I am selling a collectible. That collectibles value is heavily dependent on the appeal to authority that comes with it, stating what it is and what condition it is in. The top 2 experts in the field both examined it and gave very, very different analyses.
Is it more ethical for me to take 3 seconds to disclose both analyses, to tell the full truth, or to only disclose the one that helps the sale price the most?
While many people would not/do not state inconvenient things when selling in any hobby, this is the only hobby I have seen where ~50% won't even pay lip service to telling the full truth and pretend that not telling the truth is equally or more ethical.
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