Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums Online Auctions, eBay Craigslist Petroliana Marathon Penn Sign

What do you sign collectors make of this sign? Real???
As a Marathon Collector I see several things wrong with it.

The Runner design violates Trademark.
The HON looks squeezed.
The Runner is always lighter than the background except where it is lighted from behind.

One thought I have is the signs were made and rejected by the company. Why they are NOS and found together.

I couldn't find this sign in any of the Marathon Station photos I have, but that doesn't mean it wasn't localized.

eBay Item # 160507485674

Chuck

Looks wrong and whats with taking the same picture in several difference places? Its like wheres waldo...

I have to agree with you that this is not right.....looks like something treasureray would sell.....

I've seen a red runner on white background but never with the blue outline.
The spacing does look compressed at the end of Marathon.
The "O" doesn't look right.
The spacing between the letters in "Penn" is not uniform.

Here's a picture of an older Marathon sign with a red running man.

HOMEMADE....AND ALOT WORSE LOOKING THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER MADE FOR MYSELF. LOL!

Looks like a Jr High school project & teacher was Drunk.
Even the Argentine guy does a better job on his Phony's.

Its easy to tell now that there is another sign with the logo to compare it to. Terrible job on the artwork (although probably better than I could do, LOL)

Many times Marathon used different color combos with the Marathon Penn stuff than what you normally see on the other Marathon items...so the runner having different colors with it doesn't bother me a bit. I've got an old Marathon Penn can with a blue runner on it.

Chuck, you are right about the font spacing...they were running out of room and squeezed the rest of the word in.

In regards to the "o" looking different..that's something I've seen on a lot of Marathon stuff.

Overall..my guess is fantasy piece. Primarily because it is so crudely done.

T-ray turd for sure

The Marathon Motor Oil sign is a nice looking sign

Look at the O in the sign Lastgas posted..then compare it to the H right beside it. Marathon IMO jacked the O up a lot in their advertising. That's what I meant earlier, you can't go by how distorted the O looks on their stuff.

Bob;
Is that a glass lense inside the frame on the sigh you posted?
Chuck

Nope, its all porcelain. I've seen a Linco sign that matched it.

I have seen the Linco version.
There was a lighted version of the one you posted also.
The round part was glass.

Fake for sure!

Chuck, I think the one with the glass insert was a much larger sign than the one I posted.
Bob