Through the years, Tom has obtained many “amateur repaints” as he calls them. These repaints are usually older plates, often with a good base on which collectors have done a fast paint job, sometimes with an entirely wrong paint color. He intends to auction some of them on ebay over the next few years, always indicating that they are repaints. Collectors purchase these plates to 1) have them repainted professionally or 2) to “fill a hole” in a collection until a better plate can be obtained.