How come so many collectors die soon after buying reprints?

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Posted By: tbob

Unbelievable the number of fakes sold on ebay which were purchased at estate sales...

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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

Because when they realize how much they just spent on a fake item, it kills them!

The fake purchase, death and subsequent estate sale seems to be a neverending cycle.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

and it has a sense of humor...

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Posted By: Brian Daniels

LOL

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Posted By: davidcycleback

The deeper question is how these people who died 30+ years ago obtained reprints made from a 2003 Hewlett-Packard laser printer. Perhaps it was the rigors of time travel that led to premeture death.

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Posted By: T206Collector

. . . in the reprint card stock is toxic to small animals, infants and the elderly.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

The thing is, if one of us comes across a hitherto unknown "find" of the type we all occasionally dream about, like finding a T206 Wagner (or other card of your choice) being used as a bookmark in an old copy of "Huck Finn," it will most likely happen at some kind of estate sale. I don't think any of us are going to stop looking, especially since there is no risk of death if the cards are real.

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Posted By: Cat

And I guess the reason so many reprints are all beat up is because there really is no reason to take care of them. It's amazing how a $5 reprint becomes a $200+ card once it is beat up.

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