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Posted By: David

Other than what has been posted here, I have no knowledge about this item, fake or original. However, in instances like this where the owner does not know if the item is old or new or somewhere inbetween, someone experienced in the area of prints should, or at least can, be consulted. It is a simple and painless task to determinine if an item like this was made in the 1880s or modern times.

If this Kelly is modern, as some here claim, the printing would no doubt have a dot pattern throughout the entire image. This saturated dot patterm would not exist if it was from 1880s-- whether it was a handcolored photograph or a lithograph ala Allen & Ginter. Even someone only vaguely familiar with printing should be able to use a maginfying glass to see if it's made up of dots, like a magazine picture.