Forgery of vintage bikes-their frames, their parts, their decals, their pantography, their paint, and their history, is common and is the bane of the vintage bike collector. Such crimes, like most others, start small and even seem justified. Few are the sellers of reproduced decals or parts that do so under license from the manufacturer. Furthermore, there is always the tendency to start counterfeiting very accurately and become sloppy with time. On a small scale, such unlicensed production and selling to private parties may seem to be justified, however, on a large scale it's a crime. In all such activities there's always the "slippery slope," i.e. if one can market counterfeit small items, larger ones, such as frames, complete bikes and even phony "pedigrees" can't be far behind. George
George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA