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<p>[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 2948932, member: 76086"]As I mentioned, there have been questions. Unfortunately (like so many others) their origin is murky. I bought mine when they first surfaced (I cant recall but maybe sometime in the 90's).</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Reid has been selling the estate of the late David Liebert (who coincidentally also operated under the business name of The Time Machine, as does Mark). Dave bought his many years ago. I never had a problem with them, but I did ask one dealer why he felt they were false, and his response was something like 'well, I looked at the hoard and I saw a few duplicates'. Thats exactly what you expect from a hoard, especially if they all come from the same site, presumably a repository of documents which had burned (and you can see evidence of burning on many examples).</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, I feel they are genuine until one can prove otherwise. Forgers never take the time to produce many hundreds of different types, especially for the low amount these originally sold for.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for those sold by Roma, I am aware of them and saw them in the auction but never looked at the lots at all. I simply assumed they were leftovers from the original batch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 2948932, member: 76086"]As I mentioned, there have been questions. Unfortunately (like so many others) their origin is murky. I bought mine when they first surfaced (I cant recall but maybe sometime in the 90's). Mark Reid has been selling the estate of the late David Liebert (who coincidentally also operated under the business name of The Time Machine, as does Mark). Dave bought his many years ago. I never had a problem with them, but I did ask one dealer why he felt they were false, and his response was something like 'well, I looked at the hoard and I saw a few duplicates'. Thats exactly what you expect from a hoard, especially if they all come from the same site, presumably a repository of documents which had burned (and you can see evidence of burning on many examples). Bottom line, I feel they are genuine until one can prove otherwise. Forgers never take the time to produce many hundreds of different types, especially for the low amount these originally sold for. As for those sold by Roma, I am aware of them and saw them in the auction but never looked at the lots at all. I simply assumed they were leftovers from the original batch.[/QUOTE]
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