E100 printers scrap revisited

[Leon]

A while back I picked up these two black and white, blank backed, hand cut, e100s. They came from an original find of E100's that included several type 2's and no less than 3 Buck Weavers, of which two of them were type 2s. REA had them in their last auction. In the shoebox with them were these 2 printers scraps. I guess that is what they are as I can't explain them any other way. Even more recently I got their corresponding cards and I think they make a neat display. So here they are.....best regards (the regular Powell card is trimmed)

[barrysloate]

Is it possible these were cut from a box or advertising sign of some kind?

[Zach Wheat]

I was thinking the same thing but perhaps a bw counter display

[Leon]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Is it possible these were cut from a box or advertising sign of some kind?

It is certainly possible they were cut from an advertising display. When matching them up, except for their apparent cropping difference, they are identical....which I thought was very cool, in a nerdy sort of way.

[packs]

I thought I remembered these being put up on eBay. Anyway, if they were printers scraps wouldn't they still have the tints? Its the entire card but without the borders, the T206 scraps we see always have the coloring don't they? Or at least partially colored? Have there been any black and white image only T206 scraps?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by packs

I thought I remembered these being put up on eBay. Anyway, if they were printers scraps wouldn't they still have the tints? Its the entire card but without the borders, the T206 scraps we see always have the coloring don't they? Or at least partially colored? Have there been any black and white image only T206 scraps?

Yes, both of these were bought off of ebay. They came from that same hoard where the others were consigned. They just walked into a show and right up to the Beckett tables. As for them being scraps, or ad pieces, or whatever....I would say it's difficult to tell. They certainly could have come off of a Bishops ad piece that we have never seen. I don't know if they would have a tint if they were printers scrap. I am not a printer, though there are a few on the board, but I would guess scraps could be almost anything....but that is just a guess...They are certainly the same images as the cards' pictures. That is all I/we can be sure of.

[jimonym]

I'm no printer either, but it seems to me that part of what it means to be a "scrap" is that the partially-printed or trashed "scrap" derives from the same printing plates as the finished card. These clearly didn't; both the images (by size) and type font (also by size) are different.

Is that glue residue on the back of the Powell?