Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums Showcase and Stories, Petroliana BOTW: "BUYS OF THE WEEK!" - JUNE 27TH TO JULY 3RD

WOW!!!...CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE "BUYS OF THE WEEK" STARTED? IT'S TRUE AND IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU - THE OLDGAS.COM COMMUNITY BRAGGIN' ABOUT AND SHOWIN' YOUR AMAZING BUYS NO MATTER HOW BIG, SMALL, CHEAP OR EXPENSIVE...THEY ALL HAVE MEANING TO YOU AS WELL AS THE REST OF US. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HUNT, THE FIND AND MAKING THE "BUY!" COMINN' HOME WITH THE GOODS AND WEARIN' THE BIG GRIN ON YOUR FACE!

I WISH I COULD PROMOTE MORE OLDGASSERS TO SHARE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. WE ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE (WHICH AIN'T A BAD THING) AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHERS AS WELL.

SO LET'S GET THE BALL ROLLING NOW WITH TONIGHT'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY "BUYS OF THE WEEK" THREAD!

GET~R~DONE!

THANKS!

Nothing new for me since Columbus but I wanted to say Congrats to you DOC because you are the man that gets it started every Sunday evening and it is my favorite thread.

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Scott Shipers
WANTED: Quart Picture Cans
Kansas City, Missouri 64152

Well Doc, don't know if I will be the first by the time I get this posted, but great job on BOTW. It's been a lot of fun to see everyone's treasures and trash.

Here's some more junk I added to my collection. Haven't had much time to look lately but these came and found me so why not?



Here are some cans that a friend brought over too. You don't see the one on the right very often.


The flip side



Thanks again Doc!

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C Cragg
www.poormansmuseum.com

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That Phillips 66 Safe-T gloss can is very hard to find. I have one but it is the only one I have seen. Good score on it for sure as well as the other stuff.

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Scott Shipers
WANTED: Quart Picture Cans
Kansas City, Missouri 64152

Sorry no pictures ,Just got a call . Another Clock face pump comes my way . and straight clean 410 Bowser. will pick it up early in the A. M.
Where's Brandon. that kid loves pumps.

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Dwaine. pca-west.org
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Thanks for all you do for our online community Doc!

Curt, I'm amazed at how much stuff you find nearly every week. Keep up the good work.

Dwaine, That's a great pump. Be sure to post a picture once you get it.

Here's a lighter I got on ebay.




A Sinclair pinback...

Sinclair banners from 1953.






The pictures don't do them justice. The colors are much brighter.

I don't know if this qualifies as a
"BOTW", but here's a picture..........



The story goes like this. I got these two single White Star lenses on Ebay about 8-9 years ago. Shortly thereafter I bought a repo metal body, painted it blue, and put both lenses in it. Been turning the globe periodically to display each side ever since. When I got the White Star sign shown, I decided to get another repo body and display both of the lenses. Picked it up last week, painted it white, and you see the results.

So techincally, my BOTW was a repo globe body.....but I just changed my inventory to show 12 globes instead of 11, so I guess I added a globe also!! Or maybe half a globe???? Whatever.......

Richard

Brad Ralston sent in these Buys of the Week:
"The pumps are a Gilbarco 96 & a G&B 176 visible. About 15 old dealership & station photos. Red Crown ruler,Brilliant Bronze ashtray,Cross Country oil pitcher,lot of misc cans,a old Red Bird Gas Station coupon book,Diamond 760 porcelain sign and a Castrol NOS sign. Would anyone know the approximate value of the of the Brilliant Bronze ashtray? It has no chips or scratches & very little wear on the bottom of the circle."

More from Brad...

The last two images from Brad...



Click on the thumbnail images to see a larger version

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Here are a couple of my finds this week. An R-M Permax auto paint can with mountain logo. Not mint, but I've never seen anything like it before.



I've had the embossed tin Lacquerwax sign for years. Found the matching can a while back and now just found the "free trial size" Lacquer Cleaner can on the right. Almost mint.



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Jim "Oldgas" Potts
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