#111312
Sun Nov 02 2008 11:32 AM
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...anyone else think this looks hinky? ...sure looks fake to me...why bother to advertise products and services in 1" letters on the base of a curb sign, where they cannot be seen at a distance? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270292417993
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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#111313
Sun Nov 02 2008 01:41 PM
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I'm pretty sure its real....its meant to hold a sign you see from a distance and maybe look down when you walk by...pretty well every base had a name on it...mm
Wanted early tin litho signage. petro, farm, auto, etc.
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#111314
Sun Nov 02 2008 01:58 PM
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Wasn't there some reproductions of these made in Mexico? I was at the Portland Swap meet a few years back and listened to a discussion amongst collectors. A vendor there had a couple of real ones he got from a Texaco dealer in the 60s and a couple of reproductions (his words) from Mexico. Other than the paint, I couldn't tell the difference.
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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#111315
Sun Nov 02 2008 02:34 PM
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I remember being told that the mexican repops had no threads in the center hole and the real ones did. I've never verified this info but someone on here might know.
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#111316
Sun Nov 02 2008 02:38 PM
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Real***Repro cast iron..at the end of the day who cares...it holds your original sign hey...its cheap if you need one repo or not...mm
Wanted early tin litho signage. petro, farm, auto, etc.
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#111317
Sun Nov 02 2008 02:44 PM
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I agree with mm on this one.
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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#111318
Sun Nov 02 2008 03:15 PM
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I know a dealer that used to buy these a truckload at a time,they had them drilled and tapped and left them outside to rust up naturally, If you asked they would tell you they might be repo but if not they wouldnt say anything, just put another one out later...Frank
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#111319
Sun Nov 02 2008 03:34 PM
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Don't believe it's real. Look at the shot of the logo and then the words trade mark us reg pat something. It ain't right. LOL
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#111320
Sun Nov 02 2008 03:55 PM
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Frank, Couldn't be the Col. or Chuck !
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#111321
Sun Nov 02 2008 04:05 PM
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No Dick but you are close, Chuck died a couple of years ago
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#111322
Sun Nov 02 2008 04:07 PM
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well i dont know but it reminds me of one of those fake door stops that i was seeing all the time awhile back!
Looking for gas,oil related clocks,especially neon and spinners .clock repair available. Mick
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#111323
Sun Nov 02 2008 06:47 PM
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Door stops.....yeah, I bought one of those.....live and learn
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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#111324
Sun Nov 02 2008 07:46 PM
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#111325
Sun Nov 02 2008 11:09 PM
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Fantasy item IMO...never seen one in old literature or photographs, or on an old curb sign...
There's no stopping the Cretins from hopping You've got to keep it beating for the hopping Cretins
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#111326
Mon Nov 03 2008 08:02 AM
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...I also don't know of much gas and oil advertising intended for those who might be WALKING by...more likely intended for those DRIVING by...
...there's no way the designers at Texaco would have gone for such a tacky looking base in 1936...look at all of their other graphic design...rather sophisticated by comparison...
...MM: who cares?...I guess people who want original stuff care - but here we go again...
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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#111327
Mon Nov 03 2008 08:15 AM
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Coca Cola made very similar original base, however somebody reproduced it also & maybe the same people did this Texaco base.......
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#111328
Mon Nov 03 2008 10:13 AM
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...I've seen those Coke bases - they're basically 'recastings' (is that a word?) of the original bases, albeit a little on the crude side...but I think the Texaco bases are strictly FANTASY pieces...if someone can prove they're not, I'm all ears...
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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#111329
Mon Nov 03 2008 12:40 PM
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the best way to tell authenticity of this piece is anyone who has an original texaco base measure the circumference of the base and most repos are not the same measurement as original i have and have had many coca cola lollipop curbside signs with OG bases and this is not a coca cola base they always embossed coca cola in the cast unless it was ground off which is entirely possible. really another who knows item that is more than likely repo being overbid to each is own
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#111330
Mon Nov 03 2008 02:46 PM
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#111331
Mon Nov 03 2008 05:59 PM
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I am with KZ1000 on this one. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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#111332
Mon Nov 03 2008 06:35 PM
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i'll decipher for you, read real slowwww....
the best way to tell authenticity of this piece is, anyone who has an original texaco base, measure the circumference of the base as most repos are not the same measurement as the originals......ok
i have had many coca cola lollipop curbside signs with bases, this is not a coca cola base they always embossed coca cola in the cast unless it was ground off which is entirely possible.....ok
really, another one who knows their item is more than likely repo, its being overbid, but to each their own
only thing i could not fiqure out is what the abbreviation for "OG" bases is
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#111333
Mon Nov 03 2008 06:58 PM
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...isn't 'OG' short for Original Gangsta??
...but, seriously, folks: an ORIGINAL Texaco base like this one?...this one's too over-the-top to be real...
...does anyone have a photo of ANY marked Texaco base they know is real? Just for those of us who care about the real stuff, mmm?
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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#111334
Mon Nov 03 2008 07:43 PM
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I've only seen "THE TEXAS CO." stamped on them.
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#111335
Wed Nov 05 2008 06:10 AM
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thank you so much for the translation greatly appreciated it was a tough one to figure out. OG: is a business abbreviation for ORIGINAL authentic the real deal antique NICE
Original gangster???? yea
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