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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midas1, post: 1972442, member: 21309&quot;]Had an interesting time at the Baltimore Antiques Show.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s the largest summer antique show in the mid&nbsp; Atlantic region.&nbsp; &nbsp; The first person I approached</p><p>was a dealer in fine antique prints. I was interested in her take on the bond&#039;s paper and printing.&nbsp; She told me in her opinion it wasn&#039;t 110 years old.</p><p>The next dealer specialized in printed ephemera.&nbsp; This time I changed my opening statement to if he ran across the certificate in a private sale what would he think of it. After he and his partner examined it they&#039;re verdict was the printing and paper</p><p>were not from the correct time period.&nbsp; They suggested I get a certificate of authenticity from the vendor I bought it from.&nbsp; Next I spoke to a vendor who sold old books and ephemera.&nbsp; He carefully examined the bond then began translating it to English.&nbsp;&nbsp; His main concerns were the paper and the signatures.&nbsp; He suggested I get a certificate of authenticity.&nbsp;&nbsp; Another vendor wasn&#039;t sure either way. Finally, I saw a vendor (not a bibliophile or ephemera specialist)&nbsp; I&#039;ve bought stuff from for a couple decades.&nbsp;&nbsp; He looked at and immediately replied it&#039;s legitimate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Conclusion:&nbsp; maybe it&#039;s authentic maybe it&#039;s not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m thinking it might have spent decades in a bank vault or it&#039;s a reprint.</p><p>It&#039;s so over the top I can the motivation to reprinting it.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point I&#039;m not going to get it framed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just got the idea to take it to the manuscript dept of the local museum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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