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Pete, I think the stylized antelope tin (top row in your fist photo) is really striking. Is there any information on the back of the container?
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Hi Uwe,
No markings or "ghosts" of any.
Just a tad of glue and pieces of a very small price tag on the back.
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But there are a couple running on eBay, now, that do have varying markings on the back : eBay item number: 373859806446eBay item number: 165124699798
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I don't know anything about ribbon tins, but it appears that this one at least might have been sold wholesale for use by anyone - anyone in this case being a repair shop that rubber stamped its details on the back.
I wonder if someone who collects these things has a catalog from a tin manufacturer that showed all of its available motifs?
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Interesting Lot offered on eBay this week...eBay item number: 393804506993
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Stone the crows... when I said I admired the antelope, I certainly didn't expect a herd of them! Looks like precision work wasn't something that the person stamping these tins was ever accused of...
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Next in-coming ribbon tin. Goddess Diana.
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Not quite in stunning condition, but still very good.
I have been looking for one for over 1 year. They do not show up too often.
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I did not win this on on eBay...but it is nice to know another Carter's "Guardian" tin with the Bomber-motif exists and shows up from time to time.
This one flew past my max. and hammered down at $ 46 + S&H on top of that.
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My tins with an American Indian motif.
Note the Copper Chief tin even has a very small version of "Goddess Diana" at the lower part of its art-work.
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