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Karl Springer LTD. - trying to confuse people to think it is - Karl Springer, LTD.

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Karl Springer LTD pretending to be Karl Springer, LTD.

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See the Mark Eckman actual biography and information from the State of New York Department of Corporations

Above is my copyright photo which was misappropriated from my website, with the caption deleted - Shown on the websites of Todd Merrill & Mark Eckman, used without my permission for years of commercial use, shown on both the brass sun and the chrome sun, as a sales tool. Refusal by Todd & Mark to pay the bill. The photos were removed after my first letter requesting payment. However, no payment has been received. How can two such Ladida Illustrious fellows turn into nothing but common crooks?

Never the less - PAY your bill Mr. Merrill and Mr. Eckman! Also go to - matthewsandparker.com - click on KARL SPRINGER, then click onto The Man, 'the line', alluding that all the pieces were designed by Karl Springer. 50% of the items were not designed by Karl Springer - and never would have been.

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matthewsandparker (Mark Eckman) + Todd Merrill - your past due bill of $197,440.11 includes compound interest, as of 8/25/2025 is due and payable now, by either direct deposit or Venmo or PayPal. Or should your son should pay this since he apparently either 'cinematographed' or 'videografted' my copyright photo. Where exactly is one given a course in such things? Your son also cinematographed images that I know of, from 'fatchancelosangeles', Jeff Schuerholz. And from Angus McEwan. Which you had to delete.

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Why O Why ?? Karl Springer LTD cannot continue something you were not involved in.
Misrepresentation directly from their websites: "Karl Springer LTD continues the legacy of its namesake founder who, throughout the 1960s and 1970s, created custom-made designs with superb craftsmanship and extreme attention to detail."
As seen below KARL SPRINGER LTD. is NOT a continuation of Karl Springer's business, KARL SPRINGER, LTD. (notice the comma) of which there was no association with Todd Merril, nor of Mark Eckman, except Mark was a salesman for Just Plastics, later being employed for occasional periods of time, hired by Joachim Springer as a salesman, on the floor of the showroom. Mark Eckman was discovered as a salesman behind the counter of Just Plastics.

KARL SPRINGER, LTD. (note the comma after SPRINGER). As shown below: State of New York, Department of Corporations. One is of the real and actual designer Karl Springer's company and business. Filed January 30, 1961 and then dissolved December 29, 1999 - notice Karl wanted his name separate from the Ltd., so there is a comma - KARL SPRINGER, LTD. - then, KARL SPRINGER LTD. , filed November 25, 2015, so that people will assume it is the continuation of the actual business belonging to Mr. Karl Springer - even to the point of claiming this deliberate misrepresentation on - matthewsandparker.com - and elsewhere, that Mark Eckman somehow worked with Karl in design for 30 years. Karl did not even work with his brother, Joachim in design. Below, you will be able to check out Marks real bio (a very long time ago, so if I am off on something I am happy to correct it. Mark can provide all his tax forms from 1975 to 1994 (if these are lost the IRS will happily provide copies). Not to mention, the only intermittent position that Mark ever held at Karl Springer was as a salesman on the floor of the NYC showroom, hired by Joachim Springer - which does nof fit into Mark's fantastical story. Managed by FatCow

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My original photograph of Karl Springer and Paul Fox, that I cropped for use on my website that was stolen:
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Corner of Karl's apartment = Sun Sculpture on a black lacquered pedestal - photograph by Jaime Ardles Arce, Architectural Digest November 1989. Both Jaime and Karl decided to have the Joseph Varsas Sun sculpture (only 1 of 3) and the pedestal brought over from the showroom to give the photograph more depth and interest. The Varsas sculpture and the Springer pedestal then went back to the showroom to be sold, along with the other two Sun sculptures that Joseph Varsas designed and made for the Miami and Los Angeles showrooms.

Jaime Ardiles Arce, the photographer, an old friend of Karl's, also photographed both the Free Form Stainless Steel tables and the 8" diameter Sculpture Leg coffee table for the catalog. The Sun Sculpture was designed and made by the artist, Joseph Varsas, which worked perfectly for Karl's apartment shoot. Varsas found a very large chunk of the blue granite, which he showed photos of to Karl, explaining the idea of the sun, an ancient idea. Being on top of large blocks he would have cut, polished and drilled, knowing the cleanness and sharpness of this would appeal to Karl. The suns being poured, at a foundry that both he and Roberto Estevez used. Made as one clean edged, solid piece so that the support column would be seamless with the sun. The real sculpture is voluptuous, with clean, smooth edges. There was enough of the granite, so that only three could be made, one for the NY, LA & Miami showrooms. The raggedy edged suns of Todd Merrill & Mark Eckman, made of bits and pieces, stuck on all sorts of bases,that are slapped together of common parts in metal shops, etc. Their stone bases can be put together by any shop that cuts out slabs for kitchen counters. I will add that I once suggested making a base of the sort as yours, Mark & Todd, in my first year with Karl, who was absolutely abhorred by such a thing. Going completely against his design ethos, which is why clients paid high prices, along with becoming an internationally recognized designer. Karl only made unique items in the best possible, painstaking and time consuming manner as with artworks Karl carried by several artists. Karl never sold - in your case, stole - anything of or from any artist. In addition, your suns appear to me, as though two metal plates were slapped together and welded, leaving the ragged edge. Karl never made or sold copies of any works of any of the artists, contrary to you whack jobs, completely made up writings of such things. Karl was overbearingly honest, nothing that will ever be attributed to either of you two.

Set of 3 Monkeys by Roberto Estevez, AIRPORT coffee table in Ivory Goatskin Parchment

Mark Eckman's real and actual bio, below, as close as my memory serves. This can be updated if Mark provides all his tax forms from 1975 to 1994 (if these are lost, the IRS will happily provide copies). The only intermittent position that Mark ever held at the Karl Springer showroom. NYC, was as a salesman on the floor. Recently, in a conversation with Ramona, she said I was so funny when Mark came into the showroom one day while he was working for Just Plastics, to show us and award from some plastic manufacturers association. That after he left I said "It's a good thing that Mark designs in lucite, that way you can't see his work." I am happy to post a photo of the award.

Fact checking from Mark Eckman's site - 'The Man' - section

fact check - Mark shows how little he actually knew Karl Springer. He obviously took the information of Karl's birth place from the obituary that Mateo told the writer - Berlin, because he didn't want to get into all the details.
https://www.karlspringerfurnitureauthentication.com - I am finishing a book on Karl which has some of the awful details of his early life, having been born in Bremen, Germany, where Hitler had his U-boats manufactured and launched, resulting in the allies bombing many times.

fact check - Mark had no collaboration with Karl other than his salesman job at Just Plastics. All I can figure out that a larger piece could only be a large lucite dining table base, as per his claim on his website. I have also searched every search engine in every known universe and beyond. I was not able to find anything of the alleged lucite line of furniture & lighting. Ramona reminded me that one time Mark had come to the showroom to show us some sort of award he received from a plactic society of some sort. Possibly for selling a lot of plastic? And that I had said after he left, "It's a good thing that Mark designs in clear plastic, that way you can't see it."

Below are the New York State Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC - KARL SPRINGER, LTD. (distinguished by the comma between SPRINGER, LTD.) is for the entity of the real person and designer Karl Springer which was dissolved on Dec 29, 1999 - the copy corporation specific to fool people-the bottom one - is made to look like some sort of "continuation" of the actual person known as Karl Springer, is a business of Mark Eckman, who had no association, other than as a salesman of Just Plastics, and as a sometime salesman on the floor of the NYC showroom of KARL SPRINGER, LTD. while also working at another showroom when he was let go. - Mark Eckman's corporation was formed on NOVEMBER 24, 2015 - an entirely separate business with no actual involvement with Mr. Karl Springer and was formed many years after Mr. Karl Springer's death. Karl's business entity name is -KARL SPRINGER, LTD. // Mark's business name is - KARL SPRINGER LTD. In order to create confusion.

Mark Eckman's & Todd Merrill's claim of selling and making reissues of Karl Springer designs, would actually need to be of actual designs of Mr. Karl Springer. With the exact dimensions.

The only piece of furniture designed by Mark Eckman that I have ever seen, is directly below. Notice the photo I took is in the Karl Springer warehouse that was in Long Island City. I was on one of my trips to NYC from LA, going to the warehouse to see some custom designed furniture that had been made for a client before it was picked up. There was this piece that I assumed had been someones great grandmothers that had been refinished as a favor to somebody or other. The guys said no (giggling). This was something Mark made and that was all they knew. This was one of the times Mark had been let go. I think he was back at Lorin Marsh. When I got back to the showrom I asked what it was doing there. It turned out that while Karl was on a trip to Europe, Joachim and Mark had worked out to put this on the floor to see if Joachim could make some extra money and then Mark would be able to claim to be some sort of furniture designer, with the support of Karl, rather than simply a salesman on the floor for Springer. When Karl returned from his trip, he walked around the full floor showroom to see that it was in proper order. After he made his walk thru, he had Joachim come over to this strange piece of furniture to find out precisely what it was doing in his showroom. Nobody knows for sure what Joachim's answer was, but Karl blew up and had it immediately sent to the warehouse to get it out of his sight. It stayed in the warehouse for a while, even with Mark no longer being employed at KS, until one time I was back in NYC, the piece was gone. When I got back to the showroom, John Protomaster told me it had been picked up, with Mark telling him that someone had bought it. NOT PURCHASED from or through Karl Springer. Purchased directly from Mark simply bacause the piece had nothing to do with KARL SPRINGER, LTD.

These two are so full of it, they go thru these like other people go thru pairs of sox.

Not sure what this design is about. Perhaps a dining room cabinet? Mark, care to share?

The above story from Todd Merrill about the small Torso Sculpture is a fabricated piece of bull crap, put out by the same.

No limited editions of Roberto's Torso Sculpture were ever made or sold by Roberto Estevez or Karl Springer. The only Torso Sculpture, other than the single small one Roberto made to show Karl what he proposed to produce, was the large bronze Torso. Karl had a black marble base made for the, 6" high Torso, which he then took to his Condo in Miami Beach.

Karl never had made, nor sold copies, of any manner, of any artist that brought him their artworks for Karl to sell. He was most ethical and respected for being such. Something that does not fit in either one of your wheelhouse. This was obviously found in the warehouse from which you purchased the contents when they were put up for sale, by you, Mark. This was in Karl's items that were sent back from Miami to New York. Apparently when you and Todd got together, you and he concocted this untrue story, along with so, so many more.

Appears as though Mark & Todd's foundry has K.C. not K.S. on this piece.

Mary Forssberg and Armando Valdez with the Large Bronze Torso by Roberto Estevez

What a Fantastical story from Todd and Mark, in the square from the Todd Merrill Studio The small bust by Roberto Estevez was created to show Karl what he wanted to make. Roberto was treated the same way Karl gave approval to art pieces by Joseph Varsas, the artist who designed the three Sun Sculptures. After receiving the go ahead from Karl, Varsas was given a deposit from Springer, with a final payment when the three were finished and delivered. Karl got many pieces of art from Varsas over the years. The Suns, being the artists Joseph Varsas creation, were never made again, like most artists, they create new pieces, and in particular, as fraudulently claimed, not in two sizes, or now four sizes, nor with a variety of finishes or stands made of spare parts, some of which can be made by your friendly neighborhood plumber. Karl always made sure there were never many accessories around at one time, the business of Karl Springer was in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling furniture. This sculpture, nor any others, were never designed by Karl Springer. Nor copies of any artists work was ever made or sold by Karl Springer. One never knew what Varsas would come up with or bring in. I think I have only seen one or two of his incredible mirrors, all one-of-a kind, come onto the secondary market, someone in a family always having dibs on it. On the right is a hand inlay Matchstick and Brass Mirror by Joseph Varsas. Below it is a Pyramid Style Cabinet in hand inlay of Matchstick and Mother of Pearl.

For Billy Gaylord's clients Fritz and Lucy Jewitt, Billy, myself and Varsas worked out a tall Pyramid Cabinet, that went to Newport, Rhode Island for the 1983 America's Cup. This was for the Jewitt's Newport residence, a television cabinet, with doors that opened by remote control, the TV on a roll-out, which then swiveled into position for viewing. This cabinet was covered in hand inlay Matchstick. I was fortunate to be flown up for three days for the installation in case there was a problem, which there wasn't.

The Sun Sculptures by Joseph Varsas were completed in 1985., I love how people, and antique dealers, when they are making up something, say something like "it is said". Todd Merrill, a third generation antique dealer, who I am quite sure was never in the Manhattan Springer showroom, or ever knew who Karl Springer was until he saw that dealers were making money on vintage Karl Springer pieces. The movie 'The Nightingale', clearly spells out how most antique dealers work. Mark Eckman only specifically worked as a salesman on the floor, being hired by Joachim, sporadically, for short intervals, two or three times, just as he worked several times for Lorin Marsh Limited as a salesman on the floor, as laid out in Mark Eckman's bio on this site.

Blue granite base, of which there were only three made for Karl by Joseph Varsas. Smooth edged from a foundry pouring.
Below is some sort of ragged edged copy on some sort of base on a cheesy holder that can be made by anybody, like the one at the end of the page, made of parts stuck together that any kitchen counter maker can put together.

'The Sun', so named by the artist, Joseph Varsas. Was cleverly re-named by scammers, T & M, 'Sonnenteller' - simply called by Mr. Karl Springer and the Artist, Joseph Varsas as 'Sun Sculpture'. Above in brass, below in chrome, with it's raggedy edges, have merely a passing resemblance to the very "clean edged", with the column to hold up the disk allowing the Sun Sculpture to revolve - only three were cast because that was the number of the blue granite pieces that could be cut from the granite block, polished and drilled.

The bases of T & M's 'Karl Springer LTD' are made of materials that anyone can have made at any sort of a local metal shop, even a car body repair shop or stone shop, kitchen counter shop, or even in your own garage, are not designs of Mr. Karl Springer, nor by the artist, Mr. Joseph Varsas. The Pyramid Cabinet and the octagonal Mirror were also the work of Joseph Varsas, one of the many artists that Karl had dealings with... yet another hysterical story about 'The Sun' as a fake sales tool, as seen in the Todd Merrill box below.

Below is another made up fake story by these two grubby fakers. "it is said" usually, and most likely, means it is fake information! This base was never designed or used by Karl Springer. Obviously made by any kitchen counter stone yard. Absolutely common in design. Their metal bases can be made by a plumber with a pipe, flat metal plates, some strips of metal and a blowtorch. Once again, Karl respected an artists and their work - NEVER made and sold copies of such.

The lies, the lies, the lies that never end. Their never, never ending list of lies !!!

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Karl Springer LTD. - trying to confuse people to think it is - Karl Springer, LTD. Notice the , (between r,L) denoting the real and actual business of Mr. Karl Springer

Karl Springer LTD pretending to be Karl Springer, LTD.

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Karl Springer LTD. - trying to confuse people to think it is - Karl Springer, LTD.

Notice the , (between r,L) denoting the real and actual business of Mr. Karl Springer