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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1971597, member: 26302&quot;]I would agree. I have never seen an authentic piece not from Charleston, but I have read or heard about a few. </p><p><br /></p><p>The interesting thing is usually the collectors of these are African Americans, along with other 19th century/early 20th century items relating to their past. I do not blame them, and it makes sense to me but is confusing to many to hear that. To me, the object is never to blame for the intent of why someone made it. It is not the metal&#039;s fault it was made into a slave tag, but it should be preserved to always have a tangible reminder of this shameful era of this nation, just like I feel Nazi memorabilia should be preserved to remember the horrors of that regime. The only danger is some idiot might wish to own either for the wrong reason, to glorify such things, but those idiots are going to be idiots regardless. Like Ron White said, &quot;You can&#039;t fix stupid&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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