There will be Items that he sells which are One of a kind and the process of authentication and verifying can be on his side, however if he is selling a specific number of SS helmets with questionable provenance over and over again, it would lead me to think that he is getting them from a single source which is "creating" the helmets and producing them. Which would mean he needs to provide proof of sale and tax on every single item. Which then leads to a paper trail of the items. He would need to have verification that matches with the person he "Bought" it from. Now the explanation is always the same..."Vets Family"..."Brought back in a duffel bag"..."Found in a barn in Normandy"...."Bought at a small museum auction" etc,etc...
It then gets into how one dealer has the incredible, unimaginable luck of finding numerous, rare items. I just think that the new Online Sales law, can be a very good tool in weeding out the actual "Forgers" of the items and can lead to exposing those who are mass producing and mass selling in fake militaria. If retailers are being forced to file taxes they MUST provide detailed receipts, paperwork and file that paperwork every year with the IRS and verify the sales and taxes paid. They have to provide travel expenses. If some online seller says he "Found it in Normandy"...he needs to provide recepts for his trip to France. If he was to be sued over an item...he has to have the paperwork backing up his claims and his story. The Online Sales Tax in itself isnt used to go after forgers in Militaria...but if he was to be sued over one single item...his defense and story about acquiring the item must be backed up and correspond to his tax return and his recepts. Its something to be used as a tool.
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