It is my meager opinion that these type of scams are far more numerous than on craigslist. I personally have found numerous examples of this occurrance, and i am far from a sophisticated collector. It is far more prevalent in post WWII cards because of the larger population. I believe the print-shop technology has gotten to a point where it is simply too easy to replicate a flip. It takes a very sophisticated collector to detect many of these cards. We can only guess how many of these cards are in private collection. We might only be finding the sloppy work. I hope I am over-estimating the problem.
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