you have to worry about some of the "experts" too. I saw an episode of Auction Kings where some guy brought in an old Vespa with sidecar, clearly an Asian restoration (of which there are many from India, Vietnam etc) and likely to be pretty poor under the flash paint and chrome. The "expert" banged on about the history of vespa and then went on to say that the bike in question was very original and worth something like $7k or some such. The sidecar was not original along with most of the accessories and the paint job and who knows what else. It sold to some grinning impulse buyer who would be in for a world of pain unless it was to just be a display piece.
It would be like someone taking in an old Rogers set with a modern tom mount, re-wrapped, modern spurs etc, and some "expert" saying it was a lovely original kit worth about $3k. At least it wouldn't fall apart at 60mph and kill you I guessFalling Do
