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I think this is a reproduction sign. Ebay item # 250806541011. Your thoughts are needed and welcomed.

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If its a repop I'd get sucked in cuz it looks good to me...Grommets, patina....

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Well, unless they are making repops with the Veribrite name on them, I'd also say it's real.

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I agree with you flash...seller says No Returns...so you buy it; you keep it...mm


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Wow.... just like ebay #170625204702 these have to be phony

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My point exactly. Groments, Makers Name, Colors all seem different. REPO votes win!!


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CHECK FEEDBACK FIRST !! 0 feedback, became ebayer yesterday. Thats it for me! Do brand new ebayers find signs like that ?? My nonexpert opinion only !

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if you look closely the maker on this one eBay #170625204702 says baltimore enamel. The one this topic is about says veribribrite. wow is right..
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Wow.... just like ebay #170625204702 these have to be phony

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Hey mm, doesn't that stamp Veribrite Signs mean anything ? Lots of sellers don't accept returns...maybe you just playing tricks on us old guys and scaring us off so you can buy it LOL !

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Hey Bill, we all started some time and somewhere,,,maybe it is just the start of some real nice stuff coming out ??


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...it's fake...you guys have GOT to learn your typefaces, and how to tell the diff between computer-set type and the old stuff...you make it too easy for the counterfeiters...and other hack artists...


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i spoke with the gentleman before i was to bid on sign i wanted more info on it looked suspicious to me due to size. the gentleman told me he bought the sign in NYC from a 78 year old gentleman that worked for veribrite signs and has a whole lot more signs from the company including another ticket office sign and also some of the common signs with the dog on it others beer oil gas. in my opinion it is a real sign the comparison between the recent sale of one is a different maker veribrite vs baltimore enamel which explains size difference and slight graphic difference, i agree with american garage it is a real sign that we havent seen often or at all patina grommets and if you want to reproduce a sign you try to stay to the exact measurements as the original to fool people. I do want to say this there are some signal pump plates on ebay now that are definately repro look into his feedback and you see he has sold the same signs over and over and the backsides have rust no porcelain covered in some paint.

would love to hear if iam right or wrong with my opinion.


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i checked the font and it matches several other veribrite signs that i have and have seen. what fonts are you comparing to.... iam not doubting you just wondering what your comparing font to.


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...OK - this took all of five minutes and a Google search...to make it easy, check out the dog in both pics...sorry for the small pic of the original, but that's all I could find online:

greyhoundreal.jpg greyhoundfake.jpg

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...look at the K in TICKET...

...the G, E & U in GREYHOUND...

...the N in LINES...

...the layout on the fake is too perfect...

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