Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: loman4ec on December 22, 2005, 11:56:16 pm
I have a guy with a bunch of signs for sale. I don't know if there is anyone here that collects. What are these worth and what should I offer? I know nothing about signs. Thanks for the help.
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: loman4ec on December 22, 2005, 11:58:13 pm
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Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: loman4ec on December 22, 2005, 11:59:43 pm
Last one. Thanks for the help in advance.
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: Skeleton Man on December 23, 2005, 12:06:11 am
Wow those are some neat looking signs ! I love the "sign of good taste" clock, that's awesome ! I'm not a collector tho, merely an admirer..
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: loman4ec on December 23, 2005, 05:42:02 am
The two are actually Thermometers. The one looks nice in the pic and the one has a bad spot in the lower left. He also has a 24 inch metal button that is in great shape that I don't have a pic for. I can't wait to get back from Chicago to go see them. Any help on value is a huge help.
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: coke_and_stuff on December 23, 2005, 06:25:14 am
Ive had a few of the thermometers I sold them for $150.00 each. The sign with the rings around it was used in grocery stores for marking the aisle numbers if im not mistaken thats a sign worth some good $$$. When I wake up later today i'll dig the books out and see what they say.
Joey
Joey
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: halehouse on December 23, 2005, 08:44:28 am
That is pretty much what my basement is full of...signs and thermometers (see my pics on the photo album page). The first tin sign is a case insert sign. It doesn't look to be in great shape and I wonder if that white paint would come off where they changed the price? I wouldn't go over $100-$125 or so (book $325). Now that is what I think, but some might go higher or lower. With signs like this, to get book value they have to be basically perfect or really rare. Of course these are all my opinions thinking you would want to make some $ off of them.
The In Bottles thermometer looks rough to me and they are not hard to find. I think the prices on these 12" therms have dropped a bit over the past couple of years, so maybe $50 on it and a bit higher on the other (although I wonder if they are working since there is about 10 degree difference in the two).
The fishtail sign looks bad and I might not even bother with it unless I got it pretty cheap, < $25.
The calendar looks rough, but the button on it doesn't look bad, depending on what the top of it looks like. Book is around $300, but that one isn't in very good condition.
The dimensional sign (In Bottles) is common. It has a couple of good chips in the porcelain, maybe $100.
The aisle marker sign, missing the numbers, looks pretty good.
The flange sign (the side we can see) looks like good porcelain, but it is in French. I would not go over $200 if the other side looks just as good.
The In Bottles thermometer looks rough to me and they are not hard to find. I think the prices on these 12" therms have dropped a bit over the past couple of years, so maybe $50 on it and a bit higher on the other (although I wonder if they are working since there is about 10 degree difference in the two).
The fishtail sign looks bad and I might not even bother with it unless I got it pretty cheap, < $25.
The calendar looks rough, but the button on it doesn't look bad, depending on what the top of it looks like. Book is around $300, but that one isn't in very good condition.
The dimensional sign (In Bottles) is common. It has a couple of good chips in the porcelain, maybe $100.
The aisle marker sign, missing the numbers, looks pretty good.
The flange sign (the side we can see) looks like good porcelain, but it is in French. I would not go over $200 if the other side looks just as good.
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: MoonDawg on December 23, 2005, 11:56:14 am
Way to go Dan.
Probably most people here have a copy of Jeff Walter's Soda machine guide. Well Petretti's guide deals strictly with Coca Cola advertising, and is a must for someone like Josh who seems to fall into this neat old stuff.
Also come to Pittsberg this summer. The worldwide Coca Cola collectors club reserved an entire hotel that will be full of this type of stuff, all for sale. You learn a lot about quality and value that week.
Probably most people here have a copy of Jeff Walter's Soda machine guide. Well Petretti's guide deals strictly with Coca Cola advertising, and is a must for someone like Josh who seems to fall into this neat old stuff.
Also come to Pittsberg this summer. The worldwide Coca Cola collectors club reserved an entire hotel that will be full of this type of stuff, all for sale. You learn a lot about quality and value that week.
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: Skeleton Man on December 23, 2005, 02:54:07 pm
coke_and_stuff, you answered my question before I even asked it.. I was wondering what the loops on either side of the sign were for.. that one looks neat..
I didn't even notice that the round signs were thermometers and not clocks.. but still very cool..
I didn't even notice that the round signs were thermometers and not clocks.. but still very cool..
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: Ltransam on December 23, 2005, 10:37:43 pm
Hey,Josh
Your still falling in to it I see
.Halehouse is pretty close on the Values of the signs .I Like the Porcelain signs my self .The drink in Bottles even with the chip still abought $200 & The Flange Sign is nice even though it's from Cananda probley $200 Give or take a little .It's in really nice shape .I also have one of the Case rack signs In really nice shape(has 2 like half bottom bottle dents in it above the A ) But it was & still is in a side walk sign .
Leonard
Your still falling in to it I see
.Halehouse is pretty close on the Values of the signs .I Like the Porcelain signs my self .The drink in Bottles even with the chip still abought $200 & The Flange Sign is nice even though it's from Cananda probley $200 Give or take a little .It's in really nice shape .I also have one of the Case rack signs In really nice shape(has 2 like half bottom bottle dents in it above the A ) But it was & still is in a side walk sign .Leonard
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: Monkey Boy on December 27, 2005, 11:28:13 am
Hey how big is that dimensional sign? I've been looking for stuff to put out in my garage. I don't have any signs that are worth anything yet out there. They are all just crappy ones. I told the wife that I want a sign for the garage for Christmas and if the price is right I MIGHT be interested in this one. I can't tell from the picture how big it is.....
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: loman4ec on December 27, 2005, 11:32:36 am
I honestly don't know. I am in Cincinnati now and won't be back in Memphis untill the 3rd or 4th. Another thing I forgot to mention is if anyone sees anything they want in these pics let me know. I am not really to interested in them so I will get them for anyone here for what I pay for them.
Title: Sign help. value???
Post by: halehouse on December 28, 2005, 05:52:47 pm
That dimensional sign should be about 5 feet wide or so.