#36455
Thu Jun 29 2006 02:14 PM
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Is this thing real or repo? It's the darker yellow, not the bright yellow. Was told my a few collectors that is was real, what do you guys think? Thanks, Brian
Always looking for SKELLY items.
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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#36456
Thu Jun 29 2006 03:58 PM
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From somebody who handles repo signs 5 days a week, THAT IS FAKE!!!
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#36457
Thu Jun 29 2006 04:35 PM
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It sucks that the repro companies use the old style flanged in the back grommets... cause after 5 or 6 years of letting that sign sit outside it would be a lot harder to tell... Then you have to rely on the way the porcelain looks, and it would be easier for a newbie to get ripped off...
my2c Ethan
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#36458
Thu Jun 29 2006 04:38 PM
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FAKE Pump plates have a RED background w/ dark YELLOW lettering & details. The word SHELL is not arched. DB
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#36459
Thu Jun 29 2006 05:12 PM
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...if you left it outdoors for a couple of years, the porcelain would actually fade - the porcelain used on the newer signs is much thinner and doesn't hold the color...
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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#36460
Thu Jun 29 2006 06:23 PM
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Brian I too believe that it is fake, not that means much.lol I picked up a sign just like that one off of ebay a month or so ago that was touted by the seller as "original". I paid $25.00. So if it is an original, I'm going out right now and buy a lottery ticket for I've hit the "motherload". I wrote in the online auction thread about a recent encounter with a seller who said that his repro sign was "original", because it was original to him. Please someone say its original and it will go on ebay tonight.lol Bob
Looking for Tide Water/ Tide Water-Associated/ Tidewater items
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#36461
Thu Jun 29 2006 07:02 PM
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I got it in a deal with a bunch of stuff, didn't pay a ton for it, not even a lote for it.
Brian
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#36462
Fri Jun 30 2006 09:17 PM
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"...if you left it outdoors for a couple of years, the porcelain would actually fade - the porcelain used on the newer signs is much thinner and doesn't hold the color..."
Just turn it upside down...
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#36463
Mon Jul 03 2006 06:38 PM
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Definately REPO, I feel sorry for whoever told you that it is real.
clockface pumps, Harleys, the Beach
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