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Thu May 28 2009 09:41 AM
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Thought you guys might like to see an auction this weekend in Montana. No proxy, no internet, no credit cards. A nice neon chevrolet sign. Not sure if I will be there. If I do, i will take the camera. http://www.frontrangeauctions.com/
Alex
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Somebody is going to get some deals. That place is in the middle of nowhere, no online bidding...but its an auction so who knows.
Scott Wright
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Scott I have been to auctions in Montana and there is usually no deals on anything good....farmers have LOTS of money around there and I have already heard what some are willing to pay for a few items thru the grapevine....mm
Wanted early tin litho signage.
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Minuteman is correct. I went to an oil and gas auction in a town east of Havre that is very small. Items went for a ton of money, because they wanted something from that guys station as a memory. A wayne 505 pump went for over $1,000. Not restored, no globe. Are you going to the Havre one mm??
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The auctionner is starting to put prices of what things sold for. I also made a list and may post some pictures when I get a chance. The OK Chevy sign (box) went for $7,000
Alex
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Alex, was that a Frontier sign under the Glacier Park paint?
Looking for photos, etc from 60s era Shell-A-Rama gas station and Pal's Diner, Rt. 17 Mahwah, NJ
& US or state highway signs, shields, route markers
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There was some discussion at the auction as to what was under there. They thought it was made in the 50s. The guy who bought it is giving back to the grandson of the guy who originally owned it. if I understood it correctly, the store is still in operation in Cut Bank, MT and the grandsin is running it. I asked the guy who bought it if he knows what brand of gas they had at the station over the years. He wasn't sure. We thought it might have been a Chevron or Standard Oil sign that was then turned upside down. It was a tin sign, single sided. The guy bought it from the station years back for $20 and it was gong back at $400, I think.
Alex
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did you get any deals?
looks like a lot of huge $$$ was paid for some of the stuff
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Does anyone know how much the milk glass Chevrolet sign sold for?
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Keith
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I bought the two Texaco banners and a couple of smalls.
The milk glass Chevrolet didn't sell...no bidders at all. Unfortunately, they took the marbles out of it and repainted it and put lexicon behind the holes. Didn't have the same appeal. If I can ever get caught up I will post some pictures.
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