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Hello does anyone know anything about smokey the bear signs? I bought 13 of them from my neighbor he worked at a forestry station when they moved to a new building he found them in the basement. A whole box of them I think there was 25 in the box I bought some and another guy bought some. I put one on ebay and sold it the guy received it and now he says it's a fake made of plastic. I dug into one with a knife definitely fiberglass not plastic. Could someone help with finding out if original or not. I know my neighbor is telling the truth he worked at the forestry station. Thanks Bob

Would have to see in person but could be legit they would last longer in the elements than wood. Did the box have writing on it

most of these have rounded corners, found

a couple on past auctions similar to yours .. ...

I never paid attention to the box I wish I did now. Thanks for all the responses greatly appreciated.

They are original and fiberglass. They regularly sell for 250-450 on average

This isn't related to the sign per se but here is a discussion about "Smokey the Bear". It's funny what you remember. Here is the infamous curmudgeon and well respected O&G savant lecturing us on Smokey Bear..
https://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showthreaded&Number=535768#Post535768
We remember you Dick , fondly, for the most part.😁

I don't think plastic equals fake, fiberglass is plastic, just re-inforced plastic.

The font is the bigger issue for me, yours seems to use Arial font, which was invented in 1982.

Totally possible these are legit signs, just a little newer. People that make fake signs do love Arial for some reason though, never understood why they always use Arial.

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