Well look what I found in my mess here (see below); a Christmas card from George Ullman to a “Tony”. Tony apparently asked him if he had anything Rudy owned he would sell. So Ullman tells him he only has a cane left which he PURCHASED himself at the Valentino estate auction for $75.00. (looks like $75 to me but could be $25) Ullman offers it to Tony at cost so no evidence of profiteering there at all.
Then Ullman wishes Tony, "All the Blessings of Christmas”.
So I point out for the benefit of “Mr. Black Market”, Tracy Terhune... that Ullman bought things with his own cash which once belonged to Valentino and so they belonged to him. Robert Florey also wrote how Ullman bought a lot of things at the auction. The Valentino estate, mostly Alberto then, put those things up for sale.
And doesn't Ullman's lovely Christmas card, written with a festive red pen...completely refute Terhune's portrayal of Ullman as someone sinister selling stolen goods in some back alley? A cheery Christmas card with the item and price clearly written is hardly a shady deal going down.
And Ullman could sell whatever he owned, whenever he wanted to. In the Black Market there are no receipts, no notes, no Christmas cards … but just a fast exchange of cash with no telltale record.
