"Loran T. Hughes" <[email protected]> said to Phono-L On the subject: Victor Paperweight
> Genetta and I were out and about this weekend and found a Victor > paperweight in a local antique store. It doesn't appear to be in the > Nipper book... anyone know anything about it or seen one like it > before? Description & photos via this link: > http://homepage.mac.com/loranhughes/PhotoAlbum11.html A year or two ago, there was a seller on Ebay who offered similar paperweights that were reproductions... which he conveniently neglected to specify. I only found this out AFTER buying one and finding that he had all kinds of these things to sell bearing different antique logos. Clearly he was in the business of selling Chinese copies! The one I have is nicely made measuring 4-3/8 x 2-7/8 x 3/4 inches and the back is covered with black felt. The dog and phono look like a wood cut drawing and the tiny words REG. U.S. PAT. OFF appear centered between the phono and the dog at the level of the dog's knee. The word VICTOR is on the side of the phono box. HIS MASTER'S VOICE is at the bottom in bold type and quote marks, and immediately underneath that is VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. in 1/2 size type. There is no single stylized word VICTOR on the one I have. I believe the words "His Master's Voice" is always presented in quote marks on legitimate issues of the Victor Talking Machine Company. I would be suspicious of the stylized word VICTOR since I have never seen the word presented that way with the curly "C", and I would think Victor would be very cautious about their trademark. I wonder if this could be somebody's earlier reproduction effort? ... Graham Newton -- Audio Restoration by Graham Newton, http://www.audio-restoration.com World class professional services applied to tape or phonograph records for consumers and re-releases, featuring CEDAR's new CAMBRIDGE processes.
