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Tue Sep 03 2013 04:19 PM
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A seller from N.Y. has these on ebay #390648414496 He brags that they have fooled the experts. He "can make you any state 66 passed through". Wonder how long before they are sold as "original" ???
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Originals all have U.S. on them. And his do not, and wrong size
so I do not know what experts would be fooled by this piece of trash
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The 2 Pictures showing the back are of a MISSOURI sign!
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Originals all have U.S. on them. And his do not, and wrong size
so I do not know what experts would be fooled by this piece of trash I don't believe all originals had US...
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Maybe not all of them but most of them did. These are still bad reproductions with all the fake rust....
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Yup, agreed. These are *****. But I have an older original with nothing but 66 and there are a slew of ***** copies with US.
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I know these fake ones that are out there now are not marked and they are almost same as the original shield 15" x 16" are going to present a problem down the line in years to come.
Put them on a sign post, tighten down with washers and let them sit out in the elements for a few years and they will be very hard to tell, and fool the experts. I think the value will start going down on these US 66 signs. I hate to see it because I just picked one up last June and it was not that cheap.
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http://shields.aaroads.com/images/shield_logo.jpgThis guy refuses to mark or date his sign as reproduction. We have had this discussion before on here about this.
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I seen a fake 66 sign in an antique store recently. The dealer had it listed as reproduction, but was still asking $900 for the sign. CRAZY!! It looked original to my eyes, much better fake than the ones pictured on ebay.
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