[travrosty]

that buyer will just have to realize he paid a "stupid tax". a certificate of authenticity does not make it real. there are several sellers worldwide that are selling the operation bullpen muhammad ali but when i email them and point it out, very gently and in a nice way, and show them proof, they still either won't believe it or they won't acknowledge it.

They have a significant inventory of these "real ali signed photos" and they don't want to throw them all away and take the hit.

They keep selling them knowing they aren't real or else they suspend reality and keep convincing themselves that i don't know what i am talking about and that they have the real deal. That''s what makes it so hard to combat this. Because even a lot of the sellers, who are otherwise decent sellers who didn't know they were peddling fakes, don't want to help stop the perpetuation of these fakes and do the right thing and throw them away. They keep selling them, because they at least want to recoup their investment first.

That is why it is tempting for people who BUY a fake to turn around and resell it even after they know it is a fake. They don't want to be left holding the bag, so they flip it, get their money back or most of it, and let someone else worry about it.