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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 204865, member: 55&quot;]I&#039;d suspect it does not date to 1896.&nbsp; The lack of the apostrophe is concerning, and I doubt an official poster would mis-state the name of the publication.</p><p>Comparing to this poster (supposedly an original of the repro in the ebay auction linked above)<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/vintage_sports_baseball_reachs_guide_cover_art_poster-228086287099329391" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.zazzle.com/vintage_sports_baseball_reachs_guide_cover_art_poster-228086287099329391" rel="nofollow">http://www.zazzle.com/vintage_sports_baseball_reachs_guide_cover_art_poster-228086287099329391</a></p><p>I see an obvious attempt to imitate the font, and even some of the decorative details (upper corners); but neither is accurately rendered.&nbsp;&nbsp; Compared to the original, both the font and the decorative details are crudely done.</p><p>I&#039;d suspect an amateur attempt to create a vintage-looking poster, rather than an original or a reproduction of an original item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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