I would have to say, buy real. As a designer, you should first and foremost support design. The designers and the company that PAID them to design the object. I only hope “my work” keeps clients coming back to hire me. If that company does not sell their product, they can not hire me again. Take Herman Miller for example, they sell Eames products. They also spend money on design in general. I want to not only support designers (dead or alive), but I want to support companies that value and PAY designers to design.