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Originally Posted by oldjudge
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However, that still doesn't say whether it is period or a second generation photograph of this image, or an image from another source, later attached to the Williamson mount(the glue to the right of the photo still makes this a viable Henry).
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Now that the auction is over and Saco got $92K (close enough to the 6 digits they hoped for), I think it's safe for us to say what we REALLY think it is.
I will start by saying that testing the binder would probably have been a waste of time. I'll show you why later, but I'll start by saying that I purchased these two cheap cdv's that Haulsofshame shows on their website (Nash's story, which is interesting, though typically biased:
http://haulsofshame.com/blog/?p=16333
It's actually two cdv's, not one. The one on the left does not have a backstamp, and the one on the right does not have a front stamp, so don't worry - I won't be creating a 'Frankenstein' from them. But I DID perform a simple test and will show the results in a moment. Some of us stated previously why testing the binder in the Brooklyn Atlantics cdv was important. Now I'll show you why even that isn't enough. But read Nash's blog first, and think about it. I have no idea if his 'conspiracy theory' is correct, but the important thing to ask (and we asked this previously in this thread, long before Nash pilfered our thoughts) is: "is it possible?" And if it's possible, is there financial incentive for someone to attempt it? Because if there is, they will.
Here are the two original cdv's. Unfortunately, I didn't scan the other sides of them, but this should be sufficient.
