Fan for a Fan Mathewson--Real or Not??

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Posted By: jon freund

I say Not. I thought that these had an image of a baseball on the back. Also, Ive never seen the stick go through the paper. What do you think?



http://cgi.ebay.com/Christy-Mathewson-Baseball-Fan-for-a-Fan-Give-Away_W0QQitemZ170111813540QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10805 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted By: davidcycleback

A rule of thumb is that antique staples are brown and rusty, and there typically are noticeable rust stains on the paper or cardboard. The staples here appear brand new.

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Posted By: mr. moses

it appears to be a photocopy. Look at the color/clarity-without the proper age "look", back foxing appears applied, handle looks like it's hand cut not uniform as they most often were, BIGGEST warning is that it appears trimmed around edges (was a die-cut if I remember correctly). 2 things of note: David correct about the staples which at the very least suggest possible repair. Other thing is I just want to mention that sometimes things aren't what they seem which goes BOTH WAYS. I always like to feel I'm giving the other guy the benefit of the doubt as we are after all looking at these things from a distance in an artificial surroundings. I DO recall seeing something else "special" in one of their listings a while back. I remember it was something I was suspect about despite their 10,000+ feedbacks.

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Posted By: Anonymous

A big hint is that the fan is listed in the REPRODUCTION subcategory of advertising signs.

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Posted By: David Smith

Two points to consider:

1) The seller has hidden ID for bidders
2) Using toolhaus program to look up seller feedback, MOST of the Negatives were for selling reproduction glassware.

David

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

I bought a Chase two years ago--$700. The stick poked through a little. the Mathewson, the owner kept--it was repaired, but looked a thousand times better than this (the Mathewson in question)--color, no shiney staples.

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Posted By: Joe Jones

Picked this one up today.