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I am curious as to how different people look at a sign and attach a grade number to it. I am posting a pic of a sign and would like to get peoples opinions. Please send me a PM with your thoughts as to not influence others. I will post the consensus opinion this weekend.

Thanks

I would say this particular sign is a MS62 could grade higher if you have close up's of the porcelain. Any touch up's?

U must deal in coins, lol. No touch ups.

Can u convert that into a 1 - 10 scale, thanks.

Yes just joking, There isn't a "real scale" anywhere. At least I haven't seen one out there. I think most guys grade on a 1-10 scale. With 10 being near perfection no porcelain loss, high gloss looking nearly new. 1 being a barn hanger with holes, bearly depictable and lots of damage.

That is a nice looking sign... I had to do some research on the Company after seeing the image... I don't remember ever having an item from the Anderson-Prichard Oil Company....

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Bob, pre-apco and Oklahoma company I believe.

Beauty sign, looks like it's in prestine shape as well!!

Thank you for your comments. Please pm me with how u would grade it 1 - 10.

Yes that is pre APCO with that said I have yet to see a perfect 10, with a 10 being no chips at all and day one shine with no fading. If that one has a few chips and no touch up a solid 8 IMO.

There was an excellent 1 to 10 explanation published in an old Collector's Auction catalog, can't find mine but maybe someone has it?

could you make the pictures a little bigger for a more accurate grading? ...

See if this helps.

In the front of Dan Mathews book, "The Fine Art of Collecting & Displaying Petroliana" there is a very good grading scale. His scale goes in half point increments from 10 to 5, for a total of 7 catagories. 10-9.5, 9.4-9.0, 8.9-8.5, 8.4-8.0, ... down to a 5.0-or less. Giving each step a good discription and a picture. Very good scale and great reference book.

I would grade this sign a 9.5 Based on your pictures,
Very close to like new condition with original luster to the porcelain but with a slight amount of damage, light scratches or small chips to non-critical sections of the image area . Small edge nicks in limited numbers that could be found.

IMO.