<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f6358112-233e-4f42-afb4-9b52e1baf0aa/C31EABC8-55A5-417D-931B-612CF79745F6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1" href="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.worthpoint.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top" align="left"><SPAN class="hgold">Tells Give Away ‘Not Quite Authentic’ Antique Scrimshaw</SPAN><BR /> <SPAN class="shgray">by Douglass Moody (09/23/09).</SPAN> </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><P>I recently acquired a scrimshawed whale tooth, knowing full-well that it was NOT an antique, despite the scribed date of 1859. I made my original assessment based solely on “tells” visible in the seller-provided photographs, which are included with this article. Once in hand, loupe-inspection confirmed my suspicions.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/7073B9EB-C6E7-4647-8CFE-B265D952DCB9" alt="Image #1 - Good Old Soule obv" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/BCA5A3B2-CF68-4CD3-AFC6-0FE15366530F" alt="Image #2 - Captain John M. Soule rev" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><P><A rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.archive.org/stream/collectionofbook00freerich/collectionofbook00freerich_djvu.txt+%22John+M.+Soule%22&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us"><STRONG>Books, Pamphlets, Log Books, Pictures, etc. Illustrating Whales and the Whale Fishery</STRONG></A> Contained in the Free Public Library New Bedford, MA (Page 13): “Adeline,” ship, (cruise:) 1865-69, (Captain:) John M. Soule, (owner:) C. R. Tucker & Co.” (of New Bedford)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><H3>The Tells</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><P>Here are the tells which I used to determine that this authentic whale tooth was scribed within the last 50-years, or so:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/563E5D67-CB6C-47D7-8D3C-09C0B6D5EDE4" alt="The Soule tooth's skirt has not been trimmed." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><P class="wp-caption-text">The Soule tooth's skirt has not been trimmed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/9EDA7F8E-4105-4705-B27A-3C96A0A22217" alt="The Soule tooth is highly polished." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><P class="wp-caption-text">The Soule tooth is highly polished.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/C1C62531-DC68-46E8-80BD-75433612FE53" alt="Forgers nearly always scribed text and dates onto whale teeth to increase their value. " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><P class="wp-caption-text">Forgers nearly always scribed text and dates onto whale teeth to increase their value. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/92463273-5760-4769-B720-1019AA559C4B" alt="The inscribed title “Good Old Soule” has ragged edges." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.worthpoint.com/img/86E4EBB2-8FEE-46D3-B0D6-9843B56DEA31" alt="The Soule tooth scrimwork is original, most likely rendered by a modern artist. " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.worthpoint.com/article/tells-give-not-authentic-antique-scrimshaw?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=9c6e2925de-insider-37&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9c6e2925de&mc_eid=9c110aa6e1"> the <A rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.scrimshawcollectors.com/">Scrimshaw Collectors Web site</A>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C31EABC8-55A5-417D-931B-612CF79745F6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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