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Original marble tournament medals date from the early 1920s to the 1950s. The medals were awarded to winners of school, city, state and national tournaments and are primarily of interest to marble collectors. Originals are currently valued at $400- $800 depending on condition, material, and whether the original ribbon and box are present.
New blue opaque glass or Jadite, has been widely reproduced since early 1999. Now opaque blue is being copied.
Reproductions of a classic 1933 King Kong movie poster are now available in a 29 x 84 format.
Since it was founded in 1979, Dale Tiffany Inc. has specialized in reproducing leaded lamps designs first developed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, ca. 1890-1920s. There is no other relationship.
Indonesia has the two essential ingredients for manufacturing reproduction furniture: cheap labor and cheap wood. Furniture manufactures use the low cost labor to attempt to duplicate the hand carved details found on original antique furniture such as elaborately carved legs, detailed ornaments and intricately shaped forms.
James Mackie, a modern maker of new figural napkin rings has a second style of maker's mark (touchmark).
This 3 brass padlock appears to be a turn-of-century original. Its not; its a reproduction.
There are many other new non-silver match safes in the market. Many of the more frequently seen are cast iron and brass stand alone safes like those shown in Figs. 3-4 A fly, turtle and frog are the most common. New pieces typically have crude casting seams and obvious grinding marks left by power tools. Originals virtually never shown grinding marks.
Because many of the most valuable original rings are those on wheels, they are frequently targets for forgeries and reproductions. This article will discuss the guidelines to detect most fakes with wheels.
New figural bookends are confusing collectors of movie memorabilia and Gone with the Wind fans.










