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Originally Posted by Manbelton
When I'd looked into this a while back, I was surprised to find that there were apparently some darker factory finishes, which seemed to have disappeared around 1900 and then come back in the 20's, as you noted. Here's a bit of what I had found before:
http://www.vintagemartin.com/finishes.html
Still likely darkened over the years as well, as Wade noted. |
You should get directly in touch with my friend, Robert Corwin, whose website Vintagemartin.com you're referencing.
He's always interested in cataloging more examples.
His photography is about as good as it gets.
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