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Mon Nov 08 2010 02:58 PM
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I have a dealer who has offered this sign to me. Any help on the value? It is a single sided porcelain sign. This was the only photo he sent me.
Hope my photo that I tried to attach loaded....... (First time doing attachment like this)
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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...that things foreign or fake...too crude to be domestic...I'd avoid it like the plague...
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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He claimed it was origianl and from the US. He had several other cool signs, but I just hate the "name your price" game.
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i agree with doc it looks all wrong
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One sold for over $500 ON EBAY..I am not sure if its fake or real- the seller had two of them...different versions- I would stay away. I have never seen it before-but who knows with this hobby....there is a lot of fake stuff that is out there...I like the old firestone stuff...but I do not think this sign is worth over $200 if its real---maybe an expert can chime in...
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Plus it's Radioactive! WHAT
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From Wikimedia; Polonium (play /pɵˈloʊniəm/ po-LOH-nee-əm) is a chemical element with the symbol Po and atomic number 84, discovered in 1898 by Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie. A rare and highly radioactive metalloid,[1] polonium is chemically similar to bismuth[2] and tellurium, and it occurs in uranium ores. Polonium has been studied for possible use in heating spacecraft. It is unstable; all isotopes of polonium are radioactive.
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bet the epa was all over those!!
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I'm not sure how long Firestone sold them, but I have 3 of them. 2 of them are NOS, still in their boxes with wax paper covers. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Looks like the same image as on the box. I would to see the back of the sign.
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It looks dead on the box pic......
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I KNOW I HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE LYING AROUND AS WELL. I GUESS IF I WERE TO LOOK FOR THEM AND FIND THEM IN MY GARAGE SUCCESSFULLY, I SHOULD DO IT AT NIGHT, LEAVE THE LIGHTS OFF AND LOOKS FOR THE BOX THAT'S GLOWING? LOL!
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Sign is a Poppy McPoppleson...AKA "REPOP"...Repops sell for stupid money all the time on ebay...Like Gulfiend said...avoid like the plague...
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Hey DB, Did you make that up? LOL..... The dude that made that sign xeroxed the side of a box like that.
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