Gary Louis Nadel, Cassidy Galleries, Pompano Beach, FL FAKE AUCTIONEER, FRAUDULENT GALLERY Pompano Beach Florida

August 1, 2015

BROWARD COUNTY CASE NO. 2014 CA 015892 A001CE

Plaintiff Gardiner S. Robinson (consignor) v. Defendant Gary L. Nadel (self-claimed auctioneer)

Charge: Fraudulent Auctions Conducted August 11 & 12, 2014 & Grand Theft

This posting is a complaint against Gary L. Nadel and his Cassidy Galleries of Pompano Beach, FL.  Please take note that Gary Nadel is an unlicensed auctioneer in the State of Florida and similarly his Cassidy Galleries is an unregistered business. Therefore Gary Nadel has been operating illegally in Florida, information which he failed to disclose when first contacted by a third party to offer his auction services to me. Nor did his Florida licensed bid caller, Steven A. Nadel (father and owner of Tyler Galleries, Miami) take any action whatsoever to stop his son from conducting an allegedly illegal and fraudulent action on the above mentioned dates.   

Among various illegal acts allegedly committed by Gary L. Nadel against me are the following:

1. Failed to comply with Florida’s DBPR regulation requiring an auctioneer to deposit all auction proceeds into an escrow account, thereby automatically disqualifying himself as an auctioneer.

2. Non-payment to date (one year after auction) for any goods received and supposedly “auctioned” by him (I allege that in reality no genuine auctions ever took place).

3. Failed to produce a professional contract for services meeting Florida’s DBPR regulations for auctioneers.

4. Denied any access to my goods (dispossession of consignor) since their original removal.

5. Failed to respond to any and all written inquiries from consignor for proper accounting of goods.

6. Final tally of auctions was three weeks late and found to be entirely fraudulent and unacceptable. Allegedly all valuations were entirely fictitious.

7. Refused to respect my reserve pricing and sold goods far below my price requirements

8. When advised of my intention to sue he claimed goods return for goods never returned to me (which I am treating as stolen goods), presumably, I allege, to use my money to underwrite his legal expenses, or to generate more free income for himself.

9. Most of my goods have now gone missing, and to date even in the discovery phase of my lawsuit Gary Nadel still has avoided any disclosure as to the buyers or to the whereabouts of my goods, which is legally required of him as defendant.

It is further alleged that the above mentioned auctions were merely a “show”, with virtually no legitimate bidding. It is similarly alleged that the Defendant liquidated most of the consigned goods for cash pre-auction at an estimated 10%-20% of their true market value.

Additionally, Gary Nadel sold some of my goods to his bid caller, Steven A. Nadel (his father), a blatant conflict of interest never agreed to by me, and at unacceptably low concessionary pricing, which goods subsequently appeared on the website of Tyler Galleries, Miami, also owned by the bid caller. I am still trying to recover these goods or get acceptable compensation for them.  Steven Nadel has also refused to cooperate with my attorneys’ Cease and Desist Order requiring him to cease sale and to return my goods.

The value of my claim against Gary L. Nadel is: $65,000 minimum (plus applicable legal expenses).  The value of all uncompensated goods is conservatively estimated at $97,000. Mr. Nadel had calculated his final, belated tally due for less than $20,000. As stated in point #6, last year this settlement was rejected outright because all his final tallies were found to be entirely fraudulent and otherwise unacceptable, particularly in view of points #7 and #8 above, which I allege to constitute outright robbery of the consignor.

Given the foregoing illegal actions committed by Gary L. Nadel, the matter is now in a Broward County court in Florida, with Mr. Nadel still attempting to stall the outcome of the case. To be fair to the defendant, until my lawsuit is ruled on, Gary L. Nadel is given the presumption of innocence. Readers of this posting should reach their own conclusions.

Meanwhile, in the event that any reader may wish to contact me, the Consignor, regarding any issues you may have with the above mentioned auctioneers, please feel free to contact Mr. Robinson at: 561-883-1180 (afternoons & evenings to 9 pm). I would welcome contact with anyone who has had similar negative experiences at the hands of Gary L. Nadel. Otherwise, anyone who chooses to conduct business with Gary Nadel and his Cassidy Galleries of Pompano Beach, Florida, does so at extreme risk and with an alleged considerable likelihood of either never getting paid, or having consigned goods go “missing”. At least this has been my own experience with Gary Nadel and his unlicensed auction gallery.

Lastly please take note that as of May, 2013 Gary L. Nadel, under the former business name of Estate Galleries (which corporate name supposedly exists in Florida under his father’s name and at the same Miami address of Tyler Galleries), has been banned from conducting auctions in his home state of North Carolina by that state’s Auctioneer Licensing Board. This partly explains Mr. Nadel’s current presence in the State of Florida, along with the fact that his father, Steven Nadel, is still a licensed bid caller in the state and who is employed by his son as the bid caller for Cassidy Galleries.