at a high level average, the average US citizen earns 66k/year.
It would take almost 140 citizens working for an entire year, to produce enough money to meet this “value”.
Who TF is paying that much
Rich people who don’t see money as a thing to budget
Nicolas Cage.
Wait…is that who bought it?
Realistically, how much would it take to make a convincing fake?
It’s not like the original technology has vanished.
The thing that I’ve seen with any forgery attempts is it’s impossible for one person to account for everything. There are experts not just in comics but on paper, ink, printing presses, and all sorts of other things that one person might not account for. Like you could have the same paper and ink, but it may be impossible to make it look like it was printed 100 years ago.
It’s like those people who catch speed runners cheating because Mario’s left leg goes 1 pixel higher when you jump or some other ridiculous detail that no one else may have ever noticed.
I was playing around with doing a story about this; a Mafia Don has a nerdy grandson, and when the old man is arrested and the usual income stream is shattered the kid comes up with a plan to forge the most collectable items in the world.
Marisa Tomei as the Mother…
Marisa Tomei as the Mother…
I’m in!
