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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3401414, member: 19463"]I see two concerns. The staples show no rust. The rubber bands seem fresh. The boxes of things in beat up 2x2's should have been around long enough for those items to deteriorate. I would watch for signs someone may have set this up as a test for you. I'd start by spreading out everything and looking for commonly faked items like Tribute Pennies mixed with junk grade LRB before taking the task at face value. This may be different for a box stored in the desert but where I live on the Atlantic Coast, rubber bands should have gone brittle and staples should have rust rings if they spent 20 years stashed away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3401414, member: 19463"]I see two concerns. The staples show no rust. The rubber bands seem fresh. The boxes of things in beat up 2x2's should have been around long enough for those items to deteriorate. I would watch for signs someone may have set this up as a test for you. I'd start by spreading out everything and looking for commonly faked items like Tribute Pennies mixed with junk grade LRB before taking the task at face value. This may be different for a box stored in the desert but where I live on the Atlantic Coast, rubber bands should have gone brittle and staples should have rust rings if they spent 20 years stashed away.[/QUOTE]
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