is this anson broadside real

[vintagesportscollector]

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[Leon]

So would this have been a page from the magazine or it's own printing? Either way, if it is period then I stand corrected. The story and everything just didn't add up.....

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by Leon

So would this have been a page from the magazine or it's own printing? Either way, if it is period then I stand corrected. The story and everything just didn't add up.....

I suspect a page from the magazine. If it's period then the price may more be in line, as a magazine cut out from a youth 5-Cent library publication would not command a very high price.

[murphusa]

why would you advertise for people to buy your paper with an ad in the paper you are reading.

[drcy]

The essential problem is it's not shown outside the frame and the seller says he's never taken it out of the frame. Obviously, if the back is blank versus has text (as with a magazine page) is something one has to see in determining what it is. And, also, you want to see things outside of the frames to judge condition. If he took it out of the frame and discovered the back was blank, he'd be reasonable in upping the price $1,500-- which of course begs the question of why he isn't pricing it as if the back is blank.

But the printing appears vintage. The graphics of Anson appear to be a wood-engraving which was a standard of the period. So I have reason to doubt the age.

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by drcy

Of course, you wonder why it's listed at that price, because a broadside like that would be worth a lot more. If he took it out of the frame and the back was blank, he'd be reasonable in raising the price $1,500 or so.

Possibly, unless its not a broadside or separate printing at all, and just a page from a youth pulp magazine, as I speculate, which would not be as high a price. I don't know..just speculating too.

[drcy]

It's a fair assumption it's from a publication. That's what I was insinuating.

I don't know what it is (I haven't seen the back), but if I had to guess I would guess its a page from a period magazine.

Unless it's been glued to the matte, it would take three minutes for the seller to reveal what's on the back-- so I'll pass on further speculation. Further speculation about something that could be identified in three minutes seems silly.

[packs]

Well it's an ad for a future article in the same publication. So it would make sense to publicize your next issue within your current issue.