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#147300 Mon Aug 03 2009 06:26 AM
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...another repro Gulf sign...look at this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320407632694

...to see the difference in the light blues between a fake and an original, compare it with the one Ron Bettin has for sale on eBay - it may be a beater, but at least it's original...


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 noticed he didn't claim it was original. Of course he didn't say it wasn't either.

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are the repops 30" and porcelain ? with a bow. just curious as I have had many and still have 2 30" porcelain originals, there is no way you can determine by the blue in the photos an original or not. We all know how pictures distort colors and such.

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...they are porcelain and have the bow...

...look closely at the differences between the signs at the top of the letters...the drop shadows on the fakes don't line up like the originals...but the colors are very different, and you can tell the difference in photos, the light blue in the originals tends to photograph lighter, and on the fakes it tends to photograph darker...

...also - any ORIGINAL Gulf sign that clean would have grommets in the hanging holes...


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...just for clarification, Ron's sign on eBay is an original - the link takes you to the other sign, the repro...

...and to the seller's credit, he changed his description after I emailed him...


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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