Fake Manhattan coin-op photo?
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 7:57 pm
Would anyone here happen to have access to a fake Manhattan coin-op? (I can't really call these reproductions or replicas since the cabinet is a fantasy creation that doesn't look like the original.)
I'd like to get a couple of clear pictures to use in an article I'm working on for The Antique Phonograph. There was one on eBay recently with excellent photos but I doubt the seller would approve of my using them in this context since it was represented as authentic.
I would need photos for which I could have permission to print them.
For reference, here's one that Stanton sold earlier this year, honestly listed as a replica. These fantasy creations are undeniably attractive and I assume they work well, but the body of the cabinet is much too tall and doesn't have the long, curving metal legs of the originals. I suspect it was less expensive to make everything out of wood, with off-the-shelf repro claw feet, rather than to cast proper legs.
I'd like to get a couple of clear pictures to use in an article I'm working on for The Antique Phonograph. There was one on eBay recently with excellent photos but I doubt the seller would approve of my using them in this context since it was represented as authentic.
I would need photos for which I could have permission to print them. For reference, here's one that Stanton sold earlier this year, honestly listed as a replica. These fantasy creations are undeniably attractive and I assume they work well, but the body of the cabinet is much too tall and doesn't have the long, curving metal legs of the originals. I suspect it was less expensive to make everything out of wood, with off-the-shelf repro claw feet, rather than to cast proper legs.