Anyways, on a much less personal note...Regarding the CC garbage that was pictured in this thread by Richard previously. This is something that has been going on there for years now. How long until the "mystery man" behind all of the bogus stuff is arrested by the authorities. Clearly, most of CC's garbage is signed by the exact same hand. We can sit here and blame their authenticator (CM) all day, but he is just giving his "unrespected worthless opinion". What I want to know is, why is the actual "forger" not being hunted or targeted? How much money and damage to our hobby are we going to allow him to make?
Legal authorities should have raided that place long ago, and gotten the names of their major consignors - who clearly have close personal ties with the "mystery forger". Or maybe its more obvious than we think, is it possible all of the bogus stuff is being produced "in-house"? or possibly by the blanket authenticator himself?
What makes this situation different than "Operation Bullpen"? I would think "OB" would have been a much more difficult mess for the authorities to deal with. In that scenario, the bogus stuff was being sold in many places. This stuff for the most part is all originating and being sold through one central location. Obviously the "buyers" of this stuff will try to resell it elsewhere, but not anywhere legitimate.
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