Hmm. . .somehow, I managed to get wind of yet another book that will soon be for sale on Amazon.com – “Tiffany & Gaylord Express & Exhibition Belt Plates: Exposed!” which is a reprint of the bogus Percy Seibert book on the fake Tiffany & Co., E. Gaylord, Mills, et al brass belt buckles that have been available since the 1960’s. Let’s just say that a “little bird” told me that this version will contain a new preface and an index.
In looking around the ‘net for copies of the first (and complete fraudulent) version, many continue to claim that this book is genuine and charge outrageous prices for it. In the past five minutes, Google searches have turned up copies running as high as $112.50, and some clown is also selling a copy on eBay for the same amount. As usual, this book is falsely attributed to the illustrious “Percy Seibert” and used book sellers falsely claim that it was printed in 1950 by Tiffany & Co. – it was really published twenty years later – circa 1970. Oh well. Hopefully the new edition will be a big hit among collectors of bogus buckles and it will rise to the top of Amazon’s Best Seller Lists! 🙂 I’ll post a link to the book on Amazon when it is available!