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Old 10-21-2011, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by drc View Post
I don't believe that. Modern printing definitely does make a better and better representation of a T206 at the eye level, but more and more different at the microscopic level. Under the microscope, a laser printer looks nothing like 1909 lithography, and it is at the microscopic level that you identify and date the printing.

Now the way one could fool would be to make a fantasy item (totally made up, not a copy) using the old lithography techniques. In art schools, you can learn how to make stone lithographs. This is where provenance would be important.
??? That's what we were talking about (duplicating the litho process).

Hey, it's only 1:15!!! coffee?
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