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OK FELLOW OLDGAS COMRADES....show us your "Buys Of The Week!"

Thanks!

Got this can last week. Thats it for me

Awesome Graphic Quart, BRAD!

Whenever I see HUDSON, I always think New York, not Kansas City LOL!

Not much this week, just this tire patch display.

Super Nice display Dennis!!

Picked up this 1930's AAA Poster:

Great display Dennis!

Heres Mine, nos still had the paper on it, gal I used to date called, her husbands dad was a Standard jobber in the day and found 2 of these in his garage, remembered I liked this stuff...Frank

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DENNIS!! I DON`T KNOW HOW YOU COME UP WITH YOUR AWESOME BUYS EA WEEK BUT I HAVE TO GIVE YOU KUDO`S.. TXS A LOT ALAN

Now that's an ex girlfriend. Think what she would have found for you if you had married her???

X2

You guys are amazing to be able to come up with this stuff every week. Good Job! Utahbob

Been looking for a nice Barq's Gas and Oil for a few years.Power Lube is probably as good as I'll get and fits well with my other "distressed" porcelains-thanks fellow Gasser Scott Wright. Pistn Lube glass bottle from eBay. Everything else is from the distant past.

Thanks guys, I have been VERY lucky lately. Never lucky enough to have an ex-girlfriend call with stuff though! LOL

I haven't posted in buys of the week is a long time but had to show this one off.
Here is an original Pure porcelain pump. It has an original globe and sign on it. It's is completely untouched other than than the pump was removed.



With my son Jordan,

Picked up this Sinclair Oils sign the other day. I got it from a friend of mine in Utah. Apprears to be NOS. It also came with a story to it which makes it a more interesting item in my opinion. Story as it was sent to me; "It is one of several that came to me as a group in 1980. As we were opening the Tulsa refinery that Sinclair had just purchased from Texaco, a gentleman called the refinery manager to say he had a bunch of Sinclair items ... were we interested in them? He had been at the Sinclair Sands Springs Oklahoma refinery many years previously dis-assembling a Butler building. The items were under a desk ... he took them home. He was moving to Oregon to live with his son and did not want to take the items with him. The Refinery manager dispatched an employee to his home to retrieve the Sinclair items. The box carried the 6" and 12" vertical bar oil signs, a couple of the red border approx 9" X 1" porcelain signs saying SINCLAIR and a Sinclair globe. I thought the history would be interesting to you."

They do repo signs with this logo, you see them on ebay pretty often coming from overseas. There is a 6 and 12 inch version of this sign, plus 30 inch and larger. There are also flange signs with this logo on them. I have also seen a sign like this that was cut out of an oil well lease sign. Sinclair had several different logos on their lease signs, one like this, one with a drilling rig on it and one with the newer Sinclair trapazoid design on it. I have seen cut outs being offered for sale with both this logo and the trapazoid logo. They normally have a lot of small edge chips all the way around the edges from where it was cut out of the bigger sign. They are also not the same size as an original sign so buyer beware.

And in the background as a bonus is my new non petro buy of the week 2012 Cathy Rankin calandar!

I like the calendar Wes....you done good! LMAO!

Here are the few things that I picked up; the Globe and Red Crown from Oldgas........the other from Ebay.

Jarvis you are the luckiest guy I know. Love the pump it is awesome looking

Picked up this Ford Sign, it has great patina and looks great against the brick paneling.

frank that sign is awesome. how did you do at bakersfield? THANKS DAN

Good story on the sign Wes but I had to look at the picture a few times before I even noticed the sign.

Jarvis that pump is awesome,anymore to the story,I always like to here where or how they were found.
Joe

Joe, I bought it from a guy that had it in his game room for 18 or so years. Not sure where he got it... wish i knew the story also. Like an idiot i didn't ask. LOL

I've been looking fro one these at the right price for a while.




Jamie

I wish I could borrow one of the pumps so I do a few resin copies .............. Ed Shaver

Are you referring to the Texaco ones above? If so, I have a set you can use. My email is:barqsnut at aol dot com

Signs from a first class oldgasser.

Cans from oldgassers, internet, and local collectors.

Nice Stuff Andy!!

Nice stuff everyone - Killer pump Jarvis!

I only got this Pratts Fotogen (Kerosene) from around 1915-20. It turned out the man lived 2 miles from me - he also had an Esso can and an old wax tin that I got when pickin up the sign. Told me he used to wax his old mans Oldmobile in the early 60s.
Sign is about 1x1 foot.
//Claes

Pratts Fotogen

Just this cabinet. Need to find a spot to hang it.

Ed,
check this link to a Swedish site which mfg and sell very nice pumps in scale 1:87, 1:43 and 1:18. Also some neat stuff like oil cans, oil barrels, (even a complete station).

http://wb616757.one.se/

They have a figure who is welding and use a led light for the actual weld arc. Would be nice in a gas station diorama!
If you find something in the pictures, just shoot me an email and I will help you...
br
Claes

Claes,

Great site........ ya gotta love the outhouse.

Couple RARE 5 quarts - both Derby-thanks don

Got a Glasurit Auto Paint 2' neon sign and a cardboard counter display for do-it-yourself auto paint. It's been a while since I've added something cool to my auto paint memorabilia collection. Then two things in a week.

Glasurit Auto Paint neon


Cardboard 3D display

Some items I found...

Had to buy a wayne 515 gas pump to get the blue crown globe!


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WOW! Looks like its NOS Mike! I like Blue Crowns but they are usually too faded to interest me! Looks like you hit the top of the line there buddy! Nice score!

Thanks for the help my friend and I couldn't have done it without your advice!

Nice blue crown, Mike!

Finally got it. I bought this 36 clockface (870 special)a few months ago. It took my shipper awhile to pick it up, then it road around the country before making it to Calif. I got it a few days ago.

Matt,

What a great buy! Congrats!

Any plans to restore it?

Two thumbs up Matt!

got these this week. Original Price written with a china marker: 15 Cents !