That reminds me of an exchange I had with a prominent auction house member. I had questions about the facemask on a helmet listed as game used and unaltered. I had never seen a photo of the player wearing that kind of facemask.

Photos spanning the player's career showed one kind of facemask. I stated my concern by offering links to archival images, trading cards etc.

I won't mention the person's name, to save them the embarrassment. The response: "Have you seen every photo of (player's name) in existence?"

I wrote back- no, but you must have seen one of the player wearing this facemask if you're going to call it authentic. I'd love to see the photo.

You know what, I never saw that photo and they sold the helmet anyway.