How to spot a fake antique map antique map of Authentic

Old postcards are very popular up to very high prices at auction, because many of these fakes have appeared, and many copies of these maps. Reproductions of maps are worthless, no matter what the salesman said. We give you some tips to distinguish a fake from a genuine old map old map.

Let us first have copies, imitations, and reproductions of old maps to talk. Cartographers have maps of other centuries have copied and improved. These old cards can be valuable, as is the case when the information was valid and useful in them. They are true historical documents.

However, recent copies of old maps showing the geographic information system of the past centuries with the intention of decoration and sometimes historical knowledge to do their customers. The value of these reproductions of the card to their customers often marketed without knowing it, indicating that the copy of a rare or map was made using a technique of impression of luxury. The truth is that a rare copy of the card is not rare, the original map, which is rare. The copy is of no value and thus the impression of luxury.

Here are some ways you can detect a fake old card:

First Color maps were colored by hand, before the 1850 years.With a magnifying glass to observe the color. If you have an array of small dots and see overlaps, then you have a card made after 1900. The card can only say, means from the 1600s, for example, but the presence of these points that he made after 1900. This is a copy.

Second Old maps were engraved on metal plates, especially in the opposite direction, so that they can be printed. When printing press printing plate and recorded on the paper leaves a “mark of the plate,” or bleeding from the map. If you have a plate mark on the card do not forget to look in all directions to see if anything has been printed on the crop marks. If printed materials spill mark on the disk is a forgery.

Third Keep the card in the light, to watch the game. Most of the cards before the 1820s were made on handmade paper. This document was produced by craftsmen with a wire mesh to keep the pulp produced. This leaves a visible mesh “links” that are visible in a light source. Paper manufacturers often have a watermark with the identification, it is sometimes visible on the maps. If you come any links in the chain on the map from the 1820s or earlier, then you have a reproduction of the map.

4th Most of the old maps were drawn from the Atlas of age, because there is often a fold in the middle of the map. This time the card is placed in the book are available. Atlas maps were also used for use in corners, especially the right or the bottom corners. This is where most people are turned the pages.