Rare Gone With The Wind Find??

[parkshark]

This is my first time on this site.. so I apologize if I broke some type of rule.

My mom is a HUGE Gone with the Wind collector. Over the years, I've helped her organize her collection. However, while out at a random crafts fair in the country, I stumbled across something in someone's garage. I had never seen it before, and convinced the owner to sell it to me. Now I just got to find out what it is! I have my thoughts, and know what the guy told me.. but want to save what I think so I don't influence what anyone else says. I took photos while holding it for a size reference. It's very heavy for it's size (I assume it's iron).

 

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[Icewing]

Looks like a printing press plate

 

[filmiracl]

Yes, it's a letterpress printing plate. Probably from an old newspaper.

 

[smokeythecat]

Agreed.

 

[parkshark]

Anyone have any clue what year? Or what type of printing press this type of plate would be used in?

 

[filmiracl]

Letterpress. Newspaper really started switching to offset in the 60s I believe... so I'd say surely pre-60s and probably more around the time of Gone With the Wind.

 

[bill from lachine]

yeah I'd go with the printing press plate also...odds are it is made from lead as back in that era after the plates were finished being used they'd be melted down and reused for other printing plates, etc...

That one was probably snuck off the premises by an employee so you were lucky to stumble upon it as it could be a one of a kind item.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[parkshark]

Thanks everyone for your help! The more info the better... I think it could be rare as well since I can't find anything like it anywhere.

 

[Icewing]

This isn't exact (in fact its backward) but should give you a good idea of what it was used for.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...608009101404736699&selectedIndex=6&ajaxhist=0

 

[Kurios1]

I would say it dates the time of the films release. Cool old garage find.

 

[bradyboy]

yep
Looks like a paper plate, so you can date it from when the film came out
to tired to look the date up

 

[Mzjavert]

Since it says the movie won the academy award, I would expect this was made days after the award.

 

[cw0909]

cool item,your mother is going to love it
i think your plate was from 42, as it has oscar in
the upper left, and the 50s,60s ads had oscar below
the img, and when it was sold to MGM, MGM immediately
re-released the film in spring 1942, yours says on
the bottom re-released by MGM
1941
LamarMovies.com. Home to the Plaza Theater and Barco Drive-In

1941
http://lamarmo.com/movies/plaza/019.jpg

Later releases
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)#Later_releases

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