LW 'master stamper' on eBay

[tom ball <havaball@xxxxxxx>]

Hmmm..... anybody else noticed this one on eBay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2506997600&category=2375

Rather an odd offering. Presentation plaque identifies it as "Chance 
Records 1116 'Ora Nelle Blues' master stamper."

'Ora Nelle Blues' (as by Othum Brown and Little Walter J.) was issued 
in '47 on Ora Nelle.  Chance reissued it in '52, but they changed the 
name of the song to 'That's Alright,' so no song by the title of 'Ora 
Nelle Blues' was ever even issued by Chance Records.

Also, not sure if this even is a 'master stamper,' since most of the 
time the process was a four-step one --- i.e. plate the lacquer 
master to (negative) 'master', to (positive) 'mother,' to (negative) 
'stamper,' to shellac.  <shrug> I suppose one *could* stamp directly 
from the (negative) 'master,' but only if they intended to press only 
a few hundred copies... course, you never know with Chance?

And obviously the attached photo of LW is from the wrong era -- looks 
like mid-60's (although Scott would know this better than I.... any 
thoughts?)

$3500?? Curious item... just wondered in anybody else thought so? 
(Usual disclaimers - no affiliation etc.)

cheers,

Tom Ball