Vintage letterpress block of steam train arriving at station medium-image
Vintage letterpress block of steam train arriving at station medium-image
Vintage letterpress block of steam train arriving at station medium-image
Vintage letterpress block of steam train arriving at station medium-image
Vintage letterpress block of steam train arriving at station medium-image

Vintage letterpress block of steam train arriving at station medium

$ 13.2

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Brand: letterpress Type: Printing Block Material: metal and wood

Description

You are bidding on a vintage letterpress type block(s) that were used in the printing business in 1940 until the late 1960s. Most were was used by either Richardson Printing in Marietta, Ohio or the Noble County Leader in SE Ohio. Please see my other auctions for more great printing pieces. I have a lot of pieces and will continue to list them. All pieces are original with most appearing to be from around Most are mounted on wood blocks that are one inch high. The metal is normally copper or zinc. A small percentage are solid metal, they tend to be significantly heavier than the wood and copper ones. Blocks with letterpress printing were always in reverse. The blocks would be used with others to make a mat that was then used to make a plate for printing. Printing blocks for lineart and halftone printing are typically made from copper or zinc. I have seen some that appear to be aluminum. A few have been solid metal and are very heavy. 95 percent of them appear to be copper. I have never seen a steel one. I would think that would be very hard to work with. The process to make these were a chemical etching process. The process to make Linotype used antimony, and tin, and is typically composed of 84% lead, 12% antimony, and 4% tin. Linotype machines were general used with type blocks to make a complete page. All blocks are original and were used in the printing industry. See my other auctions for additional vintage printing blocks

  1. I ordered two items on my purchase, so my feedback is the same for this one. Arrived quickly and very well packaged. Exactly what was described and shown in the listing. Communication was great. I’m 100% thrilled to have purchased this and highly recommend this seller. Thank you!

    Nakul Singh7

  2. This is a great Ebay seller. Fast shipping. Great item. Accurately described. Well packaged and arrived safely. Will definitely do business with again. Thank you very much!

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  3. Great piece, as described packaged well fast to ship well worth the price great ebay seller thanks again, nice addition for my literature collection

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