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Old 10-01-2012, 07:40 PM
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Default Vintage Broadsides repro or real?

Does anyone know what to look for when looking at vintage broadsides? Short of sending the broadside for forensic examination...what are the tell tale signs of a reproduction or an authentic broadside?

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Old 10-01-2012, 10:01 PM
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This may not be very helpful, but real aging has a certain look to it, fake aging has a certain look to it. If you haven't seen enough of either to know the difference, you probably shouldn't be buying them. The context of availability is another clue, but not always decisive. eBay is full of fakes, but occasionally a real one pops up. In other venues they might usually be real, but occasionally a repro will sneak in. I would never buy anything framed without provenance. I'm as interested, or more, in the back than the front. Fakes are usually uniform on both sides in their "aging," whereas a real old piece will normally have suffered more on one side than the other. And sometimes your other senses are better than your eyes: old paper should smell musty, and it should not feel smooth. Hope this helps some.

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Old 10-01-2012, 10:05 PM
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agreed. And if you see many of the same one, they are most likely all repros. It doesn't make sense for someone to create a one-off. Normally they create all the art and go through the effort to produce it, they will print off many and try to pass them in a bunch of different locations. Then you see 3 or 4 at any given time on ebay, etc.

Original broadsides are out there but are few and far between. Think about how they would have hung, where they would be hanging. Honest wear is a term that is used but really think about it when you see one. Same goes for most memorabilia. Uniform aging is never a good sign.
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Old 10-02-2012, 06:47 AM
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Completely understood...however, what happens if I came across one that filled the description of uniform tanning back and front, stench of among other things, heavy cigarette smoke...and more issues with paper in front than back. Texture of card stock is thicker than paper of today (19 pts). Finally, I know that their are classic "sized" broadsides, but are there smaller ones with the same content on it? Really appreciate all the valuable input. Thanks.
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Old 10-02-2012, 09:52 AM
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You'd be wise to heed their advice, many good counterfeits out there.

Oh, the smell thing just ain't reliable. Heck, ten minutes in one of these and you'd look and smell like a vintage broadside too.
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Old 10-02-2012, 09:54 AM
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How about a picture? Your description has all the elements of a fake, but I would really have to have it hand to know for sure. Broadsides come in all different sizes, but a small version of one that looks like it was designed to be full size would make me suspicious right away.
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Old 10-02-2012, 09:56 AM
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You'd be wise to heed their advice, many good counterfeits out there.

Oh, the smell thing just ain't reliable. Heck, ten minutes in one of these and you'd look and smell like a vintage broadside too.
Ha! But if old paper DOESN'T smell old, that can be a clue.
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Old 10-02-2012, 10:06 AM
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How small? Measurements and a picture would certainly help. If it's on ebay and you're worried about outing it, send a PM to one of us.
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Old 10-03-2012, 12:02 PM
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Foxing (brownish/reddish age spots) and old time musty smell are good signs of old age. Foxing doesn't appear on all or even most antique items, but most old paper/cardboard items will smell old.

Genuine toning is generally even, not watercolor painted on. Though, if a genuine broadside was held in a frame or such, there can be darker areas where it was framed or held.

For antiques, a black light will identify many modern reprints or fakes, as modern paper often fluoresces brightly under black light.

There are a number of modern baseball fantasy broadsides-- not reprints but totally made up designs. I'm sure there are people here on Net54 who could pick them on from eBay images.

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For known signs, look for the printing quality. Reproductions made from scans or photos of old signs will look muddy as compared to the real thing, especially if the original used a halftone to reproduce an image because scanners and printers commonly available to a ripoff artist don't do a great job of reproducing them. Here is a scan of a 1921 sign meant for insertion in an Exhibit machine with a halftone image on it:



Here is a reprint I made from the scan using a photo enhancing program and a laser printer to clean it up as best as I could. The image is lesser quality than the original because of how the printer and scanner reproduced the halftone image:



A printed vintage sign should have crisp graphics and lettering. A reprint made from the original won't. The blank areas of the sign should be clean and free of printing spots--a good telltale sign of a reprinted item is printing where there should be blank background.

Research known signage. Odds are that the item you are considering is not unknown. If it is something totally unique and involves a major HOFer, you want to be extra cautious.

As far as different sizes go, it depends. Signage was designed practically, not for novelty's sake. Use common sense. Why would a manufacturer spend the money to make a sign the size of a piece of paper? Anything small enough to be a hand-bill is likely to be printed on paper or newsprint so that it could be easily carried and easily handed to pedestrians.



Anything intended for display on a countertop will likely have a built-in easel so it can stand up, or at least will have the remnants from the easel on the back.

One thing that is very tough to fake is brittleness of the board or paper. Old cardboard signage will usually feel brittle as compared to modern cardboard.

If the item is real photo, as some are, look for silvering. Very hard to fake.
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Nice tips, Adam.
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For known signs, look for the printing quality. Reproductions made from scans or photos of old signs will look muddy as compared to the real thing, especially if the original used a halftone to reproduce an image because scanners and printers commonly available to a ripoff artist don't do a great job of reproducing them. Here is a scan of a 1921 sign meant for insertion in an Exhibit machine with a halftone image on it:



Here is a reprint I made from the scan using a photo enhancing program and a laser printer to clean it up as best as I could. The image is lesser quality than the original because of how the printer and scanner reproduced the halftone image:



A printed vintage sign should have crisp graphics and lettering. A reprint made from the original won't. The blank areas of the sign should be clean and free of printing spots--a good telltale sign of a reprinted item is printing where there should be blank background.

Research known signage. Odds are that the item you are considering is not unknown. If it is something totally unique and involves a major HOFer, you want to be extra cautious.

As far as different sizes go, it depends. Signage was designed practically, not for novelty's sake. Use common sense. Why would a manufacturer spend the money to make a sign the size of a piece of paper? Anything small enough to be a hand-bill is likely to be printed on paper or newsprint so that it could be easily carried and easily handed to pedestrians.



Anything intended for display on a countertop will likely have a built-in easel so it can stand up, or at least will have the remnants from the easel on the back.

One thing that is very tough to fake is brittleness of the board or paper. Old cardboard signage will usually feel brittle as compared to modern cardboard.

If the item is real photo, as some are, look for silvering. Very hard to fake.
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This is great, thanks for the advice!
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