Fakes, reproductions, replicas, an investigative report, by Harry Ridgeway

Fakes, reproductions, replicas,
Texas sword plate, Confederate plate 324 & 325

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Plate 324 Texas sword plate
The original is finely cast, brazed tongue, and may be one of a kind.  The original photographed in the Mullinax book was dug by Bobby McKinney is in the Ridgeway collection.

F1114       Texas sword plate 
  
"AUCTION IS FOR A AUTHENTIC DUG CIVIL WAR TEXAS STAR RECTANGLE BELT PLATE. THIS IS A SUPER NICE PIECE W/ A WONDERFUL RICH DUG PATINA. SLIGHT BEND ON THE LOOP, AND ENTIRE PLATE HAS A WEAR BEND. THIS WAS EXCAVATED NEAR RICHMOND VA ON PRIVATE LAND IN THE LATE 1980's BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHOM I BOUGHT THE BUCKLE FROM ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PLATES AND BUTTONS. PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PIECE AND I WILL ANSWER THEM TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. A 3 DAY INSPECTION PERIOD WILL BE ALLOWED ON THIS PIECE AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED AS THIS IS A GUARANTTED GENUINE PIECE. US SHIPPING WILL BE $6.00, THANKS FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK.........................................................

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Jul-08-06 at 19:42:51 PDT, seller added the following information: I FORGOT TO MENTION, THIS BOOK CAN BE REFERENCED IN THE MULLINAX BOOK PAGE 179 PLATE 324 THIS PARTICULAR PLATE MEASURES 48MM X 77MM +/- @ 1MM, I DONT HAVE MICS, SO I CANNOT PERFECTLY MEASURE THE PLATE, BUT THIS IS EXTREMELY CLOSE"

Source ebay auction 7/12/06 by "vintage_comics_and_collectibles" "AUTHENTIC DUG CIVIL WAR TEXAS STAR RECTANGLE BELT PLATE Item number: 250005107742"

Editor note:  This seller sells on ebay auction under "Private Auction" .  I do not know who made this plate, but apparently they made it from photos, I do not believe the original has ever been copied.  The original is in my possession and it is not going to be copied as long as I have it!  So here you have an attempt to copy a plate, it is at best a very poor reproduction, and an even more lame fake!  If you need a smoking gun to go after this guy, this is it, there is no way possible this guy could have the original, this is certainly not it.  It is highly doubtful this piece can be shown to be authentic.

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