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A question. On the BC in this version, the Illinois Merchant Mart ad uses "Dept. 2343-A 1227". However, on the BC of an actual sold copy, the Dept. is 2303-A,1227. (https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9KQAAOSw~qpjjQQW/s-l1600.jpg) The same question can be asked about the IBC ad for the Wilson Chemical Company and the IFC ad for the New York Skin Laboratory. How do others feel about this? Do the matches need to be precise, or is "close enough" good enough? |
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Hi Irek, There was a Worthpoint ad with poor images but enough to know which ads were missing. The dept. numbers weren't clear on them. The fills used here are from different books - ibc is from Pep #65; bc is from an unknown Prize Western. I know there are some out there that want the exact ad and I try to find them but in this case we felt this was 'good enough' while listing the sources in the jpg file names. |
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If you want, you could insert this page into your copy: https://photos.app.goo.gl/JMKNeCZyKXoU9Tav5
It has the number corrected, as well as the cutout moved down (off of the "Wagon" text) to more closely match the eBay version: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4zAVyGprzQJ9qJay8 |
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I'm not trying to be pedantic about this. I'm just wondering how close we need to get before we call it done. Obviously, the best way to go is a scan of an original copy. But until then, what do we call it...? If we use this as a copy of record and it's not exactly right, it's going to create confusion somewhere down the line. Do the reprints include all four covers + adverts? |
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Okay, so more work turned up another sold eBay item -- https://www.ebay.com/itm/314209416391?hash=item49285734c7%3Ag%3A3ZwAAOSwcfBjWDlm&amdata=enc%3AAQ AHAAAAoEVfc4L%2Fm1GlFxHlhphlq%2BxE8ib00%2BJ7vu7GNxtPp1Ouf0QGD7Q%2FgNEp1SS6qcSn28XeQR2GWLkerP%2FrafZ7 9vhKCWUt1QpSIjf%2FT0HHebnAoS5CmzXNiLpyfE85yt9TVjoyZBq0eofyF%2B%2FfJ0w%2ByOU6HB3NASLpJjRfobgK5zF8tiiD bG5sxAtHQBMinup%2BVkAMauE8aTfZifwwGCrPxd4%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6yOlMi-YQ&nma=true&si=tZnnULJl7gx9 10l4T2KOqQ26%252BOc%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 -- and the inside front cover doesn't appear to match either. The DCM version says "206 Division Street, Department 271" but the sold copy says "2__ (can't make it out) Division Street, Dept. 285. ... ... And, not surprisingly, the inside back cover doesn't match either. The DCM version says "Dept. PC 141, while the eBay version says Dept. F__ (again the scans are too lo-res to make out). Now, you could take these lo-res versions and plug them in to make a real C2C version, but with the fills too lo-res to read properly. Or you could just leave it the heck alone. But if there's one lesson to be taken away, it's that you should always check the SOLD items on eBay as well as the current items. (Personally, I'm going to stick the lo-res versions in a folder to be stored with the DCM version until I feel like doing something about it -- or not). |
