I have also seen it happen fairly frequently on these forums that someone posts something rare in their "how many I have" thread and gets inundated by noob requests for pricing. Also, I personally have no interest in engaging in legality debates of mine or anyone's collection over the internet with a bunch of strangers. I would venture to guess that honesty about one's total collection is a fairly rare thing in this hobby.
That said, nobody should be discouraged from asking a question like this if they are curious. Just be prepared for the odd responses like this one...(and by odd I mean entirely unhelpful or related to the original question

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