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Found this in a guys living room....About 8 ft long by 16 inches high White Rose leaded glass sign...Says his dad got it years ago...said he might sell it....I dont know if its a gas sign or maybe from something else ....glass is flawless....beutiful sign....Give me some clues about this thing....could it be a tiffany??....could be a high dollar sign if so...any info would be appreciated....thanks....tlbeer14@hotmail.com or call 812-584-5617....need info badly....sign has got me excited
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....sign has got me excited Too excited to take a picture?
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got pictures....dont know how to post...send me your email
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OK, but lets us all see it too.
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how do you post pictures.....I dont have a clue
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I don't believe it would actually be made by Tiffany Studios, New York as they were art glass specialists, not an advertising sign manufacturer. There were lots of stained glass window manufacturers at the turn of the century doing this kind of work. Now days, all of this type of work has been given the generic term "Tiffany" to denote the style, not the actual manufacturer. It is a neat piece but I can't help with a value or if it actually is a gas related sign or not. One could assume it is, but there could have been some other business using that name in the first quarter or so of the 20th century that had a business front fancy enough to have the window made. The local Ford garage built in 1922 had a oval logo stained glass window above the door. I wish it was still there!
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It is a neat item. If it is a gas company sign, it more than likely would have been from an office building more than a station. I buy leaded glass signs because they are early, unusual and cheap. Most are around 1 to 3 hundred, I paid 5 hundred for a large 3 foot by 8 foot HOTEL sign in a lighted cabinet. They have a limited market and it's up to the person buying, but I wouldn't want to pay over 4 hundred for that one unless you are a diehard White Rose collector and just have to have it.
Still looking for that Union 76 ball
And I collect big old porcelain neon signs
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...worth more than $400, for sure...
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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this is likely a flour sign. there are at least 5 breaks in the glass. the T is completely shattered.....$400 tops my friend.i agree with porcelain-neons reply
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The original poster states that the sign is flawless and you somehow can note all that damage from the photo's??
Even in a damaged state that is worth more $400.00 in my area.
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If you believe that gulfiend, then step up and put your money where your mouth is.  , or are you the official appraiser too ?
Last edited by Wes Hague; Wed Nov 14 2012 10:22 AM.
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...sigh... ...I don't think the sign is actually being offered for sale, I'm pretty sure it was just listed in the wrong forum...sounds like tlbeer14 just wants to know what it is, and what it's worth... ...even if it were for sale, I fail to see how my disagreeing with an appraisal obligates me to purchase that item? 
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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I believe the sign is associated with White Rose Tea. There may have been another sign that went below this one that read Ceylon Tea or something like that.
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