Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My parents were quite serious antique collectors, and, as an only child, I spent allot of time with them on the hunt. As a young kid, an antique dealer/cabinet maker who had become a personal friend of my father's gave me a copy of the front page of the NY Herald announcing Lincoln's assassination. He thought it was real, and I always thought it to be real. Well, a few years back I discovered that that front page is best known as the most fraudulently reproduced newspaper page in history. And most copies that are extant were produced in around 1890. I also learned that there is a way to tell the originals from the knockoffs - and I had the knock-off. It's still worth a few bucks, but it's a far cry from having the real thing. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dan C Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:09 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: the first IIIg I once saw such a book, but discovered it was a fake, so I didn't buy it. -dan c. At 09:03 AM 17-08-04 -0700, Frank Filippone wrote: _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information