Historical Catalog Reproductions

Bob Jewett

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• Jun 24, 2020

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I just got a bunch of old catalogs as reproductions. The guy who did these took a great deal of care to make them look like the originals, including making color pages for tables, chalk and cues.

Here are some of the covers:

 

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Here are some more scans. The YMCA book was marketing to all the YMCAs with lots of commendations from YMCA managers. The color cue fold-out is in the 1928 billiard catalog. The last cue is quite remarkable.

 

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If anyone is interested in getting some of these, which run around $25 each on average, let me know and I'll PM you the seller's contact info.

 

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All of the scans above are 100DPI so you can figure out the sizes.

 

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Bob Jewett said:

All of the scans above are 100DPI so you can figure out the sizes.

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I hope they have an indication they are reproductions They look close enough to fool even some collectors, especially if they roughed them up a bit

 

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I hope they have an indication they are reproductions They look close enough to fool even some collectors, especially if they roughed them up a bit

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I think anyone who has seen both will recognize them for what they are in spite of the fact that there are no clear modern markings. The shiny staples are one give away.