20 Nov
2009
20 Nov
'09
1:47 p.m.
Someone that is *rich* enough to fork over this amount
of money *should*
have enough common sense to authenticate a rare item like this in the first
place, before paying for it on ebay -- of all places --.
You only use Ebay to get the word out, looking as naive as possible.
If all goes well, the sales of the fakes will be off Ebay.
And I'm sure they
would have several ties to find someone to take care of this for them. I bet
that the faker wouldn't stand up to the pressure of being scrutinized over
such a large transaction.
The art and antiques world is full of fakes, and there the science of
authentication is way further advanced compared to whatever
authentication methods we apply to vintage computer items.
(sorry about the double post - Gmail farted).
--
Will