Talk:Reese Palley

Conflict of Interest
According to wmflabs, 92% of the article was written by one author that appears to have a close relationship with the author. The authors username is the same as Palley's ship. And the images that they added to the article indicates personal access to Palley's materials and/or they they are the copyright holder. The very text of the article is overly favorable and has many uncited or poorly cited claims. --Ew3234 (talk) 04:55, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Lorenzo de' Medici painting
The Christie's Provenance record for the Lorenzo de' Medici painting lists Parke-Bernet then Ira Spanierman as previous owners, no mention of Reese Palley. Other sources state Spanierman as the one who found it at Parke-Bernet (or the one who acquired it for close to nothing): https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/omebody-got-an-incredible-bargain-spanierman-raphael-372-million/ https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/12/archives/raphaels-lorenzo-to-be-shown.html https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/11/archives/lost-medici-portrait-authenticated-as-a-1518-raphael.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556597/Dirty-150-Raphael-fetches-18.5m-at-auction.html

I cannot find an objective record that Palley found this item. --Ew3234 (talk) 19:46, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Update: Found a source here: https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/20/archives/discovered-raphael-some-here-sold-it.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ew3234 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Unreliable sources
Reese Palley's own biography and obituaries that were written by close friends do not serve as reliable sources. (Newspaper obituaries are okay.) I see that quite a few claims are only cited by those sources. I removed many such claims already but some claims still remain in the article. --Ew3234 (talk) 22:50, 16 December 2020 (UTC)