Frohne's Historic Military
Authentic history you can trust!Click on image for a closer view:
Many thanks to my good friend Ed Italo for wearing down an ebay seller and getting him to close down his ebay auction! Persistence pays off and I want to commend Ed for his diligence. Here is an excerpt from one of his emails to the seller:
"Do your views have two old photos pasted onto each card, or are the fronts of these views a smooth, continueous surface from colored border through photographic image? From the sheen on the surface of your views, made by the camera flash, they look even throughout. I examined my own views with a hard light reflecting off them, and noticed a clear reflection where the photos meet the mount."
Pay close attention to Ed's question- look for the line where the mounted photo meets the mount in any scans you view, if it is not evident in the ebay scan, ask the seller for a better one. If still not evident in any further scans be VERY CAREFUL!
An excerpt from another email to a friend of Ed's that sums up the scam nicely:
"The seller is evasive in his listing, says he's never seen a stereoview before, but look closely at his feedback... _ _ _ sold him a book on civil war stereoviews last month. I know the book, a few of my views are in it. I think this seller got a batch of counterfeit views that he's now trying to unload. Look at the sheen on the surface of his views from the camera flash; they're even throughout. I looked at my views with a hard light reflecting off them, and noticed a break in the reflection where the photo meets the mount. I think these are those high quality laser print copies. "
Greed is what does most of us in on ebay (you know what I mean!) so don't just blindly bid on something you think is going to be a real steal, check it out first! A good lesson here, please learn it!
