A mail order firm specializing in military related items is offering a new line of 21 different blade styles that closely resemble those used in original Third Reich daggers. These blades are sold separately (see photo, right) and could be found set into genuinely old handles.

Wondering what to get mom for Mothers Day or Anniversary? Treadle powered sewing machines by Singer.

Before we begin our discussion, we need to define the word reproduction. All of Maxfield Parrishs magazine covers, calendars and advertisements were taken from a painted original which was then reproduced on paper by the process of color printing. Since true original paintings are scarce and expensive, collectors often use the word original to mean a print, reproduced on paper about the same time the original was painted.

More country store-type display jars and bins are coming into the market. These latest pieces copy brand names and their general appearance from vintage originals. Even if you havent handled the originals, most of these reproductions are fairly easy to detect.

So you dont want to pay about $3,00 for an original 1936 Sky King tricycle Now you can buy a virtually identical copy for $200. Reproductions, made in Taiwan, are available in red, pink and black. The original was made by the Junior Toy Corporation in the United States.

A contemporary "folk" artist made wood copies of White Eagle Gasoline signs. The new signs were sold through at least one nationally circulated mail-order catalog for $145. New signs have a distressed finish to simulate natural aging and weathering.

Before we begin our discussion, we need to define the word "reproduction". All of Maxfield Parrish's magazine covers, calendars and advertisements were taken from a painted original which was then reproduced on paper by the process of color printing. Since true original paintings are scarce and expensive, collectors often use the word "original" to mean a print, reproduced on paper about the same time the original was painted.

A vintage Lone Ranger metal windup toy is now being reproduced. The new Lone Ranger figure on a semicircular rocker base matches a similar toy with Roy Rogers reported in the March 2004 issue of ACRN

Bags of new marbles with faked paper headers first began appearing in the market during the mid to late 1990s. When ACRN did our first report on these bags in April 2000, there were thought to be around 50 different new bags. Since then the number of new bags in the market has probably tripled or quadrupled. New bags appear each month.

New paper mache products from original molds continue to be made in late 19th and early 20th century styles. The latest group includes Easter related designs released in early 2002. Chanticleer, rooster, Bethany, hen, eggs, Germany, lithograph, candy box, rabbit.