#255917
Tue May 24 2011 07:58 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172
Petro Enthusiast
|
OP
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172 |
the genuine article! ebay item number 270754451955  sign made 1926-1942 or so, sheeting applied 1938 or after. (Oklahoma did retrofit their signs with reflective sheeting when the stuff was invented.) if anyone from OldGas contacts me (jake@aaroads.com or use the PM feature), it's yours for 2200, shipped.
Last edited by agentsteel53; Tue May 24 2011 07:59 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 119
Petro Enthusiast
|
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 119 |
Is that $2200?? or $220? Looks to me like if you turn it over all the paint will fall off. Then if you repaint or restore it I think you are better off buying his new one since he coppied them on his website and the metal blank exactly anyway. My 2c.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 466 Likes: 1
Petro Enthusiast
|
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 466 Likes: 1 |
I think this sign burned regards all the paint bubbles
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172
Petro Enthusiast
|
|
OP
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172 |
Is that $2200?? or $220? Looks to me like if you turn it over all the paint will fall off. Then if you repaint or restore it I think you are better off buying his new one since he coppied them on his website and the metal blank exactly anyway. My 2c. 2200. The sheeting isn't going anywhere. for you, 2199.98, as you've already given me 2c 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172
Petro Enthusiast
|
|
OP
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172 |
I think this sign burned regards all the paint bubbles you're probably right. what's interesting, though is the splotch of blank ink to the left of "US". It's as though they repainted it, using a roller, after the sheeting had already bubbled up. that's Okla DOT getting as much mileage out of their signs as they could!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 712
Petro Enthusiast
|
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 712 |
"2200. The sheeting isn't going anywhere.
for you, 2199.98, as you've already given me 2c"
Where's a knee slap "icon" when you need one lol
Last edited by grabber; Wed May 25 2011 10:35 AM.
Wanted: Husky Cans/Signs, Interesting Pump Plates and NC Road Signage Website www.petrojoe.com
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 119
Petro Enthusiast
|
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 119 |
$2200?? Serious!! SOrry I can only pay $2100 for it.. How much are your repop ones that you sell just like it? Looks to me like someone put paint stripper on it and then buried it for a year or so.. sorry my opinion.
What is sheeting?? fancy word for paint I guess.. If was going to buy it, but I wouldnt, I would "lead Test" it which tells all....
Last edited by Bud Miley; Wed May 25 2011 09:13 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 5,348 Likes: 1
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 5,348 Likes: 1 |
...Jake, this isn't an attack, just some advice...
...if I were in your shoes, I would give SERIOUS consideration to permanently marking your repro highway shields as such, in a way that would ensure no one would be deceived down the road...it seems like the lack of such identification on your repro highway shields comes up every time you post something on Oldgas...
...I would think in the long run it would benefit you - your original items (and everyone else's) would hold their value and wouldn't be subject to such scrutiny...
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,056
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,056 |
...Jake, this isn't an attack, just some advice...
...if I were in your shoes, I would give SERIOUS consideration to permanently marking your repro highway shields as such, in a way that would ensure no one would be deceived down the road...it seems like the lack of such identification on your repro highway shields comes up every time you post something on Oldgas...
...I would think in the long run it would benefit you - your original items (and everyone else's) would hold their value and wouldn't be subject to such scrutiny... I think this is great advice!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,389 Likes: 40
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,389 Likes: 40 |
I too think it is great advice.
But the ones that are already out there will FOREVER be a problem, A Real collector would have made sure that would never happen in the planning stages of production.
"Remember, history that is forgotten is doomed to repeat itself!"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172
Petro Enthusiast
|
|
OP
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172 |
$2200?? Serious!! SOrry I can only pay $2100 for it.. How much are your repop ones that you sell just like it? Looks to me like someone put paint stripper on it and then buried it for a year or so.. sorry my opinion.
What is sheeting?? fancy word for paint I guess.. If was going to buy it, but I wouldnt, I would "lead Test" it which tells all.... sheeting is reflective Scotchlite. it was invented in 1938, and is still used today - it is what causes a traffic sign to light up brightly when your headlights shine on it. it comes in large sheets, which you cut to the right size and shape, and then peel and stick.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172
Petro Enthusiast
|
|
OP
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172 |
it seems like the lack of such identification on your repro highway shields comes up every time you post something on Oldgas... I do appreciate the advice, and the civility with which it was presented... but, it happens to be irrelevant to the subject at hand. let's keep that topic in its own discussion thread.
Last edited by agentsteel53; Thu May 26 2011 10:44 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,389 Likes: 40
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,389 Likes: 40 |
You have been avoiding this subject for months. YOU are one of the BIG problems with reproductions made to look real and fool unsuspecting and uneducated buyers with your Garbage Fantasy pieces. If you really gave a cats rear about the hobby you would have done something by now. I don't know why you are still allowed to advertise your Unmarked repros on this site.
"Remember, history that is forgotten is doomed to repeat itself!"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172
Petro Enthusiast
|
|
OP
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 172 |
thank you, KZ1000, for demonstrating civility through counterexample.
Last edited by agentsteel53; Thu May 26 2011 11:30 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 5,348 Likes: 1
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 5,348 Likes: 1 |
it seems like the lack of such identification on your repro highway shields comes up every time you post something on Oldgas... I do appreciate the advice, and the civility with which it was presented... but, it happens to be irrelevant to the subject at hand. let's keep that topic in its own discussion thread. ...that's fine - I've just started one under 'Known & Suspected Unmarked Reproductions'...I invite anyone interested in this topic to click the link below and join the discussion... http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=256205
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
|
|
|
|
|
