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1880nonsportsthe subject/effort/reward are indeed essential elements to motivate someone to make a fraudulent copy of a photograph - however in regard to your last admonition relative to ambros/dags - mounted photos are a MUCH different medium. Copying dags and ambros is no casually undertaken task and as you mentioned would be reserved for BIG bucks items. Tintypes a bit easier to copy but the cost would still be prohibitive and difficult to make a product that passes "inspection". Different for paper "stuff". In the mid-1990's with the advent of more powerful super copiers as well as an increasingly active FeeBay marketplace - I ran across quite a few "fake" cabinet photos (primarily indian subjects) at the paper shows I used to frequent. These fakes were typically constructed of copy images placed on legitimate mounts. I have also come across images that have been mounted and/or remounted quite innocently - perhaps an unmounted image from a scrapbook - in the collectibles arena sometimes as an aesthtic choice someone made - so motivation can be seen in different ways to different ends. I certainly defer to your greater knowledge of the subject - just trying to point out that logic and reason are mearly guides in the world of collectibles. Thanks for the holiday card btw - happy new year to you!
sorry for some lack of clarity - I just got in so it mights-a-been a long night 