Reply to "De Tomaso Dealer Sign - Reproduction"

Roland:

The difference between Julian and you is that you are selling originals at a cost that makes them profitable for you but that puts them out of reach of most of us, while Julian is taking time away from his work and family to have reproductions made on a cost-recovery basis so that we can enjoy them and promote the marque. I, for one, am thankful Julian has taken the initiative to do this. I don't expect reproductions will take away from your sales (how many originals do you have left, anyway?) because people who are willing to pay a premium for originality will still come to you. People like me, who obtain our signs from Julian, would never have been your customers in the first place.

As for the Qvales or whoever owns the US trademark rights, they should be desperately grateful for people like Julian keeping passion for the marque alive on this continent, because they are doing nothing themselves - as evidenced by our not even being certain who holds the rights. Without people like Julian, their rights would be worth little if anything.

- Peter