Opinions Sought On A Few Listings

I would be interested in everyone's opinion on these listings. They all have sold for some pretty substantial money, perhaps I am missing something. They certainly do not appear to be the stamp catalog number called out in the listings. Are they real stamp proofs or are they some kind of reproductions?
Don

http://www.ebay.com/itm/z1-usa-scot...em3cfb10435a

http://www.ebay.com/itm/z3-usa-scot...em3aab2318b0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/z4-usa-scot...em3cfb1066b1

Would be interesting to know who feller "a****e0"--who bid all three lots way up--really is.

I love the description from the seller:

STAMPS

You know you're working with a professional when they can describe the items so perfectly in the least amount of words ...

Wow! All fresh color and perfectly centered, neatly trimmed and mint. Almost too good to be true.

Whatever they are, they sure are beautiful examples. The seller has been around less than a year and has very bad feedback esp considering the number of sales. If I had money to burn, and I mean literally, I might take a chance on them.

It has been suggested that they could be modern reproductions. Anyone concur? Why would anyone drop three figures on material like this without better images/certs? Is the misidentification not a warning sign? What am I missing? Are listing like this really worth the gamble?
Don

Leave negative feedback on this guy and he'll accuse you of extortion and threaten to denounce you to the police--see his response to the last negative feedback under the preceding six months.

no way to tell what's up. Low res scans. I wouldn't buy from him...

From the same seller.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/china-The-W...261910184794

Yea... This is a far cry from the 0.01 sales found in his sales history. Something just ain't right.

Also got to love the response he left from a question. Not just stamps, but Original Stamps.

Maybe some treasure hunters will pay to look at them and return them if not as described. I wouldn't want to try to return something to Italy and hope it gets through customs. I got married there, so I've seen the beurocracy in action.

Could also be clueless collectors with deep pockets.

As far as the China stamps, it just makes me think of all the "original stamps" I could buy with 71k!

They all look like Die & Plate proofs - some of which are quite expensive. Perhaps that's what the buyers are gambling on? However, without better pix, there's no telling what they actually are ...

Brian

Wow! It is hard to believe someone would bid over $71,000 on an item from a seller with a lowly 98.8 satisfactory rating. 171 bids from .01 to over $$71K. Must be Chinese bidders.

With all the unquestioning bidders, it almost strike be as some sort of money laundering scheme going on.

Bidder a***e has made 15 Chinese stamp purchases from 1 seller in the last 30 days.

I wish I had the expertise and $$ to confidently bid $$$K on items with such little certification.

There must be 1000's of forgeries of that Chinese stamp, I have been told they can be bought at street markets in China,

Pagoda

Brian; It is extremely unlikely any of them are die proofs because of their size (though remotely possible). I think the "grainy" look of the pictures gives our clue to the strong possibility that they are photo facimiles.

Looking also at the United States items he currently has listed, my guess is no more than 3 of them are what he says, maybe only two, maybe only one.

The Great Britain QV 2s.6 & 5s. stated to be on Blued paper are on the much more commoner White paper,

Pagoda