I got one of them stupid look good at 60 feet away reproductions. I'm gonna give you all a dead give away way of telling a repro from the real deal that is so good I guarantee that a blind man can tell and thats no exageration. If you see the repro you can spot it very quickly anyway but, on a real Dolly the stove pipe is made out of a tin stove material and it is made that way because it is truly a functional stove. The stove pipe would weigh not even a pound because its just made of tin. Well, in reproducing this the Chinese have taken this stove pipe made of tin, and copied it in cast iron, so the stove pipe to the repros are made out of cast iron and weigh probably 10 lbs or darn close to it. Thats why I said a blind man can tell the difference. Also, the repros just have cotter key looking things that hold the doors on with the hinges, and when you open the doors up they just sag instead of staying in line to be closed. I know my Dolly Stoves. I have seen about 8 real ones up close and looked them over very close and in my opinion they are a cast iron work of art. I have seen them in black, grey, blue, and turq colors with nickel trim.
