[GreenKeys] Historical TTY Prints

[Pete Lancashire]

I like the ones that are suppose to be from the 40's that are on white paper,
of even canary that is still crisp and clean.

-pete

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Keith Densmore <kmd at xplornet.ca> wrote:
> Hello All,
> I'm sure everyone who browses  Ebay in search of TTY goodies have seen the
> so called wire service copies of historical events that came over the wire,
> Kennedy assassination, end of WWII, etc. Some of these 'documents' are
> listed for hundreds or more dollars.
>
> My question is this. Wouldn't these things be almost childs play to fake?
> Just run a copy on some old roll paper and a time suitable machine and
> presto, an instant historical document. Gee, load the copy into the computer
> and you can print out dozens, no work.
>
> I'm sure there would be a way for an expert to  verify when the printing
> occurred, ie recently or years ago, but I'd bet it would be very expensive.
> And  from the few ads I've looked at no seller is verifying their
> originality.
>
> My cynical nature says these things are 90 percent fakes. Am I right or
> wrong?
>
> Keith, ve3ts
>
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