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Tue Dec 03 2013 05:13 AM
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did they ever repro these globes its for sale in n.y. and seem like a good deal i also added the craigslist link here are a few pics mark http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/clt/4214767204.html
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If it's real it's a heck of a deal I believe! Body sure looks original at any rate. Darin
Darin Sheffer Always looking for Mobil and Marathon items I don't already have!
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Yes, thats a rare globe. Not many of these turn up.
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Looking for any cans! PM me what ya got!
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I dont know if it is real or not. My Q is, did they use metal bodies in the 1950s? I know lenses can be put into non original bodies, just wondering...
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That should be a 15" globe Wes, and not from the 50's...I think that globe dates to the late 20's/early 30's if my memory serves me correctly....I'm getting new flooring in my place and my books are buried!
Darin Sheffer Always looking for Mobil and Marathon items I don't already have!
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This looks like a scam to me? Underpriced globe located in New York with a California number to call about it???
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And yes, I do believe they used/made metal bodies through the early 1960's actually as Mobil and Pure, the first to come to mind, still produced 15" lenses up through 1962 and 1961 respectively. I'm sure a few of the other big companies still produced lenses for metal bodies as well through the same period.
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my globe cd says 1920's -1930's and they made then in 15 and 16.5 inch metal globes
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the one on craig's list the star doesn't appear to be centered in the black circle, lens's are questionable- pictured (example) below is a picture of ..
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is yours a 15 or 16.5 inch globe
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mine is a 15"..
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It looks real, and you better go with Kevin on this.
Randy I don't see anything wrong with it, angle of the photo.
Texaco never had any metal bodies past the early 30's, that I know of.
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I think its real but sure strange? I just talked with him and its been sold, so someone probably got a smoking good deal if there are no unseen circumstances? It should be worth around $2500.
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Stuff can show up on craigslist. I bought this globe the other year. I recognized the picture of it form Scott Benjamin's sight.I figured it was a scam. I called and asked about it. The guy said it was a globe like the one pictured. He had taken the picture off the web. I told him I would be there in an hour. It was legit and priced as if it were a common Texaco globe. I bought it and told him not to use other peoples pictures.
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wow nice globe dont see that one too often
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