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Post by maroongem on Feb 17, 2007 0:36:15 GMT -5
Shane,
I don't know what to tell you. I have stars that are varying degrees of red. I believe this is due to fading or perhaps ink lots. The color red is notorious for this, even with auto paint. If you wish to believe your star is purple, it's purple, or green or what ever color you wish it to be. I will go through all my discs that are starred and supply a photo array. I don't believe this particular record is any great rarity.
Bill
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Post by gramophoneshane on Feb 17, 2007 3:18:03 GMT -5
I agree its not a rare one, but just thought there may have been a reason for it even just having one side starred- regardless of colour. Do you know if this title is the only one in your collection with a star on one side only? Every other star label I have is on both labels.
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Post by maroongem on Feb 19, 2007 16:09:09 GMT -5
I was going to ask if they were hand stamped. I sort of thought that might be the answer to an upside down star. I dont think the purple stars are faded red stars though. Its the only purple star Ive got out of quite a few star labels. Its the only one with a star on only one side, unlike the red stars which are on both sides(on all my examples anyway), plus both our 50935-Rs stars seem to be the same colour. Do you have any other titles that have the purple/faded star, and if you do, are they also only "Starred" on one side? Shane, I grabbed a few of my starred discs and supplied some pix of them. The last disc is starred on one side only like the one you displayed earlier. I don't know if this was an oversight or was intentionally done this way. The hues of red are all a bit different though it's hard to tell in the pix, one is even more orange than red. The stars on this disc are thinner than the others picturedThe following two are the sameThis disc is starred on only one side, and as you can see, isn't purple
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Post by rocky on Feb 19, 2007 17:02:04 GMT -5
Didn't I read somewhere--possibly on the other Board--that dealers were returning DDs with a red star on one side by placing the side with the star face down? And that the Edison people caught on to the trick and began red starring both sides?
If this theory is valid, then the discs with a red star on one side only would be limited to the first DDs to carry a star. Can you check to see if the "red star on one side only" discs are in the lower serial number range?
Rocky
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Post by maroongem on Feb 19, 2007 19:16:19 GMT -5
Hmmmmmmmm....I hadn't heard that Rocky, but it sure sounds like a plausible explanation to the 2 stars. I will have to see if any of my other single stars are always on the R side only.
Bill
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Post by danjohnson on Aug 22, 2007 18:08:10 GMT -5
They seem to me to be faded red stars. That cast of purple is often found in ink which was used at the turn of the last century and has been exposed to UV light. I see this on different documents of that period and the ocassional letter. Also I'm assuming, (since I wasn't there that different batches of ink were used to fill the stamp pads and most likely came from different companies, hence the different varations of color in the ink.
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