Greeting Phonolisters, You are correct, executives would probably not approve the marble on E-bay with the Nipper and gramophone trademark. In our book "Nipper Collectibles," we wrote eight pages on the Nipper logo, it's history and changes. Our last page we titled, "Is That All There is, Nipper?"
You see, recently Nipper's pedigree has become rather convoluted and fragmented. Once the world's most recognizable trademark, Nipper can now only appear in the country of origin. Because of territorial licensing, he can no longer be used as a tool in global marketing and identification of a product. Therefore, because Nipper is not a trademark in the USA, nobody cares if the trademark is used. The marble is a new Nipper collectible. As long as the trademark sells, we are sure there will be many more new Nipper logo items on the market. Chapter 6 of our Nipper Collectibles book is titled, "Nipper Reproductions, Friend or Faux." We discuss reproduction and fantasy items that should be marketed as nostalgic Nipper collectibles. Because of the amount of new Nipper collectibles we are planning a future update to our book in another three years. Of course we feel the new items should be marked as reproductions or new, however, it is also nice to know that the Nipper logo is still a popular collectible. Visit our website at: www.audioantique.com Robin & Joan Rolfs _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
