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Hello all,

Just signed up here as I have an old Good Year sign I hope you can tell me more about. Here’s what I know about it:

It's 100 inches long and made of solid brass with blue enamel lettering. I bought it in 2005 at an auction here in Denmark. I asked the seller where it came from and he told me he found it in 1988 while digging in his garden. He was curious to know how a thing like that could end up in his garden. It turned out that until the 1940's the area was used as a junkyard. It's still strange though how a sign like that could end up in Denmark. Some think it's a sign from a merchant ship and that the ship ended its days here but I doubt that.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898, so maybe the sign is from a time before then. Perhaps from Charles Goodyear's earlier years (google his name and check his history - tough life). When I google the exact words "Goodyear Rubber Co. New York", not much more than an add from 1884 in an old paper pops up. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1886-05-06/ed-1/seq-2/

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Any info appreciated. If you have idea of the value, please let me know.

Thank you.

Paul

Sorry for my lousy English :-(

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That is really cool and I am sure very heavy!!! In my opinion, it is a exterior office building sign. I have been collecting for 35 years and am very experienced. I am sure when the building was torn down, the junked the sign and it ended up in your friends property buried. But as you know Brass will not rust of decompose. Nice piece of history.

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Very cool piece

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Thanks guys. Yes, it's pretty heavy :-)

Would be nice to know more about it, also the age - any leads to a place, or a guy, who specialize in Goodyear signs and the Goodyear history?

Thank you,

Paul

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Here is an early tin sign from Goodyear

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Originally Posted by advertologist
Thanks for posting this. A very cool history lesson.


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