Hi Robin,
I guess time will tell, but the books hitting the market right now (and a year ago
) are all very specific in nature and content and THAT is the difference. I am very certain my CCC book, and Marc's flak book will be quite relavent and up to date 20 years from now. That is because we had the easy job of studying only 1 badge, whereas books like Tucker try to cover too many badges at 1 time. You know the old saying, Jack of all trades, Master of None.
I vetted my CCC book for 2 years, with 10 years of collecting experience behind it pretty much concentrating on only the CCC. Tucker probably took the same amount of time writing his book, but yet covered 15 or so badges and you can see the result.
Tucker's book is indeed 4 years old, but 90% of the fakes mentioned in this thread were already revealed and covered by previous threads which were started literally a few MONTHS after the book was published! These didn't take years to come to the surface, but rather a mere quick look by some experienced collectors to identify most as fakes. Tucker just did not properly research and vet his book properly......IMHO.
Tom
I guess time will tell, but the books hitting the market right now (and a year ago
) are all very specific in nature and content and THAT is the difference. I am very certain my CCC book, and Marc's flak book will be quite relavent and up to date 20 years from now. That is because we had the easy job of studying only 1 badge, whereas books like Tucker try to cover too many badges at 1 time. You know the old saying, Jack of all trades, Master of None.I vetted my CCC book for 2 years, with 10 years of collecting experience behind it pretty much concentrating on only the CCC. Tucker probably took the same amount of time writing his book, but yet covered 15 or so badges and you can see the result.
Tucker's book is indeed 4 years old, but 90% of the fakes mentioned in this thread were already revealed and covered by previous threads which were started literally a few MONTHS after the book was published! These didn't take years to come to the surface, but rather a mere quick look by some experienced collectors to identify most as fakes. Tucker just did not properly research and vet his book properly......IMHO.
Tom
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