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VEEDOL_AL1 #389368 Sun Jan 27 2013 01:29 PM
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...I've got 178 different Gulf blotters, and know of at least 15 I don't have...yet...

...some can be found for as little as $5, but a few will set you back $50 and up...

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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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I've actually seen a few of the earliest Texaco blotters go $100 plus. Like anything else, rarity, condition and desireablity will create levels of value. On the bright side, you can put together a nice collection on a limited budget. I myself have have just a few but I once bought a Wolf's Head of modest graphics because it was originally from just across the rivert from me at a dealership that no longer exists. I learned a little local history just from that one purchase.


One of my favorites...


....and a couple others.....




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These are from the early 30s... The pamphlet and blotter were given to the Motorist to advertise Tydol's New Motor Oil:



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Originally Posted By: lordparaffin
I've actually seen a few of the earliest Texaco blotters go $100 plus. Like anything else, rarity, condition and desireablity will create levels of value. On the bright side, you can put together a nice collection on a limited budget. I myself have have just a few but I once bought a Wolf's Head of modest graphics because it was originally from just across the rivert from me at a dealership that no longer exists. I learned a little local history just from that one purchase.


One of my favorites...


....and a couple others.....




Yep, Texaco in some cases several hundreds. I sold a book with 20 or so nos uncut Texaco Blotters from the 20's for $2000.00 a little while back.

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A few blotters

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Wow all of these are very nice in the graphic department like you all said.

Here's a big question. Are there repops of blotters?

Love those Tydols!!

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Really want a Sunoco National pump ad glass!!
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On Ebay, I've seen blotters being advertised; That were not blotters... They were thin "paper" advertising...

I've seen others that were in actuality, post cards...

On ebay, if someone just gives a "vague" description in their ad, I send them an email and ask for a photo of the back side...

Here is the front and backs of a blotter from the 1940s, a blotter from the 1920s and a postcard from the late 1970s:





Hope this helps?


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Even the pump companies, especially Bennett and Tokheim. These are sold, but here is some pic of some I used to have:

http://petrolianacollectibles.com/tokheim%20blotters.htm

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A few of mine.

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Thanks
Mike

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