Matty hand fan?

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Posted By: George L

Can anyone tell me a little bit more about this Matty hand fan. Are they hard to find. Can't find anything about it. Anyone know the time frame or history of them? Any help would be appreciated.

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Posted By: Jim VB

George,

I'm not an expert on these, but those staples look awful new and shiny to me.

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Posted By: leon

I am with Jim....These, when real, are very valuable and rare. This one looks suspect but I will leave it to someone else to determine authenticity....

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Posted By: Jim VB

George,



I believe this old thread talks about the same thing. Unfortunately, the pics and the links are probably no longer good.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1187047258/Fan+For+A+Fan+Counterfeits-

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Posted By: Joe Jones

I have owned one of these before. Sorry to say but that fan is not legit.

Joe

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Posted By: jay wolt

Yes, these are recent repros
the vintage ones do not have a cut out portion where the stick gets inserted.

Scott Mosely is the resident expert here.
Here are scans of his Hal Chase

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Posted By: J Levine

Scott knows more than I do about these but originals almost always have staples that have corroded to a dark gray or rust color. No cut slit in the bottom. Rounded stick. And a baseball graphic on the back. The Matty is seen most often as reprinted.

Joshua

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Posted By: Laura

I thought the staples looked too new myself. And interesting to note the paper underneath the top staple looks rather "un aged" if you know what I mean.

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Posted By: Scott M.

Thanks guys... I wouldn't call myself an expert but I am certainly an interested student on this particular issue.

The fresh looking staples, washed out image and stick going through the picture itself are all dead giveaways that the one originally posted is a fake.

Here is a link to an earlier thread where I posted some information on the fans as well as a couple of links to newspaper advertisements from when they were available.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/message/1219272729/Fan+for+a+Fan+issue

Scott

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Posted By: Shawn Chambers

Also, notice the crudeness of the circle cut compared to the Chase fan.

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Posted By: George Leidemer

I figured so, but you never know. Thought it was worth a shot. Guess it will look cool on the wall in my basement. Thanks, George

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Posted By: Laura

It might be cool to put together a gallery of fakes. I know some major museums have collections of same, I took a class once at the Yale University Art Gallery on fakes. Would be good to have a bunch of comparisons here, pointing out differences like these to help folks determine good versus not so good, eh?

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Posted By: Hal

Also, the real fan has baseball stitching on the back and the fake doesn't.

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Posted By: fkw

fake

wrong stick, wrong staples, handcut

common flea market trash thats been around for at least 10 years.