|
#528720
Wed Apr 16 2014 05:41 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 61
Active Member
|
OP
Active Member
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 61 |
I know this sign has issues but trying to determine fair value.
Texaco
Thank you Scott
|
|
|
Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,282 Likes: 12
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,282 Likes: 12 |
There is no fair value for a sign with damage like that. When a sign is severely damaged, they become unique in their own right, and the real value becomes what ever you can get someone else to pay for it, and that isn't a true value because its only for that individual sale and there are no others like it to draw a conclusion from.
Everything Cities Service Specializing in old Gas Pumps kwfrith@gondtc.com Cell#-701-739-6133
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 22,780 Likes: 5
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 22,780 Likes: 5 |
Probably close to what you paid for it.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 239
Petro Enthusiast
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 239 |
I'd say $100-250. It would look nice somewhere with a rustic theme.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,659
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,659 |
KW's right about there not being a specific value you can pin down on signs like this. I've seen guys ask and get even 4-digit numbers from them from some people. Being a pre-war T it's desirable to someone who doesnt' have it yet and they might pay $250-400. Someone with an artistic eye might pay double that range. And then there are those who will give you half that figure.
Personally I think it makes a nice survivor statement in the $350 range.
Collecting anything keeps you young at heart!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 260
Petro Enthusiast
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 260 |
The first sign I ever bought is a sign like that. It is in a little worse shape with aprox. a dozen bullet holes. I paid $170.00 dollars plus $80.00 shipping on EBAY about 3 years ago. Call me crazy, but I think it is really cool.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,262 Likes: 1
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,262 Likes: 1 |
These signs are working their way up to being like the 5-6-7 Chevy post cars and 4 door wagons; as the supply of nice and desirables dwindles and the price rises accordingly so goes the value of the "lesser" signs. What keeps this one from being easily saleable at a decent (for the seller) price is that big hole in the middle. Condition aside, these Texacos are still not that hard to come by. All that being said, and to answer your question, in a locale such as mine, It should pull 4-5 hundred fairly easily.
Collecting the Mississippi companies: Billups, Southland, Rose Oil,Crystal Oil, Barq's
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 61
Active Member
|
OP
Active Member
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 61 |
thanks for all the input (even yours Mr.Bennett). I will contact the seller to see if he will take 0 for it but he wants an offer better than $200 & I didn't know a fair value.
Thank you Scott
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 242
Petro Enthusiast
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 242 |
'0' what? what did he say to that?
|
|
|
|
|
|