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Hankron* and, in issues of authenticity, 'material' error in description, means that the error in description signficantly effects the financial value. In some cases the discrepency can be materially important in a non-finanial way if it siginificantly effects the reasonable and clear (repeat: reasonable) expectations of the buyer. An example would be if an Iowa City collector makes it repeatedly clear to the seller that he only buys memorabilia depictiong Iowa and the seller assures him that the postcard pictures an Iowa farm. Even if there is no monetary issue, if it turns out the the farm is in Oklahoma, the seller would have perfect right for return of the item.