JMSupp
Well-Known Member
On top of all that... doing it quietly!Oh man, I could totally do that. But I'd have to spend the better part of a year on research, contacting glue specialists, sub contracting metal work, purchasing vintage wire & connectors (from antique shops selling 60's telephones & electrical junk), and getting era specific paint. In the end, I'd spend thousands of dollars and thousands of hours. All for one payday that would not actually set me up for life?
Not worth it.
"One payday that would not actually set me up for life" is really the telling part. The risk of failure is high, and stakes are, frankly low. For the time and effort involved, the money doesn't really make sense.
The prop auction biz has shown us that people are more than willing to sell their reputation and souls for much less than $250k! Some people pass fakes just so they can be smug in the knowledge of pulling the wool over someone's eyes, or fooling the "experts".