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Originally Posted by Sajen
To each his own! 
I have owned some real antique ones and handled a few tourist ones, a great difference. |
For many collectors, Mojo makes the difference.
It's a tenet of sympathetic magic: things once in contact remain in contact, in an ineffable way. (Quantum mechanics has something to say about that as well).
If "magic" doesn't provide sufficient impetus to push a price point, there's always "provenance".
(I don't mean to dispute the realities of actual construction, BTW).