View Single Post
  #9  
Old 08-28-2023, 09:54 PM
steve B steve B is offline
Steve Birmingham
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: eastern Mass.
Posts: 8,147
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by chalupacollects View Post
Seems to me the way printing on all four corners of the lid have some discoloration whereas the rest of cover does not. Like every me one did some sanding or something. Jumps right out at you…


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
This was the thing that for me pushed it away from maybe towards no.

The crate itself is pretty typical for the era, almost everything got shipped in similar small crates. And the printing was either stenciled on, or pressed into the wood and colored. I'm not sure, but that may have been one step.

At best, it's been improved by repainting or staining the printed areas which look recessed and sanding off the excess.
At worst, it's a blank old crate that's been taken apart, laser etched and reassembled. If that was done they got some stuff right, but probably went a bit overboard on the graphics.
Reply With Quote