Worth Grabben or??

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kellerrat

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/390412265931?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Was looking at this with misty eyes at first but now I`m not so sure. I can see there is what appears to be black on some of the plates, which could be the base coat and the overall look dosn`t seem forced. However, when I compare it to the relic one I found some years ago, the plates seem to be different sizes. I have a complete set and several extra lower plates, all original as I found them all stacked together in the same dugout. The ones I found have a lot more black showing on the wear points and they havnt been carried about for the last 90 yrs, just sitting buried under chalk.
There are a lot of remakes of these out there and Im not buying the museum story. Also there seem to be no marks at all on the inside, no stamps, stencils or anything.
Is this an aged modern set or a nice period piece.
I also seem to have some nagging doubts about the seller from some place in the past.

Worth grabben a bargain (I know its a bad pun :oops: ) Or leave it alone?

Andy
 
I dont know much more being honest. I only have the one i found and a little reading material. I was hoping someone here might be able to give some pointers. There are a few issues I see on the ebay one so I guess I`m passing it over. I dont like the attachment holes, or the lack of stamps or stencil numbers on the inside. Also the plates seem bigger than my set. I know that set is real.

Andy
 
Not a bad price for a real one..but Im pretty sure it wasnt real. The attachment holes were far to clean. It was at best a sanded repaint and more likely an aged copy.
 
He has a quite amazing ability to find items with labels and inscriptions, which equally amazingly always seem to be in the same handwriting by the same typewriter. And there is a strange similarity in the "maker labels" in some of the kit he sells. I recently saw a distinctive WW2 helmet sell on ebay to reappear listed by him, with an extra painted sign on the side. Draw your own conclusions.

Maybe this set is genuine. One fake was sold recently, so was one real set, so take your pick.
 
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