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Win a Prize backflash - original or not?
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:48 pm
by coppinpr
I've been asked to make a replacement backflash and its one I've never seen before, it LOOKS original, and it looks Olli Whales but id like to be sure before I remake the design, if its not original, ill make the better-known version (if it is indeed Oliver Whales)
Re: Allwin backflash,original or not?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:42 am
by dirk55
Hi paul
There is one on ebay, sorry I don't know how to post a link.
Derek
Re: Allwin backflash,original or not?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:38 am
by brigham
"Only Old Pennies" is definitely not 'original'.
Re: Allwin backflash,original or not?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:05 am
by coppinpr
Thanks, Derek, never see one before, and then one crops up on Ebay the same day! Although the top flash reads correctly it doesn't seem to match in my eyes.
Re: Allwin backflash,original or not?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:52 am
by 13rebel
Both the back flash and top flash are the same as depicted in the Braithwaite book.
Re: Win a Prize backflash - original or not?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:44 pm
by pennymachines
Two more culled from the
Arena, including a more exciting top-flash.
Re: Win a Prize backflash - original or not?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:05 pm
by bryans fan
The one on Ebay is the same machine as the one from the Arena, stripped of its dark varnish.
Re: Win a Prize backflash - original or not?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:33 pm
by pennymachines
Maybe it's partly the lighting, but it looks rather anaemic by comparison.
Re: Win a Prize backflash - original or not?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:56 am
by arrgee
Photo taken with flash so that will bleach out some of the colour. Notwithstanding that, I prefer the 'older' warmer look/patina of the machine.