Shoeless Moe
10-26-2015, 07:24 PM
Any chance this is real or is this a fantasy piece?
It reads "All Hail The 1917 Champions"
Shoeless Moe
10-26-2015, 08:41 PM
http://www.legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=107722
1880nonsports
10-27-2015, 12:38 AM
might just be your pic.. I am always leery of paperweights where the "image" isn't fused or sealed in - and the protective felting just another "look more closely" moment. I have seen quite a few faked paperweights related to gambling and tobacciana - typically a label or similar is glued in..... Not my area of expertise and having it in hand requisite to proper identification.
Of course there might be nothing wrong. Personally I don't like the idea that a pinback exists with the image - the largest advertising novelty producers issued very few paperweights in glass and likely the pinback manufacturer would have had rights to the image - meaning they would have had to produce both. Just conjecture of course - a moment or two to pass the time - a puzzle to examine with limited information (at least available to me).
no guarantees whether written or implied.