If the seller really got that advice from eBay, which I can believe, it is a major departure from their former policy. I can't quote that policy word for word, but essentially it stated that sellers cannot disclaim knowledge of authenticity of an item listed on eBay. A few years ago, I brought that up a few years ago when eBay started giving sellers the "unknown" option along with "original" and "reprint/reproduction." My point was that the new option was at odds with their existing policy that sellers cannot disclaim knowledge of authenticity. But they never did anything about it, and I'm afraid that former policy doesn't exist any more.
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