How Reliable Is This?

[Jim Garrett]

(08-26-2014 07:57 AM)BettyO Wrote:  Just wondering.... how reliable is the provence on this sort of thing? I know a few people who own the very same "artifact" - plus there is one at McNair in the Trial Exhibit Room....

http://labarregalleries.blogspot.com/201...chive.html

Is it reliable do you think? It's just that there seem to be quite a bit of "scaffold" splinters floating around if these are for sale....

Comments?


Thanks!

Several years ago, I was asked by Cary Delery of the Historical Shoppe in Louisiana how he could authenticate a piece of rafter allegedly from Ford's. The piece had about the right patina and the saw marks looked like they could be of the right period, but there was no real provenance and no way to easily compare it to any other piece of rafter. The only way to authenticate it would have been to compare it to another rafter with provenance. To Mr. Delery's credit, he has yet to sell a piece of rafter. The piece from lebarr gallery probably came from Cary. He is a huge collector/dealer with a great reputation and has terrific inventory. BTW, I have snippets of AL Hair and gallows shavings from Cary. I've known him for twenty plus years and dare I say....trust him.