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Ancient relic dealers and historians are suingdefamationAlamo experts fraudulently certify Texas historic relics and rock stars Articles claiming to have sold to Phil at exorbitant prices and this Collins et al.
Alexander McDuffy and Joseph Musso claim that the book "Forget Alamo: The Rise and Fall of American Myths" has ruined their reputation.
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson (L) He heard Phil Collins speak in front of the Alamo and announced on June 26, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, a donation of his historic collection of Alamo relics. (Photo by Gary Miller / Getty Images)
Books by journalists Chris Tomlinson, Bryan Burrough, Jason Stanford, and last year's Texas Monthly The magazine suggests that some of the artifacts the two men had collected for display on Alamo's site as part of the proposed refurbishment were not genuine.
It also suggests that the artifact may have been fraudulently sold toCollinsbecause of his Alamo collection, which he planned to donate to the museum. Did.
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McDuffy contacts the magazine And told the cover story. The featured excerpts were filled with "misrepresentations and false citations", and despite the editors including a list of so-called corrections and explanations, ancient dealers "erased the impressions created by the article. I couldn't even do it, and according to complaints, did they correct virtually all the mistakes? "
The proceedings were filed in June 2021 after the book was published.
British music legend Phil Collins Was considered by the Texas people to be the largest collection of Alamo relics. (Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc / Corbis via Getty Images)
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McDuffy's articles and books have boosted his relics from about $ 150,000 a year to just $ 9,800 last year. He said it had diminished and could no longer be profitable.
The Façade Antonio of the Alamo Mission in San .. (Edwin Remsberg / VW Pics / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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He is also the foundinghistorian and curator at the planned Battle Museum in Texas. He added that he lost his position as. Would have been part of the Alamo redevelopment – currently on hold.
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Author, Texas Monthly, and Book Publisher. Penguin Random House has been nominated as a defendant in the proceedings.