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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>George L</b><p>Can anyone tell me a little bit more about this Matty hand fan. Are they hard to find. Can't find anything about it. Anyone know the time frame or history of them? Any help would be appreciated.<br><img src="http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/LEIDEMEG/mathewsonhandfan.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br><img src="http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/LEIDEMEG/mathewsonhandfanback.jpg" alt="[linked image]">
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>George, <br><br>I'm not an expert on these, but those staples look awful new and shiny to me.
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I am with Jim....These, when real, are very valuable and rare. This one looks suspect but I will leave it to someone else to determine authenticity....
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>George, <br><br><br><br>I believe this old thread talks about the same thing. Unfortunately, the pics and the links are probably no longer good. <br><br><a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1187047258/Fan+For+A+Fan+Counterfeits" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1187047258/Fan+For+A+Fan+Counterfeits</a>-
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>Joe Jones</b><p>I have owned one of these before. Sorry to say but that fan is not legit. <br><br>Joe
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>Yes, these are recent repros<br>the vintage ones do not have a cut out portion where the stick gets inserted.<br><br>Scott Mosely is the resident expert here.<br>Here are scans of his Hal Chase<br><br><img src="http://home.comcast.net/~jillmay5/baseball/Type/A_Fan_For_A_Fan_Chase_Front.JPG" alt="[linked image]"><br><br><img src="http://home.comcast.net/~jillmay5/baseball/Type/A_Fan_For_A_Fan_Chase_Back.JPG" alt="[linked image]">
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>J Levine</b><p>Scott knows more than I do about these but originals almost always have staples that have corroded to a dark gray or rust color. No cut slit in the bottom. Rounded stick. And a baseball graphic on the back. The Matty is seen most often as reprinted.<br><br>Joshua
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>Laura</b><p>I thought the staples looked too new myself. And interesting to note the paper underneath the top staple looks rather "un aged" if you know what I mean.
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>Scott M.</b><p>Thanks guys... I wouldn't call myself an expert but I am certainly an interested student on this particular issue.<br><br>The fresh looking staples, washed out image and stick going through the picture itself are all dead giveaways that the one originally posted is a fake.<br><br>Here is a link to an earlier thread where I posted some information on the fans as well as a couple of links to newspaper advertisements from when they were available.<br><br><a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/message/1219272729/Fan+for+a+Fan+issue" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/message/1219272729/Fan+for+a+Fan+issue</a><br><br>Scott
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>Shawn Chambers</b><p>Also, notice the crudeness of the circle cut compared to the Chase fan. <br><br>
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>George Leidemer</b><p>I figured so, but you never know. Thought it was worth a shot. Guess it will look cool on the wall in my basement. Thanks, George
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>Laura</b><p>It might be cool to put together a gallery of fakes. I know some major museums have collections of same, I took a class once at the Yale University Art Gallery on fakes. Would be good to have a bunch of comparisons here, pointing out differences like these to help folks determine good versus not so good, eh?
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>Hal</b><p>Also, the real fan has baseball stitching on the back and the fake doesn't.
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Matty hand fan?
Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>fake<br><br>wrong stick, wrong staples, handcut<br><br>common flea market trash thats been around for at least 10 years.
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