Prewar fender bomb

[rockpile]

Does anyone know how to tell the difference between an original and a repro fender bomb ornament?

 

[bricycle]

yea, about $600.00

 

[bricycle]

something about the underside of the bases, and the vasilene glass reflects different I believe.

 

[Freqman1]

Is it hollow? These have been reproduced more than a few times to varying degrees of accuracy. There are also more than one variety of the original so your best bet is to post it up and let us have a look. V/r Shawn

 

[bobcycles]

the last version made was nearly impossible to tell (great right? soooo many people I know got burned
on these stupid things)
One sure thing is patina...and the originals were hollow in the body..
remove the base...shine a flash light in the hole on the body the base mounts to.

These days it's almost better to buy these from a Non bike collector who just "found"
the ornament at an estate sale, antique store etc.

There's a whole lotta "shruggin" going on with sellers moving these along..."I dunno!"
lame buyer beware scenarios.

Like little land mines dropped in our hobby to blow up in peoples faces...love it.

NOT!

 

[rockpile]

the last version made was nearly impossible to tell (great right? soooo many people I know got burned
on these stupid things)
One sure thing is patina...and the originals were hollow in the body..
remove the base...shine a flash light in the hole on the body the base mounts to.

These days it's almost better to buy these from a Non bike collector who just "found"
the ornament at an estate sale, antique store etc.

There's a whole lotta "shruggin" going on with sellers moving these along..."I dunno!"
lame buyer beware scenarios.

Like little land mines dropped in our hobby to blow up in peoples faces...love it.

NOT!

Thanks Bobcycles. I’ll do more research on it. By the way i’m Bicyclespook

 

[rockpile]

Is it hollow? These have been reproduced more than a few times to varying degrees of accuracy. There are also more than one variety of the original so your best bet is to post it up and let us have a look. V/r Shawn

Thanks for the information.

 

[Cooper S.]

Just pay repop price and if it’s real you just made them more accessible by bringing the prices down

 

[sarmisluters]

So the originals are hollow, that means these will be lighter in weight than a solid repop “witch” bomb.
Therefore someone COULD weigh an original and a repop and get an idea of the weight differences for comparison ?

Nah, it’ll never happen

 

[Cooper S.]

So the originals are hollow, that means these will be lighter in weight than a solid repop “witch” bomb.
Therefore someone COULD weigh an original and a repop and get an idea of the weight differences for comparison ?

Nah, it’ll never happen

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I’ve got an original that I need to pull off to rewire, maybe if I don’t forget before I go back home I’ll weigh it