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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4650738, member: 16283"]Good luck-show them to a few folks around town to some folks with some expertise.</p><p> The Japanese would use the same wood printing blocks for years,as the original blocks wore down,they would splice in new sections of wood to repair them.The printing clarity would degrade over time (like a xerox of a xerox). That's why very early crisp printings of Hokusai's 'Great Wave' can be worth hundreds of thousands and restrikes much less.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4650738, member: 16283"]Good luck-show them to a few folks around town to some folks with some expertise. The Japanese would use the same wood printing blocks for years,as the original blocks wore down,they would splice in new sections of wood to repair them.The printing clarity would degrade over time (like a xerox of a xerox). That's why very early crisp printings of Hokusai's 'Great Wave' can be worth hundreds of thousands and restrikes much less.[/QUOTE]
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