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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Twertsy on March 17, 2016, 05:21:34 AM

Title: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Twertsy on March 17, 2016, 05:21:34 AM: I thought some of you might enjoy seeing these. Picked them up off eBay and luckily, nobody competed with me on the bid! There are 19 in total.
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: skipskip on March 17, 2016, 05:26:53 AM: Pretty cool

I cant quite read the brand name, snap-on?
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Lewill2 on March 17, 2016, 05:32:04 AM: Looks like Bonney
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Twertsy on March 17, 2016, 06:15:13 AM: Yup Bonney. Apologies for not saying that in the first place! Now to figure out how to display them................
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Papaw on March 17, 2016, 09:39:25 AM: Could they be displayed somehow with a mirror so you could read them and still see what they are?
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: turnnut on March 17, 2016, 09:48:58 AM: print them out on heavy stock and mount them in a shadow box style frame. a print near each stamp.

what are the size of each one ???

you can still buy ink pads in different colors.
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: oldgoaly on March 17, 2016, 10:39:58 AM: cool find! Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Bill Houghton on March 17, 2016, 03:35:21 PM: Now you need to find a screw-jack press to print posters from these plates. Nice get.
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Aunt Phil on March 17, 2016, 06:07:59 PM: Quote from: Bill Houghton on March 17, 2016, 03:35:21 PM
Now you need to find a screw-jack press to print posters from these plates. Nice get.

I know where he can find a poster press with a complete set of type including wood type but freight on that thing would probably kill him.
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Twertsy on March 17, 2016, 06:13:47 PM: Quote from: Aunt Phil on March 17, 2016, 06:07:59 PM
Quote from: Bill Houghton on March 17, 2016, 03:35:21 PM
Now you need to find a screw-jack press to print posters from these plates. Nice get.

I know where he can find a poster press with a complete set of type including wood type but freight on that thing would probably kill him.

I imagine it would! I'm going to do some tests at some point, just to see how it turns out.
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Yadda on March 17, 2016, 07:48:32 PM: They have a print museum in Houston. Lots of great old print machines.
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Plyerman on March 18, 2016, 02:57:05 PM: So are those all made from tintype lead? How were they actually made do you suppose?
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Twertsy on March 19, 2016, 03:29:05 PM: Quote from: Plyerman on March 18, 2016, 02:57:05 PM
So are those all made from tintype lead? How were they actually made do you suppose?

That would be a question for the experts. I'm sure someone would know the typical method in the late '40s?
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: HeelSpur on March 19, 2016, 05:32:55 PM: Those are cool as hell no doubt about it.
Title: Re: Recent eBay Find
Post by: Aunt Phil on March 19, 2016, 06:22:56 PM: Google up Ludlow and Monotype and take your choice.