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Okay I knew this man had a PHILLIPS 66 sign and he said it was in really good condition. How many times have you heard that? Then you go and look at it and it is so-so. And the owner says, "well I thought it was pretty good considering how old it is." So I make the 3 1/2 hr + trip and in his garage is "beautiful" Phillips 66 sign. I make him what I thought was a very fair offer, because I want the sign. So he says, "OK if I had another one would you give me the same price?" I said sure. Off to the shed we go. He didn't have another one, he has two more! All never hung as far as I can tell. He said "you want these too?" Of course I said yes. Then I asked why he had not told me he had the three. He said he didn't think I would pay as much if I knew he had so many. Then he asked if I had interest in "the lights" that go on top of a pump. I said I don't know let's take a look. we go into the other room and up on the shelf are two SHELL clam globes. After looking at them I made an offer on those too. The pictures tell the rest of the story. Thanks for riding along. The stuff is still out there.
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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.
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Quick! Run uptown and buy a lottery ticket!
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congratulations- IMO you did real good ...
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I'm going to give you a hard time. I cringe when I see those signs points setting on concrete (or in the crack).
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I like SINCLAIR and old American made stuff ... No china items.
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Very nice signs....congrats on the finds! Darin
Darin Sheffer Always looking for Mobil and Marathon items I don't already have!
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Cool. I need to find stuff like that!! Condition is top notch Dan
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I'm going to give you a hard time. I cringe when I see those signs points setting on concrete (or in the crack). Stu no problem I understand. They were gently placed there. In the second pictures the points are sitting on the felt "expansion joint strip". To much reflection in those pictures because of the angle, so I had to move them.
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The signs are nice but my attention is on the Shell globes.
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Very nice haul! Congratulations John!
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Great finds! That trip was most definitely worth it! Would love to find an unbelievable deal like that, congrats!
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The hard time was all in good taste. I do see where you are trying to be careful. Great stuff and VERY happy for you!
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Wow! incredible to find that many in that shape in one place! Same with the globes. Congrats!! Did he say how it was that he had these?
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The hard time was all in good taste. I do see where you are trying to be careful. Great stuff and VERY happy for you! Stu I know it was in fun. But I feel the same way when I see stuff like that or a glass cylinder sitting directly on concrete at a swap meet.
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Wow! incredible to find that many in that shape in one place! Same with the globes. Congrats!! Did he say how it was that he had these? He worked at a bulk plant years ago and they were going to throw away the signs when they switched colors. So he thought they were neat and saved them in his shed. Since they changed logos in 1959 I guess they are at least 56 years old. He is in his 80's They distributed Phillips and SHELL.
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Those are really nice!
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Collecting Mobiloil, Mobilgas, Mobilmarine, Metro, General Petroleum, looking for Mobil variations I do not have, thank you Steve
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My Dad did the same thing but it was 35+ years ago. He bought 4 or 5 of these shields NOS as well as other P66 stuff from a guy that had cleaned out a bulk plant. He kept one and still has it and I think he said he sold the others for around $35 each and selling those made his free so at that time it was a great deal! Times have definitely changed.
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FREEDOM oil items wanted.
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Dave GILL, Dave's Garage & Memorabilia, Inc.
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