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THE ARTWORK ON THE BOX LOOKS BETTER THAN WHAT IS ON THAT SIGN WHICH IS CRUDE FOR SURE!

Well, here is one of the other signs he offered me. I was ready to buy both, I was just looking for help in setting a fair price to offer, but now I think I will pass. I was told both were being offered this past weekend at Kane County IL Flea Market. Did anyone else see them, or hold in your hands? I just want to be sure before I pass on the deal.

EVEN THAT ONE YOU JUST POSTED LOOKS A BIT SLOPPY. THE FONT ON THE WORD (RADIOACTIVE) LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. POSSIBLY A PRODUCT OF KNOWN REPOPPER "T-RAY?"

PASS

If you could see the back of both signs. That's a very good way to tell if there real or not. I'm with every one else on here They look fake.

That's 1 big coping machine that copies it off the box..instead of paper it takes sheets of metal...lol

HAHAHAHAHA!...MISTAKEN IDENTITY! I FORGIVE YA SCOTT!

Madison Oil, Thanks for your post of the firestone sign,
That sign looks just like the one I bought off ebay
Oct 24th..
check it out..ebay # 130445933524 .. just when you think you've seen it all-
called this guy last week after I paypal'd 9 days ago..here is his response:
Dear advertologist,

It hasn`t shipped yet. Will go out in a few days. Sorry,I`ve been working.

- oldjunque74
Now having this charge removed from Paypal account

Hey, After all your comments, I started taking a second look at the second sign. Check out the "A" in Spark Plug. The "A" is missing the cross.

I called a guy I know over at the Shipshawana Flea Market. He told me these came from a guy over in Coitsville, Ohio. That all he knew, but I know now that I am passing on these at any price.

AAA sign company colesville ohio. Used to be one of the biggest makers of repro/fantasy signs. I thought they were out of business.

AAA sign made the embossed 24" tins for years and years.

As far as these firestone signs, they are both fake. What tips me off always is the chipping. On the fakes, there's always some bright right along the edges and the rust looks real orange. Again, I had the advantage of handling thousands of repops and I know what they look like when they chip and sit around a warehouse. We had a "junk" bin, anybody that came to my auctions can attest, and it just seems like all repops chip the sign.

advertologist, I do not have an eBay account, so eBay will not allow me to look at completed auctions. My brother was at that Kane County market this weekend and gave the dealer my E-Mail address. I do not know the guy's last name, but all of his messages are signed "Dale". I am not sure if the person who sold you the one on eBay is the same person I am communicating with. Did your sign have that funny "A"? Then again, he may have a whole stack of both signs for all I know. If you have any photos of the one you won, can you tell if the chips are in the same place as the photos he sent me? After 9 days with your money he has not found time to ship the sign???

There still making it!!!!

I CAN'T SWIPE THE PHOTO FROM THE EBAY/ADVERTOLOGIST AUCTION, BUT IT IS DEF THE SAME EXACT PICTURE AS THE ONE YOU POSTED ABOVE, CHIPS IN THE SAME EXACT PLACE AS WELL AS THE FLASH REFLECTION. COULD BE THE SAME PERSON ...DALE?

Here's a picture of the sign that advertologist bought on eBay.

It's the exact same picture so "Dale" must be the eBay seller oldjunque74.



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