Early Fox, Parker, and Ithaca Catalogs

[Researcher]

Dave, I have seen a catalog with the November 18, 1916 price list, absolutely identical to the Clown, but no clown cover. Is this a recognized catalog or is it a Clown catalog with the cover ripped off?

I have no answer to that.

Parker paper was already too expensive when I got started so all the Parker Bros. catalogs I have are repros. As I understand it in the "real" Clown Catalogs the pages are printed in red ink --

I concentrated my $s on A.H. Fox Gun Co. and Ithaca Gun Co. paper.

I suspect when someone wrote for a catalog, the folks in the office had a box of catalogs and a stack of current price lists, grabbed one of each, addressed the envelope and put it in the mail. I doubt those thrifty Yanks in Meriden ever threw out any catalogs when a new one got printed, just kept using them with the current price list.

[MARSHFELLOW]

Great score Jason, good for you!!!
tjw

[eightbore]

Dave the catalog I mentioned is printed in red ink, identical to the Clown. I'll examine a Clown and see whether the back page opposite the clown cover is missing or torn off. Thanks for replying.

[JasonPeck]

Jason's reply on March 19 at 1:08 leads me to believe that he thinks his clown is a repro. Later posts make me think he has an original with rusty staples. What is the story, Jason?

It must be an older repro. The rusty staples might be a result of the humid environment (Vancouver Island) the catalogs were found.