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Posted By: barrysloate

Among the bizarre things here is that the seller is disclosing the card is a reproduction yet the bidding is still at $460 with five days to go. That's a lot of money to pay for something worth zero, and that's why I think it is so dangerous. The profile of the person who would spend good money on this is not the veteran collector who has years of hobby experience and spends time on the network54 board sharing information. It's the uninformed person who thinks the card is still worth a great deal, and if there is someone willing to pay $460 (and it will certainly go higher) who's to say there isn't someone willing to pay 5K, 10K, or even more. There is a perception that it has been examined by an authenticator, and while we all know it is bogus, there are people out there who can be preyed upon. It is very deceptive, and I think it is too simplistic to write it off as an easy to spot fake. For this board, yes; for a novice collector, it's trouble with a capital "T".