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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: Josh Evans
Very interesting note from this year’s National. For this first time I had a chance to see one of these Old Judge Proofs that everyone has been talking about for the last year or so. It is remarkable to me that these so-called experts can say these have any age at all. Those babies (yes I say babies – because they are newborn) are just that: brand new. The images themselves are poor, the paper they are printed on is modern, the emulsions are modern, and most importantly it should be obvious to anyone with any knowledge of old photography that a fresh paper image has been glued to an old photographic mount. |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: MW
Josh, |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: Jay Miller
Josh--I agree that they are not period. Beyond that I defer to your more informed viewpoint. |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: davidcycleback
I don't think anyone seriously considers them original and vintage anymore. Whether or not people still auction them as original and vintage is a different issue. A sales description isn't necessarilly a reflection of what the writer beleives. |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)
Is everyone referring to those "proofs" that sold for a few grand a piece? |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: HW
Boy, a lot of different opinions on these things. |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: davidcycleback
If you know what you are doing, it's not. |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: Jay Miller
More being sold on ebay right now. Some of the board members don't believe you David--their loss. Seemns to me that the only people who defend these pieces are those who own them. |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: Rhys
I had two of these Omaha ones (Both Doran) about 2 years ago or so, back when they were widely sold as real by major dealers and before they came under such scrutiny. When I was putting one in a holder I accidently nicked the corner a bit and a piece of the top photo layer of paper came off. I was really surprised that the paper was very bright in color, not sepia, and had that hairy look of frayed modern paper and did not look consistant with paper that should have been 100 or even 50 years old. I am not a photo expert but have handled thousands and thousands of antique paper items and photos and this scared me enough that I wont go anywhere near these things anymore. |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: Scott Forrest
Glad to see an auction house representative agreeing with the experts on this. |
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Are Old Judge Proofs a Dead Horse ???
Posted By: Jim Clarke
Jay, |
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