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Hello All Just found this site 2 or 3 days ago
Hey any thoughts on the fosters freeze signs on ebay
over the next few days as i also have noticed some
differences. anyone know how many there were in the
series, if there are any fake's and how to spot as
i'm trying to learn along with my son
Thanks Steve
Last edited by Oldgas; Thu Feb 07 2013 02:08 PM. Reason: Moved to Non-Petro Discussion forum
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Srs, I don't know about foster freeze signs, never bought one, but did a quick look on worthpoint.com and there appears to be many different versions of quart signs, cone signs, sundae signs. All very cool, prices all over, and many in too nice of shape! In an older post an old gas member sounds off about fake foster freeze signs, maybe you can PM him? http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=411991&page=allIf you learn something, please share here, I live in foster freeze areas and would be nice to be able to spot fakes!
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If you mean the small porcelain ones, most sold on Ebay are fakes.
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If you mean the small porcelain ones, most sold on Ebay are fakes. I wouldn't buy any of those on ebay, like he said 99.9% repops. From my understanding there are 5 different signs.
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If you wanted to collect Fosters signs I would start by finding original photos of the stores, original ads, etc and carefully comparing font, quality of layout, etc with what signs are offered.
As Tbirdgas stated most of these signs on eBay are fakes. The quality of most of the signs when you compare them look more like 1980's or newer production. The tradecraft skills are not apparent in the layout and tend to look more like computer driven imaging.
Collecting anything keeps you young at heart!
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