How come so many collectors die soon after buying reprints?

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Posted By: <b>tbob</b><p>Unbelievable the number of fakes sold on ebay which were purchased at estate sales...<br />

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Posted By: <b>Kevin Cummings</b><p>Because when they realize how much they just spent on a fake item, it kills them! <br /><br />The fake purchase, death and subsequent estate sale seems to be a neverending cycle. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>and it has a sense of humor...

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Posted By: <b>Brian Daniels</b><p>LOL

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>The deeper question is how these people who died 30+ years ago obtained reprints made from a 2003 Hewlett-Packard laser printer. Perhaps it was the rigors of time travel that led to premeture death.

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>. . . in the reprint card stock is toxic to small animals, infants and the elderly.

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Posted By: <b>Bruce Babcock</b><p>The thing is, if one of us comes across a hitherto unknown "find" of the type we all occasionally dream about, like finding a T206 Wagner (or other card of your choice) being used as a bookmark in an old copy of "Huck Finn," it will most likely happen at some kind of estate sale. I don't think any of us are going to stop looking, especially since there is no risk of death if the cards are real.

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>And I guess the reason so many reprints are all beat up is because there really is no reason to take care of them. It's amazing how a $5 reprint becomes a $200+ card once it is beat up.<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1916-Sporting-News-M101-5-Babe-Ruth_W0QQitemZ8737523737QQcategoryZ86841QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1916-Sporting-News-M101-5-Babe-Ruth_W0QQitemZ8737523737QQcategoryZ86841QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem</a>