[Mccoypottery-talk] Spotting a reproduction, WAS: Is this McCoy? eBay Number, forgot!

[Mark Jennings]

At 08:27 PM 6/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>HOW CAN YOU  TELL ABOUT THE NEW REPRO THIS MAILBOX LOOKS ALMOST LIKE THE 
>REAL  THING EXCEPT THE MCCOY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE MCCOY'S  I HAVE THE 
>MHASTHE C INIT AND THE BIG MHAS THE O KINDA
>ALL TOGETHER, UNSERSATNAD,  THANKS PAT


Hi Pat,

It's not just the mark you have to look at. If someone wants to make a 
reproduction, they'll sometimes make a new mold using an authentic piece. 
Therefore, they "get it right" with the mark, too - not just the shape of 
the piece.

mj

(to all of you much more knowledgeable than me --- did I do good? LOL)