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Posted By: Mark Steinberg

The fact that Heritage featured theirs in October, 2005 is also ominous. This was at the very infancy of the forgery time-period, and they were probably not aware of the fakes at that time.

Since then, so many reproductions have hit the market that I would have to believe Heritage is now aware. I know that outfits like Mastro, Lelands, REA, Hunts, Bob McCann and Steve Verkman are all aware of these.

Inside the Park Collectibles had a Ty Cobb Easel-back piece in their last auction, which was pulled after a few days in. Though I never inquired with them directly, the reason for pulling it seemed pretty obvious.