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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1326955, member: 27832"]Well, if stolen material goes on eBay, there's a nice permanent record containing a description of the items, and pointing to both the buyer and the seller. I'd think this is a better outcome for law enforcement than the usual street-corner fencing or Craigslist. Remember, listings don't disappear as soon as the auction closes; they're available for up to 90 days, and I have reason to believe that eBay keeps them around quite a bit longer. (I was poking around some of my old posts here, and found that I can still view auctions that I won in May and June!)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the Chinese fakes: I don't watch Chinese moderns or ancients, but I have been seeing quite a lot of "genuine" early Bust dollars popping up in the last day or so. Nobody bids on them, and after a while, the listings are removed. There are plenty of buy-it-now vultures who are by no means gullible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1326955, member: 27832"]Well, if stolen material goes on eBay, there's a nice permanent record containing a description of the items, and pointing to both the buyer and the seller. I'd think this is a better outcome for law enforcement than the usual street-corner fencing or Craigslist. Remember, listings don't disappear as soon as the auction closes; they're available for up to 90 days, and I have reason to believe that eBay keeps them around quite a bit longer. (I was poking around some of my old posts here, and found that I can still view auctions that I won in May and June!) As for the Chinese fakes: I don't watch Chinese moderns or ancients, but I have been seeing quite a lot of "genuine" early Bust dollars popping up in the last day or so. Nobody bids on them, and after a while, the listings are removed. There are plenty of buy-it-now vultures who are by no means gullible.[/QUOTE]
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