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Hello everyone,

WOW what a busy month this has been!! Sign of the Month is a little late. Getting ready to head to the Syracuse Nationals this weekend. 6000+ hotrods, street rods, and classics gather at the New York State Fairgrounds.

Anyway, no fancy banner this month, let's keep it simple and let's see the "JEWELS" of your collection this month.

Anything goes. Gas, Oil, Soda, Any Advertising in the form of a sign.

Here's my favorite.

A absolutley stunning original. Barn find. Still has original mailer on back from Goodrich to a local garage/gas station. Awesome colors and gloss. I'll post more soon........

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Favorite Sign in my collection



Favorite sign not in my collection, but nearby at Mark Mendenhall's

Has to be my favorite-thanks don



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Wanted 5 quart cans

Here are my Favorites.
The Union oil curb sign is the only one I have ever scene with Medal of Honor & Gold Medal, Panama-Pacific Exposition






John

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My favorite that I own


Comon guys lets load this thread up!!! I want to see a good Marine, Sinclair Aircraft, Polly, Gilmore, Time, Wasatch, Mobil Racer etc. BRING IT!

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Scott Wright-
Wanted Powerine, Bearcat and Powerlube Items- Lots to trade!

A couple from oldgasser rajinox:

Drool and double drool!

Putting an ad in the paper..sometimes pays off...Ron

bringing this back to the top... c'mon... where the hell are the signs ????.. most of mine have been posted already.. show us what you got....

Ron if you ever decide to part with that sign I would love to have it. Thats one of my favorite sign I have ever seen.
Brandon

This thread ought to be kicking but so I will post some more photos of other signs I have seen:

Favorite sign I have posted for another oldgasser:

Favorite sign from Fargo:

Favorite Sign I have not idea where I got the picture from:

Comon guys, good bad or ugly post your favorites!!!

Here are a bunch of my favorites. Too hard to pick one for me.

Original frame and glass. 1920's ?


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Now we are talking!!! Who's got more!!!

Very early two piece Conoco fence sign. Covered in reflective granules.

Two signs I am rather fond of. Texaco is common, but I've always liked this earliest version sign.



Not too common Pan Am

Nice signs guys.

Keep them coming.

Greg lets some some more of
the other walls.

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Scott Shipers
Kansas City, MO

Here are some of my favorite tin signs.
Too hard to choose one.

Favorite sign that was for sale on oldgas this year:

All personal favorites and rare...

Just a few of my tin favorite's

Here are a few of my favorites. Wish the Jayhawk was better but I got it cheap.







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Scott Shipers
Kansas City, MO

This isn't gas and oil related but this porcelain thermometer is also one of my favorites. 2nd picture is the detail.



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Scott Shipers
Kansas City, MO

Here are a couple of my favorite signs that belong to me. The 6 foot HC was the first porcelain sign that I ever bought. I also paid more for it than any other sign I have bought since. I got ti from Jackie Knott and I believe it is the same sign that is in the "Sinclair Collectibles" book on page 64. (The book says it is a 48" but looking at the building I would think it is a 72"



This second sign also came from Jack and is on page 88 of the book.



And this last sign is one that I have never seen another one like in person or in pictures. If anyone has a map or a post card with a picture of it on it, I would like to see it. I have it is below a 5 foot trapazoid sign and probably was ment to be below the bigger size.

Here are a few more favorites that are not mine. I saw these in various collections and at the gas shows. I posted the first picture once before, three signs that I never saw another example of.




A couple on the display pole



Couple more



In a collection out west

No signs in my collection that would make you guys say "wow", but I guess this is my favorite.

OK I guess a poster is not a sign, but it's my favorite non-petro collectible on the wall.

"Dying aint much of a livin' boy..."

I don't have many signs but this is my favorite because it was given to me. It was found underneath a old saddle shop. Richard



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Some of my favorites

tokheim, thanks for the memories.... I am a big Clint Eastwood fan. Have all his westerns.... But that particular movie, well, I was in college and working nights at a theater. We ran that for almost 3 months. I knew every line in it...lol.

Old "Theatre" by the way. Converted to a movie theater. Still had dressing rooms, long hall ways behind the walls, under the floor and over the top. Got errie at night when closing. Sure wish I had saved all those Movie posters I threw away now.....
Chuck

Here's one of my favorites!


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Chuck

Signs Wanted: Sunset, Clipper, Habor, Indian, Powerlube, Beacon, Sinclar Aircraft

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Here's one of my favorites. 6' Rebel Gas. Unfortunately it does not belong to me, it belongs to a friend of mine. Nice sign that is not seen often in the wild.

Thanks guys for all the great looking signs.

Here's one more from my collection that I just got cleaned up and ready to hang on my small barn



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14" visible paddle

HANCOCK Pump plates

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