Robert Marx "artifacts"

Golddigger . Tony made it pretty clear that you cannot even read  . Besides that the metal that is used to protect the ships propeller is ZINC and not TIN . TIN was used in the manufacture of PEWTER ware . These Pewter cans and plates are stil found in the wreckage of ships that sank hundreds of years ago . Sea water does not oxidize tin my friend . So much about your knowledge of basic salvage .  Cornelius

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Question concerning Marx's authenticity in material he purports to be from "The Archives". Has anyone to anyone's knowledge actually ever found a lead in the AGI that Marx gives a Legajo number, and contratacion for? As an example lets take "La Magdalena" lost in 1563. Marx gives the source as AGI, contratacion, legajo 2899. Anyone ever verify that information?
Or:
Santissima Conception aka "El Grande" 1683
Anyone ever verify Marx's source information on this?

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There are many pewter spoons and cannisters to prove you wrong . They are found on any shipwreck .  Since I finished  a.o  a naval academy I think you are wrong when you say the anode blocks on a ships hull are made of tin .  Cornelius ( let us not start an other argument  . If you think you are right , you are right  )

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I argue with you because you are wrong . If I did not try to set you straight I would look like I agreed with you . But .......... if you want to be right I will leave you alone .   Cornelius

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Dear All,

I posted a message yesterday but it seems to have gotten lost. Thank you for your comments but I think this thread got a little off topic lately. Attached are some photos of some of the items sold to me directly from Bob Marx. I was finally able to compress the files so they can be uploaded here. Have any of you purchased any such items? Do you know anyone who has? If so, they are fakes. You can verify this with an expert or even by yourself. He sold me a bunch of the red coral carvings an example of which you can see. Place this in a glass of water and the chemical dye leaks into the water within a minute. But Bob says these came from the Flor and were underwater for 500 years. Oh Please.
The bronze items such as the swords he sells are obvious fakes that even an amateur dealer can identify. Similar items are on ebay all the time going for 99 cents. There are plenty of antique experts around who can verify the cheap and modern quality of the jade items sold by Marx.

I think it is very clear and well-documented that the Flor expedition in the 90s never found any items. Tony Wells really says all that needs to be said with proof and he was there. Marx was lying then and he is lying now so he can sell these fakes and make money. I have so many e-mails and even a video of him making these claims while pointing directly to a series of fake artifacts.

I think this is a serious case of fraud. My point in posting here is simply to warn others so they do not get fooled as I was. I thought Marx was a great guy and simly never conceived of him being a thief. After getting to know him better, I realized more and more, he was not the man he pretends to be. Our buisness relationship soured (another interesting take on its own) and I became suspicious of the artifacts so I had them checked by five diffeent dealers. Others have also had them checked. All items were immediately called out as fakes except 2 jade items which may have actually been jadeite though they were modern carvings. The rest were not jade but serpentinite or other inferior quality stone and modern.

Dan Sedwick verified one of the the fake coins I got from Marx which he labelled a contemporary fake from Port Royal. Just spread the word so no one else is riped off by this guy or they at least use extreme caution when dealing with Marx. That is all I ask. And if any of you have anything purchased by Bob, get it checked.

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