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Travis Scott
05-26-2015, 10:46 AM
Picked this up this weekend, I was just wondering what it's worth? Thanks.
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Dave Noreen
05-26-2015, 11:24 AM
How can we tell if it is an original or the repro that Barton Press offered back in the late 1960s?
Travis Scott
05-26-2015, 01:54 PM
I think it's original all marking I see say 1930.
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Rick Losey
05-26-2015, 02:17 PM
If that is a 1930 bit of paper, it looks like it is in exceptional condition
Dave Noreen
05-26-2015, 02:34 PM
Barton's repro was pretty darn good.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Ansleyone/Parker/Jan.%201%201930%20repro%20page%2015_zpsipqzrlv5.jp eg

At some point they started putting this stamp on them --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Ansleyone/Parker/Jan.%201%201930%20repro%20back%20page_zpscy5ah7ke. jpeg

But, I see so many of these Jan. 1, 1930 catalogues, that I feel a lot of the Barton repros are out there without the stamp.
Eric Eis
05-26-2015, 03:17 PM
I think it's original all marking I see say 1930.
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Just because it says 1930, does not mean it is. There were a lot of reprductions out there, without seeing it in hand very hard to tell.
Travis Scott
05-26-2015, 08:08 PM
Thanks for the input all, either way for the $50 I spent on it I like it. Is there anywhere I can send it to get it authenticated?
Dean Romig
05-26-2015, 10:38 PM
One of the best ways to determine originality is to compare the staples with those of a known original.
Rich Anderson
05-28-2015, 05:57 PM
In 1930 would there have been a form number in the lower left corner? I'm glad the Parker paper bug never bit me:)
Bill Murphy
05-28-2015, 06:12 PM
Anything on an original would also be on a copy.
greg conomos
05-28-2015, 06:26 PM
If it has a bar code on it, it's not an original.
Eric Eis
05-28-2015, 06:39 PM
Anything on an original would also be on a copy.

Bill can you tell me more about what you mean, about spotting a copy.
Bill Murphy
05-29-2015, 09:08 AM
I have no information to share, except that most collectors of Parker paper will not touch a 1930 Pocket, because the repros are so nice and look like originals. I don't know how to recognize a copy. As far as I know, the 1930 Pockets in my repro collection might be original. The only reason I know my originals are original is that I obtained them before they were being reproduced.