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Originally Posted by japhi
They didn’t pay 7 figures, they are lying about that. That tale and the idea this was some hick farmer is a big part of them trying to improve provenance . The case sold on bids for 5 figures and they purchased it AFTER that sale fell through. So hard to believe they paid 15x the failed auction price.
Suspect they got it for under 80k and were taking a chance on getting it authed and or bringing it back for refund / legal. A gamble and fraud that almost paid off big time.
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That's my understanding as well. The $72,500 eBay deal fell thru because the winning bidder wanted to inspect the case before paying for it and the seller wouldn't allow it to be inspected. I'm with you, I can't see them paying that kind of money after a failed eBay deal.