Thanks guys! I appreciate the commiseration. Dan, I believe the original intention was to deceive but I am not sure when that occurred. I know the dealer I got it from, and her price tag was 17.00 (she gave it to me for 15). She normally deals with scrapbooks and other paper items, and they are almost all early (usually the newest items on her table are from the 1940s). So, I am guessing the deception happened at least two sales ago as she must have purchased it for 10.00 or less (probably less). Most likely she got it in a box lot at auction as that is where most of her material comes from. I wonder who originally did it and how much they sold it for? I threw all of the materials away so there will be no recurrences of fraud with this item at least.
Alan
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