N173 Question

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Posted By: Adam J. Baxter

David,
This Fred Mann had been up on eBay the week before as an N172 and apparently nobody met the reserve. According to Jay Miller's article "How Old Judges Cards were produced" from VCBC # 13 Goodwin would take a negative, produce N173's from it, then apply the ad banner info on the bottom and then rephotograph it to produce an N172. I haven't had a great deal of experience with N173's myself, but I can tell you that I have NEVER seen an N173 with a N172 ad banner across the bottom. The only way I think this would be possible is if this was an N173 cabinet with an N172 ad banner from the stage of the process right before the photos for the N172's would be taken. If that were the case, this would be pretty rare. Essentially like a production proof or something. The picture looks like an N172 to me, but if the seller says it measures as an N173 then it could be. Jay Miller may have a more accurate theory on this.

Regards,
Adam