Anybody ever buy an item listed as a "reprint" only to find out it was real?

[JoeDfan]

Yes!
Twice, I have bought a "reprint" Joe DiMaggio signature (one for 5 bucks, including shipping); only to receive them and look at them under the scope. Both were live ink.

That being said, it was not a surprise. I researched both pieces. One was a poster, but I realized the original poster didn't have Joe's signature on it, and the one I bought did. The other was an old magazine insert, but ironically Leon was selling the same insert in his recent auction, and mine had an extra signature. That one was a really old signature also, pre-1940 I think.

Unfortunately, though, most of the time, it doesn't work out that way (for me). I have rolled the dice on a couple of items I thought for sure were legit, only to find out I called it wrong.