Bust Half History - Record Of Counterfeit Intrusion

Hi,

Does anybody happen to know when and where folks began to dream up and produce the initial majority of counterfeit BHs: no varieties - just normal ones?

I'm asking this just because lone wolf counterfeiters must have always prevailed but the quest for maximum financial gain should have pushed for more structured organizations to evolve. Collectively sharing and distributing the tricks of the trade to fellow colleagues would have been a motivating factor to engineer the best mouse trap etc.

Approximately when did both the counterfeiters and collectors of BHs become cognizant of the existence and significantly added value of some of the more unique BH varieties?

As a follow-up and related inquiry on varieties, about what period in time did prevailing technology or just plain skill prove adequate and profitable enough on average to provide counterfeiters with the capability to steadily bamboozle poor unsuspecting souls with totally worthless but perceived-as-treasured varietal counterfeits?

And finally, when does a simple counterfeit BH make the transition over to a 'contemporary' BH? The 'contemporary' designation is intriguing.

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