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I think I went overboard?
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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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Must've taken you an hour just to set that up for a few pictures (been there, done that LOL).
Looks like a nice haul....that would make my day too. 
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Overboard?? i would say you scored !! You must have been like a kid in a candy store, Nice Finds!
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 A COUPLE OF U-KNOW-WHATS FROM A VERY LOCAL YARDSALE YESTERDAY....PRACTICALLY FREEBIES I PAID SO LITTLE..... THANKS!
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5' neon  and this  plus another neon 
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WTB. Arizona quarts,Indian signs/cans, Musgo/Shell/Speedway 79,graphic signs/cans,#616-886-4917...
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no big buys,but some cool smalls that i am very happy with!!  savin up for a big npbotw
Looking for gas,oil related clocks,especially neon and spinners .clock repair available. Mick
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My buys of the week:   Porcelain Texaco Stars 
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Some nice stuff hodroddeuce, love the sign with the old car! Here's mine, i hate to list before i have it in my own hands, but the deal has been made and it should be here next week! Plus i couldn't resist Doc's banner! LOL.... Owen
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Forgot that I had this sign until my dad found it in his shed.
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My only buy of the week, but have another purchase lined up for next weeks edition.
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i got this mobil sign off of the original owner of the mobil station the sign hung on the building from 1950 until 3 days ago. it was pretty hard getting it off the building but i got it with the original hanger
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Picked up a couple tokheim 300's and a few signs.
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I got this from Lenny Chandler, A little rough but have wanted one for a long time..Thanks Lenny  Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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I picked up this Cities Service Pole sign last week from the man in Wisconsin that found it buried in the dirt! Its in amazingly good condition, considering where it spent a lot of its time. The steel pole frame that holds the sign is even in good shape. It must have been some sort of 2 piece pole design, as there is a definite allowance for another pole to slide inside this piece and be bolted in place. Hard to find any of them in good shape, I'm cheezed!! 
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great stuff everyone, I really like the cities service sign pole no much gas stuff this week for me ( but others things like shure microphone, hood ornaments,...) but I catch two mobil cans, now I have 3 cans ! not as much as most of you but I started just some months ago 
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I got this from Lenny Chandler, A little rough but have wanted one for a long time..Thanks Lenny Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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I like the network system on this site, It works, thanks to the guys that take the pictures and the guys that remember who had the stuff...Frank
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Picked up this 3D display. It's supposed to hold a bottle of cleaner. Anyone have one of these bottles they would sell?  
Dennis Leith / Always looking for unusual Gilmore Oil Company items and Automobilia Displays
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WOW DENNIS WHAT A FIND!!!
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Picked up this Bowser 77 last week
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A few pump plates,oldgasser stan stopped by last week & we did some swapping !banks are off of ebay!
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Chris, you did real good with the 2 banks.... I guess I should have paid more attention..... LOL
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Sorry for the poor lighting.  
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Thanks Bob ,yea i have started collecting the small banks now & there multiplying quick,they display very nicely!
CHRIS
BUYING ANYTHING EARLY HUMBLE OIL CO.
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Got this cool Champion flange. Too bad it's been cleared with something. I still like it enough to hang. Never have seen this one. Anyone else see this sign before? 
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Greg That is a rare sign. I know I've never seen one. Circa 1920's???
I know One of the Chain restaurants like T.G.I.F's Supposedly clear coated the signs they used on the walls.
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Greg that's a killer sign!! I have seen a few in collections but only one for sale, it was NOS, still had the paper on it but the seller was not serious about selling it, he was "Taking Offers"???
Cool Sign!!
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Wish I had an NOS one. Cleared or not I was keeping this one. Labeled H D Beach Coshocton OH. Not a restaurant sign for sure.
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Bustermonty, I'm not quite sure if you understood the restaurant reference. Some of the more modern day restaraunt chains are using old signage to create nostalgic atmospheres inside and sometimes on the outside as well. Cracker Barrel restaraunts and Applebee's (although not nearly at the same level) use signage and other memmorablilia all over the walls. Sometimes these signs get a "freshen-up" coat of clear mostlikely so they don't have an old dirty appearence. Those are the 2 large chains I can think of but I've also seen many smaller or local mom and pop eateries use them as well.
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Lot of Humble oil cans from last week,both 5 quarts are from a oldgasser & they are in great shape ! Humble outboard can's EBAY deal! B.T.W .............Greg that Champion flange is outstanding ,congrats on the sign ! lets just hope the Argentinians don't get any ideas!
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Bustermonty, I'm not quite sure if you understood the restaurant reference. Some of the more modern day restaraunt chains are using old signage to create nostalgic atmospheres inside and sometimes on the outside as well. Cracker Barrel restaraunts and Applebee's (although not nearly at the same level) use signage and other memmorablilia all over the walls. Sometimes these signs get a "freshen-up" coat of clear mostlikely so they don't have an old dirty appearence. Those are the 2 large chains I can think of but I've also seen many smaller or local mom and pop eateries use them as well. Dave do you know how cracker barrel buys there signs ? The reason i ask is ........a location near me has some very neat old signs & "THERE REAL" im not 100% sure ,but i did not think 6' porcelain signs were repopped?they show wear & look like barn hangers ! However the sign im questioning is a sst embossed TRACTO "ROUGH DIMINUTIONS=24"X13" I HAVE SEEN THIS SIGN "PERFECT CONDITION" IN 3 DIFFERNT C.B LOCATIONS NOW & ALL THREE WERE 10'S / PERFECT! Was this repopped for restaurants?
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My understanding is that Cracker Barrel has the largest collection of "Stuff" in the country and they try to hang original items. What a great job it would be to hunt for them full time. Fridays was the chain that had signs made and cleared for them. Sure the Champion sign could have been in a restaurant and cleared for that reason. However, my experience tells me that's not the case with this one.
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I bought a tracto a year or so ago and when it arrived it was obviously a repo, dont know who made it but have owned a few real ones and this one yelled at me when I unwrapped it, guy wouldnt take it back, I still have it, wont pass it on unless someone knows it isnt real ahead of time..Frank
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Actually I always wondered how they came about the signs they have because there's a sign or 2 at our local that I think are great and I've never seen before. Makes you wonder what they pay for them.
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Degree in marketing will snag you a job for a couple chains that buys signs, antiques, ect for decoration. I've checked into it.
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Well I haven't posted any thing in awhile. Most came from ebay but the two Frontier Husky cans and the Husky battery label come because of my autobody classes. A gentleman there belongs to the the antique auto club here in town and told me of a old member that was cleaning his garage. When I got to his place found out he was somebody that I had went fishing with in 1959. His mother used to work at Frontier. And thanks DB for the restroom sign my keys look great on it. Mitch
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In reguards to Cracker Barrel....I have one customer who buys for them. They have a large warehouse in Lebanon Tennessee. I'm not exactly sure of the buying process, but I think they set the prices and the seller can either accept them or reject them. Apparently they must pay decent because he keeps buying for them. I will talk to him in detail next time I see him, then let the oldgas community know what he says!
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Now that would be interesting to get some insight on that process. Someday, mabe not in our lifetime, but mark my words, I'll bet there is a mass selloff. Wouldn't that be an event to attend!
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