A little gem that was made yesterday
Article about: Thought I'd share this one with you, as I have never seen one in this condition before. Picked it up at Leeds fair yesterday. It wasn't cheap, but to find another? A 1914 Princess Mary Tin,
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Re: A little gem that was made yesterday
Saw one just the other day locally, empty, and badly corroded.............$200.
Dream on.................
Regards, Steve.
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Re: A little gem that was made yesterday
by
oradour
Herr Brandon, it could of been made yesterday....check out this site, ' Tommy's Pack Fillers ' they make and sell the tin (although out of stock at this time) and contents including the paperwork !.......
Jesus, that's scary. But. the tin contents has age to them. Not the sort of ageing one could replicate........................I hope
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Re: A little gem that was made yesterday
One way to find out John, take a very small piece of tobacco , place it on a flat surface and crush it with the flat of a knife,if very old it will be either very hard or very brittle and almost powdery, if it squashes flat and appears as if there is some moisture to it then its been added, also the colour should be very dark almost black, the paper should also be very fragile, again lack of moisture. I once found a few loose cigarettes in the bottom of a service gas mask holder, they nearly fell apart in my hands and that was after 50yrs but that was in very dry conditioned environment.
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