The guy had it listed as original 1950 Sinclair lower pump plate, never used this plate is not a reproduction. Now im definately no expert but when I took it out of the box it was my first thought, It just seems to be pretty thin and flimsy, any thoughts? I would post some pics but I dont see any options for uploading pics thanks.

If you can post the auction number(If it was Ebay) then everybody could see it.

http://oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=129148#Post129148

Good news, if it is a repop, then you can't be charged with buying stolen property.

Heres the number 320997979351 thanks guys

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sinclair-Vintage-Original-Lower-Pump-Door-Porcelain-Sign-/320997979351?

Thanks oldgas, i followed your sirections at cranno.com, went to upload them to my post and it said "files can be no larger than 150 kb bytes

I'll bite.What does this mean?

Most of what is being collected here has some questionable ownership issues. Would it not be a real scare if some of these companies started legal action for the return of their property?

Sorry, I don't understand what you are implying....

When you say "Most of what is being collected here has some questionable ownership issues." Are you talking about certain Collectors or everyone on the site?

Bob. I think he is implying for instance "Flying A" may one day sue you and take back their signs lmao.

What he doesn't realize is the station owners bought these pieces and it was their property to do what they wanted to do with.

Repops on the other hand are technically copyright infringement.

To note the original topic. Personally, the green looks too bright and the seller's feedback is terrible. I would say repop yes.

Hard to say for sure from the picture. What does the back look like? His feedback on eBay has a lot of Sinclair stuff, maybe he ran into a stash of NOS stuff. It still happens. The logo on the plate came out in 1959, not all signs were being made from as heavy metal and the porcelain shelving was getting thinner by that time. I do not know who is selling the stuff but it could be real stuff. On a side note, a very nice original Dino pump plate normally sells for around $100 - 125. You paid more but if it is real I would say hang it up on the wall and enjoy it

I didnt even think about the color,the back is as white as the front. What has raised my questioning is the thinness and flimsyness of the sign, it looks to be porcelen but I have a couple Texaco pump plates that arent this thin,Im pretty new at collecting so I didnt know if maybe the manufacturer of sinclair used a thinner gauge metel than texaco?

Does it have a date on the back of it? Most (not all) of the ones i have had say "SPS-61" on the back. And yes they do seem to be thinner signs compared to the Texaco pump plates. From what I could tell from the pictures of the Dino Sinclair globe lenses he currently has for sale and the ones he has already sold, I thought they looked legitimate.

White is white. It's the green I'm looking at. Google the repops and then find some pictures of guaranteed originals.

Porcelain is still used today. Just because its porcelain doesn't mean it's old, just like its thickness doesn't guarantee age. .

Lots of the Good Gulf signs are some of the thinnest you'll see but I still have quite a few original.

http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=357132&nt=3&page=2

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Feedback looks fine to me other than 1 unhappy customer - in fact their feedback is very good & I would likely trust them.

Certainly appears to have found some nice Sinclair items somewhere, how about asking the seller for provenance??

Here are some pics

archer2 sent these to me on my older post:


http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=52596&Number=331408#Post331408

http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=50528&Number=318430#Post318430

Check them out. they may help.

on the other hand my Sinclair sign (real or fake, doesnt matter cause it was free) is just about the same thickness of my Mobilgas pump plates, not as thick but close. It is no-where as thin as the Texaco Sky Chief sign i just sold. Also my sign doesn't have a SPS-60 or SPS-61 on the back, but like DB said "did only one company make sinclair signs?"

Dan

Thanks for the input guys, after all the input and studying the pics im leaning towards real think im gonna hang it up and enjoy it.