THE ART OF PRODUCING FAKE OBJECTS GOES WAY BACK AND PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING OF HIGH VALUE OR DEMAND HAS BEEN FAKED OR WILL BE. FORTUNATELY MOST PEOPLE WHO DO THE FAKEING EITHER CUT CORNERS AND DO A POOR JOB OF REPRODUCING THE OBJECT OR JUST GET SOMETHING AND MISREPRESENT IT AS RARE AND VALUEABLE. THEY USUALLY ARE LOOKING FOR A EASY SCORE AND DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH WORK OR MONEY INTO THE SCAM. BUYING SOMETHING BASED ONLY ON A POOR PICTURE AND DESCRIPTION, THEN SENDING THE MONEY FIRST TO A STRANGER IN ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY OR WORLD PUTS THE BUYER AT A TREMENDOUS DISADVANTAGE. IT IS SURPRIZING THAT EBAY USUALLY WORKS AS WELL AS IT DOES, BUT YOU CAN BE SURE THE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A EASY BUCK WILL BE CHECKING OUT NEW WAYS TO WORK THEIR SCAMS AND IF SUCESSFUL WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS IN FUTURE. THE GOOD THING IS THERE ARE MANY DEALERS ON EBAY WHO ARE FAIR AND HONEST SO IF YOU KNOW THEM OR SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE BUSINESS WITH THEM IT IS USUALLY OK, BUT AS IN LIFE BEWARE OF STRANGERS!
THERE ARE STILL WEAPONS BEING MADE IN SEVERAL AREAS OF THE WORLD, FOR SOUVINEERS, COLLECTORS, MARTIAL ARTS AND USE. THEY RANGE FROM JUNK TO AS GOOD AS THERE EVER WAS, A VERY GOOD CRAFSTMAN USUALLY IS PROUD OF HIS WORK AND WILL NOT SELL IT FOR SOMETHING ITS NOT BUT WILL CHARGE A GOOD PRICE. SUPERIOR RECENT WORK IS OFTEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A ANTIQUE BUT AS IN THE PAST IT IS ALWAYS EXPENSIVE TO BUY A MASTERPIECE FROM THE MASTER.
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