J. & W. Friend

The J. & W. Friend was an American auctioneering firm that operated in the early 20th century. It had its headquarters at 64 Lispenard Street in the Manhattan borough of New York in 1926.

On 6 December 1926, William Friend, an employee of this company, was arraigned along with alleged accomplice John A. Haas for the crime of defrauding the Columbia Bank of a substantial amount of money.

Behind the scenes

 * The text of the article mentioning J. & W. Friend in the prop issue of the New York Chronicle featured in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was taken from the real 21 November 1922 issue of The Evening World. This represents an anachronism, as the film is set in 1926, but the actual events referenced occurred in 1922.