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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9766879, member: 79705"]Your dad had a massive collection, so it's not unreasonable to think some might be real. But Ahmed could have not been an expert, or could have been in on it. We don't know. What we know is what we can see versus extant, documented examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Expertise in one thing, doesn't equal expertise in another. Anyone can hold a patent, and that doesn't require genius, but again I make no judgements on your father either way. I've known people who've invented interesting things who were complete dummies in other areas. It only makes sense because you can only spend so much time perfecting your knowledge on so few things.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think your dad was so lucky to have you to share his interests with. That's all a collector ever wants...to share and be proud of their fun collections. I'm blessed with a few people that let me ramble about my niche collecting and they make me happy every day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9766879, member: 79705"]Your dad had a massive collection, so it's not unreasonable to think some might be real. But Ahmed could have not been an expert, or could have been in on it. We don't know. What we know is what we can see versus extant, documented examples. Expertise in one thing, doesn't equal expertise in another. Anyone can hold a patent, and that doesn't require genius, but again I make no judgements on your father either way. I've known people who've invented interesting things who were complete dummies in other areas. It only makes sense because you can only spend so much time perfecting your knowledge on so few things. I think your dad was so lucky to have you to share his interests with. That's all a collector ever wants...to share and be proud of their fun collections. I'm blessed with a few people that let me ramble about my niche collecting and they make me happy every day.[/QUOTE]
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