Illinois stamp on the back. It looks to have almost no detail in it. I think maybe another key would be if it had the imprinted Silver Shamrock pumpkin at the inside at the top of the head.
Both of those features were present on this copy.I can’t remember if the Illinois stamp appeared a bit lackluster,but was obviously there and it absolutely has the Silver Shamrock pumpkin on the inside top of the head.
Hey Randy, your old copy was actually one of the three that I suspected to be a recast. This is why I PM’ed you while back asking you where you got it, when you told me, I just knew that there was something wrong. I just didn’t want to cause a problem even though you no longer owned it. Since you posted it and it’s out of the bag, it definitely looks like a recast to me. $4,000 on eBay?! That’s just sick. I don’t understand how AS can do that and just walk away without feeling bad.
That was how an owner confirmed that his suspected copy was a recast, by looking at the Illinois State Seal, it should be readable but wasn’t. It was obviously there but just wasn’t readable very well.
Also, I’m currently talking to someone through PM’s who exposed even more copies out there! There’s more than 15 copies for sure. It’s such a mess, I really feel sorry for those who bought a copy under a false pretense.
Because some people are simply driven by $$$ and will do anything and stop at nothing to make some or plenty and have no remorse whatsoever for all parties they have wrongly done by, i used to speak with Colin on facebook a lot and considered him a good friend and here he was telling me Ken had presented to him his personal copy of the SLE for some work he had done for Ken and all this time he was telling me bare faced lies, i feel like such a fucking fool for buying into all his BS.
Yup,originally Andrew wanted $4000…maybe even $4500,but I believe it was $4000.When he didn’t get a bite after a week or so,the price dropped to half instantly.That should tell you something right there.Any profit was a good profit and $2000 for a recast is a nice haul
As far as Colin,Anthony,I also used to speak to him very often through Facebook and here and we were lining up a chat over the phone at some point in the future.I considered him a great friend as well.
I just want to add that if memory serves me correctly,the Illinois stamp on mine did seem faded and not very vibrant.Man,talk about feeling like a fool.I never suspected that from Andrew or Colin as even a remote possibility back then.If that copy is indeed a recast,which is pointing in that direction now,I feel horrible for Matt and anyone else who has one of them in their possession.