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Posted By: Hankron

With some regularity, I ask seller questions-- usually on the order of, 'Is it a real photo or print?', 'Is it original or at otherwise vintage,' 'Do you know who made these or where they came from?' ... While honest sellers will sometimes not be able to answer a question, if I seller repeats the same overly-vague statment as in the auction or otherwise gives a beat-around-the-bush answer (does a lot of talking, but doesn't actually address your question), this generally indicates that the seller has an answer to your question but doesn't want you to know the answer.

Examples:

Collector : "Is this item vintage? You don't give any indication to it's age"
Seller : "The rains in Spain fall mainly in the plain."
Hanks' translation : The item is not vintage