Comments by "geodkyt" (@geodkyt) on "Collier Reproductions and Fakes - Who and Why?" video.

  1. An "honest" reproduction should be marked in a way that indicates it is a modern reproduction, and in a way that is both reasonably discrete yet clear, and best if they are impressed onto the metal, so they cannot be easily ground off (unlike raised markings). So a great reproduction is one that you cannot tell apart from an original (other than, for example, looking new rather than 200 years old) at, say 5 feet... but which can be readily distinguished when held and examined, without disassembly.
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  2. Yeah, there is a difference between a fake and a reproduction. I don't mind a good reproduction.
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