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Gdabel

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Need help Uncle Sam picture
« on: March 12, 2013, 04:57:48 pm »
I came across this vintage sculpted Uncle Sam picture frame. Can anybody provide any information on it?
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Re: Need help Uncle Sam picture
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2013, 06:24:13 pm »
when you say sculpted...do you mean that it is embossed metal..or is it some other medium...if its embossed metal..then they sell for as little as $24...but..one thing i,ve noticed is...this face is a good deal different from..most of the others that i,ve seen....see here  for embossed metal uncle sam

http://www.shoptheshows.com/detail.php?p=370541&ecid=AFF-7975437&pa=affcj
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Re: Need help Uncle Sam picture
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2013, 06:25:35 pm »
Looks like a reproduction !!  Can we see the back !!  Any writing at very bottom !!  May be under the frame !!
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Re: Need help Uncle Sam picture
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2013, 07:00:25 pm »
It is not metal, but a hard plastic casting. There is no signature or other writing on the back. The person I got it from had it for over 15 years, and he bought it at an antique shop.
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Re: Need help Uncle Sam picture
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2013, 07:04:43 pm »
Also, everything is wood but 3D Uncle Sam (face and hand)
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Re: Need help Uncle Sam picture
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2013, 07:16:57 pm »
Reproduction, most were made in Indonesia.  A fellow dealer & I used go to the wholesalers to see what would be coming into the "antique" shops .  Along the same lines as the Drug Store Indians etc.
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Re: Need help Uncle Sam picture
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2013, 07:37:48 pm »
Probably not wood but more likely resin of some type !! It can fool you !!  Some resins are mixed with sawdust !! 
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