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Fri Aug 26 2011 05:46 PM
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Check out this auction... 280728279636
It was listed a few months ago and got bid up pretty high, I was pretty skeptical about it then, about 95% sure it was fake. Now that I see it listed with an amended description and the "Grandfather's Barn" line I'm now 100% sure its fake.
Someone went to great lengths to make this sign look old and by the looks of the bidding it has a few people fooled. Steer clear!!!
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Known seller of fake overly sanded/thinly painted in certain sections signs. I came across this one too...someone took a lot of time to make it look old.
The most valuable commodity I know of is information-Wall Street
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It just doesn't look right. I can see where it could fool someone.
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This is the seller that has been mentioned on here before. He is very good at what he does, and has fooled many collectors in the past, including me. I alerted several members here and some were refunded their money, others were not. I was not because he happened to say in his description that he did not know the age. I have been watching his listings over the past months and NONE of his signs are original. These signs are not mass produced or machine made. Each one is done by hand by a very talented artist. BEWARE http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=235145&page=1
Last edited by pumpingethyl; Fri Aug 26 2011 06:56 PM.
Dennis Leith / Always looking for unusual Gilmore Oil Company items and Automobilia Displays
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look at his other listing- the o's in 10-30 should match the second o looks longer & skinnier than the first o - letters look sloppy- ebay # 280728279636
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he has haD MANY VEEDOL SIGNS FOR SALE AND THE SAME STORY ALL THE TIME ABOUT GRANDPAS BARN,,HIS GRANDPA MUST OF HAD ONE HELL OF A COLLECTION IN HIS BARN,,,?? ALAN
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maybe grandpa is the artist..
RANDY
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