Good Things DO Happen: Russell A. Pritchard To Get MORE Jail Time

Russ Pritchard is a thieving, lying, cheating, stealing son of a bitch. Once upon a time he was on Antiques Roadshow. He lived on the Main Line - 311 MILLBANK RD
BRYN MAWR, PA 19010 . Then for a while, according to court dockets in Montgomery County he lived at 1208 S BEACH AVENUE BEACH HAVEN, NJ 08008. One of his lawyers used to be a dude named Craig Kellerman, and does he live in Radnor? But on criminal dockets he shows a public defender in an active Montgomery County case. There were cases against him in Bucks County at one time, not sure about Delaware County.

Seriously, he is just a silver spoon bastard. Trust funds and making an honest living weren't enough. He used to have Bryn Mawr Auction Company - he was sued by what appears to be his landlord/investor according to the Maine Antiques Digest. And I wonder, is there any truth to the rumor that he stole even more antiques under the guise of "helping" a widow of a renown antiques restorer?

Anyway, I hope this bastard keeps getting more jail time piled on. He deserves it. I bet his mom is proud, huh?

Main Line auctioneer pleads in antique scam
Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
By Carl Hessler Jr., chessler@pottsmerc.com

NORRISTOWN – Described as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” the former owner of a Main Line auction company, already in prison for stealing from clients, has admitted to duping additional people who hired him to sell their expensive antiques.

Russell A. Pritchard, 46, former owner of Bryn Mawr Auction Company, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court on Wednesday to charges of deceptive business practices, theft by deception and theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received in connection with his business dealings with three Lower Merion residents between November 2003 and February 2006.

Accepting a plea agreement, Judge William R. Carpenter sentenced Pritchard, who once conducted appraisals for the “Antiques Roadshow” television program, to four-to-eight years in a state prison. That sentence will run concurrently with the four-to-eight-year sentence Pritchard received in May 2008 for similar conduct involving separate victims.

Assistant District Attorney Tracey Potere said Pritchard targeted wealthy, elderly people going through transitions in their lives, such as moving to nursing homes or settling estates of family members who died.

“The victims saw him on ‘Antiques Roadshow’ and thought he was reputable. They thought he was honest and fair. But he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Potere said. “He claimed he would sell people’s belongings but he did nothing. He stole from them. He is a common thief.”

Defense lawyer V. Erik Petersen declined to comment about the case. Pritchard, wearing brown and white state prison garb, said nothing more in court other than to plead guilty to the specific charges.....Pritchard, according to a criminal complaint, even removed a marble mantel from one 81-year-old woman’s home, promising to sell it at auction. However, the woman told authorities Pritchard has not contacted her nor has she received payment for her property, estimated at $10,000, or had the property returned, according to the arrest affidavit.

The three victims contacted authorities after reading and hearing news accounts about Pritchard’s admission to other theft-related charges last year.

In May 2008, Pritchard, was sentenced to state prison after he pleaded guilty to theft-related charges and admitted to deceiving six clients out of more than $100,000 in connection with incidents that occurred between June 2004 and December 2006.

At that time, Pritchard told the judge he never intended to defraud his victims. Pritchard claimed that the auctions were never as successful as he had thought they might be, that a vendor had defrauded him and that the business setbacks caused him to lose his home and had contributed to the end of his 21-year marriage that had resulted in four children.

In court papers connected to the original investigation, Lower Merion Detective Charles Craig alleged Pritchard obtained expensive paintings, furniture, books, china and silverware from clients on consignment but never fully paid the clients after items were sold or never returned property. The losses of the victims ranged from $260 to $53,723.

More on the douche bag found here:

Russell Pritchard III Responds To Fraud Complaint Charges
Jan 10th, 2006 By David S. Smith

BRYN MAWR, PENN. - Following the publication of an article relating to fraud charges lodged in a civil action complaint against a Pennsylvania auction house that appeared in the December 30, 2005, issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly, auctioneer and defendant in the case, Russell Pritchard III of Bryn Mawr Auctions LLC, has responded with allegations of his own. The complaint against Pritchard, filed on December 14, in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Sandra Udinson, a 59-year-old widow from Doylestown, Penn., alleges, among other things, "fraud," "unfair trade practices," "breach of contract" and "professional negligence."

In a released statement from Pritchard's attorney, Craig Kellerman of Kellerman & Connelly, PC, allegations are being denied and additional legal action on the auction firm's behalf has been suggested.

"Russ Pritchard of Bryn Mawr Auction Company, LLC has asserted his complete lack of wrongdoing and will vigorously defend himself against the false accusations by Sandra Udinson as reported in the recent edition of Antiques and The Arts Weekly," the release from Kellerman states. "Mr Pritchard intends to bring all appropriate legal action against Mrs Udinson for her false and misleading claims concerning the auction of her items conducted by the Bryn Mawr Auction Company, LLC."

Allegations specifically addressed by Pritchard in the Udinson complaint include reserves on items sold that the plaintiff claims were contracted, yet were never set prior to the items having been sold. Pritchard, in a November 3, 2005, letter to Udinson's attorney, Gavin Lentz, of the Philadelphia law firm Bochetto & Lentz, PC, denies that reserves were requested

For People With An Active Interest in the Civil War Today
Russ Pritchard III Pleads Guilty In 21 Counts
(Feb./March '02 issue) PHILADELPHIA, Pa

Ten months after a federal grand jury charged him with fraud, nationally known relic dealer Russ Pritchard III pleaded guilty Dec. 21 to a 21-count criminal indictment that detailed his repeated victimization of unsuspecting owners of Civil War artifacts.

The plea by Pritchard, 38, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., came even as his father and business partner, Russ Pritchard Jr., 61, was preparing to face trial for his part in one of the schemes. A jury found Pritchard Jr. guilty Jan. 18 (see related stories).
The guilty findings for the father and confession by the son, plus earlier guilty pleas by their partner, George Juno, 40, close a chapter in a long-running saga that has gripped the Civil War community for nearly four years

For People With An Active Interest in the Civil War Today
Highlights Of Russ Pritchard Jr. Federal Trial
By Deborah Fitts
(Feb./March ’02 issue) PHILADELPHIA, Pa

Antiques dealer, Russell Pritchard, pleads guilty to theft
By LAURIE MASON
Bucks County Courier Times
February 28, 2008