S74 Silks: Up, Down, or Who Cares?

[BobC]

Leon,

Going back to some of my comments about possibly having the paper advertising backs removed from one silk and re-glued onto another, and how difficult it might be to detect, there's also the possibility of someone picking up some of the actress silks from this same series and removing those backs and attaching them to the baseball player silks instead. As you can easily see from your own scan, it clearly indicates these silks are part of a baseball - actress series. The actress silks go for almost nothing so someone could pick up backed ones and then try to remove the backs and re-glue them onto ball player silks to increase their value. My quiz question for you, or anyone else reading this thread, is, how can you definitely tell if someone tries to use the paper backing from an actress silk to put on a ball player silk instead?

There is a way to tell. Let's see if you or anyone else knows.

BobC

[BobC]

Here's the crocheted S74 I've got. It's actually a colored version silk with the edges turned over so if you flip it you can see the tobacco brand and factory info on the back. Sorry for the scan size, never did this before and wasn't sure how to edit the size down.

BobC

[Leon]

Hi Bob
You mentioned a black bordered Turkey Red. Nope, don't have one of those. I only get "so" crazy with things. I imagine sometime I might pick one up but it's not really a major issue for me. I am sure there could be some other minor variation I am missing also. I was almost thinking you didn't scroll over far enough to see the ones on the far right, but then I saw you mention "blue" bordered. I was thinking you were saying only a bordered vs non-bordered Turkey Red, which I have covered. That is a neat crocheted-type one you showed too. I have seen several sewn items with silks on them and we have had a few in our Brockelman & Luckey Auctions.. I think we might even have one already consigned and coming up in our next auction. They go for almost nothing compared to a lot of things we collect. I still love oddities and really enjoy the few colored ones that have the mfg and factory number in the same place. My favorite one is the Miller where the silk ran out and part of the front was printed on the back cardboard. I love that thing> .