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I am not a big collector of Texaco signs but but I have been offered this one and it seems to be reasonably priced at $300. It is porcelain and 3' x 5'.Some of the marks will clean off. There are just a few chips that after cleaning won't appear as bad as in the picture. Let me know if the price is in the right ball park. Thanks

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I have not seen that sign in porcelain--only tin.

TRUE, SINCE I HAVE ONE. SMALLER AND NOT 3' X 5'!

The sign above is Canadian Made.... In 1941 they made porcelain & Tin signs in the USA, had one and know of another porcelain.... Most tin ones were made in the later 40's....

Doug, very, very good to see you posting again!!! Sent you an email.

You can not go wrong for $300. I would not wait to long

Thanks, I pick it up tomorrow night. I had oly also ever seen these in the smallers ize and in tin. I'll give it a cleaning this weekend and post it in BOTW. I didn't own any Texaco signs and this week I have come across two of them in my backyard...The other I got was the 6ft round..I love the big signs!

I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YA BUDDY!

Just seen the same sign for sale in Southern ontario. Smaller version, maybe 3 feet wide and they were asking 200 but it wasnt in as good of shape Steve

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NOT ANYMORE...YOU LET THE CAT OUTTA THE BAG! LOL!

NICE SIGN, BUT NO TEXACO LOGO? NEVER SAW THAT ONE BEFORE!

Doc, I have a long way to go before my big sign collection could stand up against yours! But it gives me something to strive for...

OH COME NOW, YOU'VE GOT SOME NICE BIGGIES THAT I AM VERY JEALOUS OF. SOMETIMES A REALLY NICE RARE SIGN IS WORTH 3-4 WHAT I'VE GOT! LOL!

LOL..I've seen that fence of yours and I would imagine that it is a small portion of the BIGGIES

Thanks for the replies. The sign is now in my posession. BlackTee, Thanks for the info on the year this sign was produced. It has no date on it but does say P&M Orillia..confirming it is a Canadian made sign. Going to clean her up now...Cheers all

Colin

I guess my post was misleading to you. The only porcelain signs I've seen before were dated 1941, smaller and Made in USA... As I thought yours is Canadian but it was probably manufactured in 1959 or later. Has a circle R Trade Mark below the logo.

OK Blacktee, I appreciate the follow up post. Are these type of signs common in porcelain. I've seen alot of the smaller tin signs up here and on eBay but this is the first I have seen of this type and size in porcelain.

Got her all cleaned up..Just needs a waxing and will be ready to hang .

SWEET COLIN! THAT'S A SURE BEAUTY! AND 3' X 5'? ME JEALOUS! LOL!

Colin

I can't speak for the Canadian made signs, yours is a first for me. I'll go out on a limb though and say that the smaller size signs made in the USA, made of porcelain are hard to come by.

Doug

Thanks Doug, I also contacted another aquaintance of mine who is in Canada and has been collecting for 30+ years and he told me that this is the first one he has ever run across in this size and in porcelain.

I seen that sign in porcelain, there was a guy up here in Enbudo N.M. who had one, But I don't recall the size. But its not as nice as the one ebay. That one on ebay looks to good. maybe never hung I guess. That' my opinion.

The one on ebay is a beauty. Not the same as this one..And half the size. It would compliment this one nicely though. My guess is it will fly up in price shortly.

STILL NOT CRAZY ABOUT THAT EBAY ONE -MINUS THE TEXACO LOGO THOUGH.

JUST ENDED @ $243.50 JUMPING ABOUT $100 IN THE LAST 10 SECONDS!