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Posted By: Marius Firestone sign - Wed Feb 13 2019 01:38 PM
HI there,
I saw this item on ebay a couple of days ago, and was wondering whether it's a reproduction being passed off as an original:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/FIRESTONE-...-PORCELAIN-COLLECTIBLES-OLD/333068157819

It's got some telltale signs pointing in the direction of a fake: comes from India, rusty residue is more of an orange colour, colours are very bright, back doesn't look quite right. I'm interested because a guy I know has this exact sign and that looks a bit different; I'd say his looks more like an original, but then again, I'm a bit of a noob. (pictures of my friend's sign attached). What really puzzled me is that they're both signed by the maker Clyde (Ohio).


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Posted By: Marius Re: Firestone sign - Thu Feb 14 2019 06:49 AM
Forgot to mention. Size is 48' X 20' and it weighs around 15 lbs. Thanks in advance.
Marius
Posted By: wocopep Re: Firestone sign - Thu Feb 14 2019 11:17 PM
Looks right to me . Exactly like mine.
Posted By: Marius Re: Firestone sign - Sun Feb 17 2019 04:20 PM
Thanks a lot wocopep, for taking the time to answer, any thoughts on the one one ebay? That doesn't look quite right, as far as I can tell.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FIRESTONE-TIRE-SIGN-AMERICAN-ADVERTISE-VINTAGE-ENAMEL-PORCELAIN-COLLECTIBLES-OLD/333068157819?hash=item4d8c68c37b:g:cZ0AAOSwKZtak-0l:rk:2:pf:1&frcectupt=true
Posted By: Jhaas63 Re: Firestone sign - Mon Feb 18 2019 08:37 PM
With the amount of fakes I have seen...anything on EBay from India..I run from.
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