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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 11428283, member: 56"]Amand Durand was pretty good ar karking his prints. The</p><p><br /></p><p>The backs usually have a stamp:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543224[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't trust my eyes anymore, but I do see a watermark, though I cannot read it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543228[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I also think I see fine horizontal laid lines:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]543229[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If it was original, it would have to be on laid paper, but it's no guarantee. You can buy hand made laid paper today, and you can buy machine made paper impressed with a laid pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to think yours is not original simply because that is so unlikely. If you can get good, sharp close-ups of a couple of details, that might help, but the details would have to be close enough to identify the nature of the lines.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 11428283, member: 56"]Amand Durand was pretty good ar karking his prints. The The backs usually have a stamp: [ATTACH=full]543224[/ATTACH] I don't trust my eyes anymore, but I do see a watermark, though I cannot read it: [ATTACH=full]543228[/ATTACH] I also think I see fine horizontal laid lines: [ATTACH=full]543229[/ATTACH] If it was original, it would have to be on laid paper, but it's no guarantee. You can buy hand made laid paper today, and you can buy machine made paper impressed with a laid pattern. I tend to think yours is not original simply because that is so unlikely. If you can get good, sharp close-ups of a couple of details, that might help, but the details would have to be close enough to identify the nature of the lines.[/QUOTE]
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