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E, Daniel"Most people when go to resell any of their products sell at A Loss
Today you have to be at the top of your "Marketing" game to survive "
Except Tony, not everything in life is about selling an item and whether or not you make money out of it.
Some - in fact many things, are purchased simply to enjoy while we have them.
I know I couldn't get 20% on what we paid for our wedding china - but it makes my wife happy to have it.
I bought a huge piece of twisted/bent wrought iron to hang decoratively on the wall from potterybarn I probably couldn't sell for $20 if I had a garage sale - and I paid 10 times that amount.
I've paid $20 for knockoff watches on the streets of NYC that don't pass more that temporary muster - should I just not have that style/name of watch unless I can afford the real deal?
When the Reccius Wagner reprints were released I was bummed not to be on the insider mailing list to get the freebee, so spent the next few weeks trying to pick one up on ebay.....kept getting outbid as I wouldn't spend more than the low $20's. Still, I would enjoy having it as a fun plaything.
If it's the price that's the issue, then fine, I agree.
If it's a problem with the idea people might enjoy a reprint with the knowledge they will never afford/allocate the kind of resources it takes to own an original, it just strikes me as hobby snobbishness. Whether it's Memory Lane that produces it or someone else seems irrelevant. If PSA slabs it to further the illusion and create a more enjoyable facsimile, where's the harm?
Though I love to surround myself with genuine article antique/originals, there are times when a knock off is just fine in my life.
What exactly is wrong with that?
If my son wants a reprint Wagner, even if it's in a BGS9.5 holder, that's ok by me. Please, explain to me why that's some sort of hobby crime?