What's the angst? Why the sore feelings towards these cards?
I personally like these cards. And have no problem offering them for sale to people who want them. Yeah authentic is always better but like a lot of things no one can afford authentic. Rolex's, Purses, Sunglasses, generic drugs, whatever the cheap alternative to the real thing. There's always the people who can drive BMW's and those who buy Camry's.
Even though they bear no real value of any sort there is some pleasure in collecting cards that are the greatest sports cards ever. No I will never own a real Mantle 52 rookie but I own a reprint and I look at it and think what it must be like to own such a card. I look at these and appreciate the birth of modern trading cards.
derek
