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Originally Posted by MH331
I get the outrage about Auction Houses that are conservative with their description or don’t do due diligence but frankly it’s a 50 50 transaction somewhere out there are bidders not prepared to do research, invest in books or indeed join online forums. We all get caught out occasionally but some of these copies are well documented and in the C21 there is so much more research material available to the potential bidder that I am pressed to have much if any sympathy. If people keep bidding for cr*p then less reputable auction houses will take consignments from the crooks peddling this stuff.
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Equally - if auction houses had more integrity they wouldn't consider listing rubbish. The responsibility is theirs to list items accurately, and 'weed out' fakes.
Your point is akin to 'victim blaming'.
If an auction house list something as 'LRDG Pith helmet' for instance, and the auction house know the item is fake - how can that be the buyers fault?
It is not 'conservative' to list a fake item and add 'type' to the description. Its fraud. The buyer isn't trying to deceive anyone - the vendor and the auction house are. Transactions are 50/50 - but the blame in this instance is not.