There's not exactly a smoking gun but Ricciardi doesn't come out looking great. With small insular communities like this, I wonder how often people end up maki

There's not exactly a smoking gun but Ricciardi doesn't come out looking great. With small insular communities like this, I wonder how often people end up making counterfeits they never intend to sell. Maybe you're having a dry streak or you've been swearing up and down you'll something, and you tell yourself there won't be any harm in making a fake and telling the guys you got it. Before the recent value explosion in the market there wouldn't be much value in it - but people like their hobbies and like to boast and it seems very normal. There are lots of legitimate reasons to come out of this kind of experience feeling like you don't want to have anything to do with the scene - but also it could be that what was intended as a private forgery has gotten out of control.