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Originally Posted by L78steve
It up to the purchaser to do their research with any rare item of value. Counterfeiting is not going away.
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True but there are varying levels of experience in the market for the cars. I have been virtually exclusively '69 Camaro for almost 42 years, still learning about them. Some of the repro paperwork out there is
very well done, more so if it is artificially aged. All they have to do is fool some of the people some of the time.
The problem is the average guy at an auction. Maybe just retired, has money to spend. Unless he is there with Jerry MacNeish how is he to know the paperwork displayed at an auction is real? Barrett-Jackson makes an effort to vet consignments but I have seen repro paperwork there also.
I have no problem with an owner displaying a repro doc at a show. Repro paperwork has no business being displayed with a car offered for sale.
No idea why Chevrolet allows these guys to use their trademarked names and logos without permission.