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Posted By: hankron

There are no examples of master forgers making cards-- some no doubt THINK they're master forgers. Realize that nearly all card forgers aren't trying to fool Lew Lipset or Kevin Struss. They're trying to fool collectors who bid on "Card is being sold as ungraded un-authenticated and/or reprint, I'm crazy to sell this so cheap but I have to go to college next week, no guarantees offered or implied, absolutely no refunds" auctions. There have been a few examples of more advanced card forgeries that have fooled experienced dealers, but they are not common.

With photographs, the problem is the misidentification, description and, in particular, misdating of otherwise genine items. This type of non-forgery misidentification happens with major auction houses.