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Its been a great year for globes. These are my four favorites.

It has been a pretty good year for globes here too. Here are a few of my favorites from this year.

Couple of our favorites. Happy New Year!!!

Here is one for sure for me, Sinclair Aircraft...

Ryan that Cosden gas is awesome.
Here are two of mine first is a Mfa oil sign not very pretty but it's only the second one I have ever seen and since I collect Mfa well had to have it.


Second is this Clark sign got it last week. I have been after it for years but the guy wasn't ready to sell. So when I saw it on Facebook forsale I went to his shop. He didn't no what I was talking about but he would sell it so we struck a deal and it's in my garage now

Well, its been a fantastic year for me, with a lot of finds and lucky acquisitions.
Since my first love is gas pumps, my BOTY has to be the Wayne 60 showcase I bought in the hills of South Dakota.
When it comes to signs, to finally be able to purchase this Texaco Marine sign from my good friend Petro Pete, has to top the list!
While not oil & gas, the Long Island Duckling sign had to be the most challenging to get possession of, and the most admired by the Warden.
Lastly, the purchase of this Red Indian globe from my friend Ted, has to top the globe purchases for the year!
I've had 2 other tremendous purchases this year, but don't have either in my possession yet, so they will have to wait until next year! Both are worthy of BOTY, and I look forward to posting them for all to see.
What's really exciting is the thought of the new discoveries and finds that will be possible in the coming year! The stuff is out there, and its just a matter of networking with others, and spending some time searching thru newspapers, the internet, and old rumors!
Good luck to everyone in 2015, its gonna be exciting!

Some great stuff so far guys. It was a good year for me also. Here are a few of my favorites :

Had an awesome year, found some great items for my Mobil collection. I have tripled the size of it in less than a year. Wish i could post all of the items but here are the tops for sure.

Favorite Can!

Nice Metro Sign

A trip to Chicago to get these.


Some nice oval oilers i picked up plus the Rare Gargoyle oiler.

NOS Gargoyle tin bulk sign



Favorite Globe of the Year!

Dan, glad you are enjoying your Mobil marine can, makes me fell good. Thanks Bob

I saw my globe collection expand thanks to Ted C

and from Dan M

This year was a Skelly year for me with two buys, one of five globes in January and one buy of I think twelve more later in the year (Thanks Maurice). The Skelly bug bit me last year when I purchased a complete collection from Larry Ivy that included five globes. For some reason, after that it started raining Skelly globes and I couldn't seem to stop buying them. There are still a few I don't have so I'm not out of the woods yet. This is a picture of some of them, the rest I have scattered around, some not even unboxed as I plan to get shelving built this winter for a Skelly wall, I'll post that when it's done later on. The Aviation globe in the pic is a repop/fantasy but I think its kinda cool anyway. Also, I was thrilled to find the mint Blue Sunoco on metal from TedC in December, thanks Ted. It is still on its way here but I figured it qualified for this post......I have several more buys of the year but will have to shoot some pics of them. A lot of great buys here, the Oldgas network is a virtual gold mine for those of us who are lucky enough to be a part of it....GB

I bought lots of signs this year. These are some of the best.

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Butch,
The sign gods have smiled upon you!Congrats!

Found some great things this year. Here were my favorites.

Boy I would say so Butch!

Very nice buys posted so far....like them all!!! This is always tough for me; it's like picking a favorite child...they're all special in their own unique way. The porcelain lubrication rack is 6 ft tall & 42" wide. Since I posted pic's of it in the BOTW I've noted that the top graphic's of the airflow car were copied and made into a flat porcelain sign. I guess the repopper's liked it as much as I do.

A few of my BOTY

Here's my best Buys Of The Year for 2014.
Jarvis, You should remember a few of these!

Dan, that's a nice Marine can. Can you PM me? Got a question about it. Not trying to buy it from you.

Here are a couple of my favorites of 2014. Cheers!

great stuff so far! here are mine...

Great stuff so far everyone!

My year overall has been good. Not a whole bunch of stuff, but its up and down year to year. I bought another mustang so I am excited about that. That has resulted in not much petro over the last few months. My new 1970 fastback is gonna be a fun project.

Here are a few of my favorites from this year (2014). Here's to another great year!

Here's a few: Boyce Motometer flange and paper Hood Flagman

My primary petroliana habit is pump collecting. I added several keepers this year but my favorites are an Aqua E-700 and an American 900, both thanks to Tom Buckles and a G&B 655 that John Kramer (junknjohn) helped to assure me was a good deal.

Awesome buys!! I'm really enjoying this site!! My first two pumps. Picking two visible and one clockface up on Firday. Guess that will be some of my 2015 BOTY!! Happy New Year!!!!

A few of my favorites--been a good year--

Here are my globe, signs, and can BOTY.

A lot of nice stuff there everyone. HAPPY NEW YEAR !

I've been very blessed this year to add some great stuff to my collection, but this globe/sign would have to be my BOTY.

Nice buys everyone.
Not a lot for me in the line of "big ticket" items in 2014. Most of the additions to my Mobil collection were smalls, but I was very happy to add this super rare Mobiloil Marine square gallon to my collection. It was the only one I had ever seen so it was a must have.
Darin

That is a very cool gallon Darin….One that i also have never seen! Nice buys for the rest! Happy New Year Oldgassers!

Happy New Year! Great buys everyone. My 2 favorite signs (on the wall next to each other) My 2 favorite cans. And a whole bunch of smalls for my display table.

My BOTY I love the graphics on this one.

some of my buys from 2014

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As I reflect back on the year, it brings to mind how many friends and fellow members the Old Gas community has lost, and how much they will be missed. It also makes me think about how much the hobby has changed for me personally and the many new friendships I’ve made.

My wife and I have put in a lot of windshield time this past year, have met a lot of fellow collectors, and have seen a lot of beautiful country in the process. We've seen some really nice stuff from fellow gassers bought, sold, and traded with some rare finds too. We are hoping to attend some of the Midwest shows this year, as long as work doesn’t get in the way. With the coming of the New Year I hope it brings in many new members and lots of good discoveries.

Here are some of our favorites, and I hope the coming year brings joy and growth for everyone. Keep them coming!

Great stuff so far guys. I added a few great signs but this one is the best. Now if I can just find that Sinclair aircraft in 2015

Happy new year oldgasers, he's mine

mine... Not much but should have a lot more by the end of this year. Nice stuff everyone! Love that clark curb sign! killer!

So my dad got a Gargoyle base for peanuts via a local metal scrapper then I got the top today....pretty rough....but we'll still enjoy it. It's going into my Dads garage first....hopefully it'll be a long time before it ends up in mine!
my purchase today:

A bit slack this year. The Pontiac went to fellow OG members who have room to display it. It was surely worth keeping, but the reality is that I would never get to fully enjoy it. My fowl doesn't match Kevin's, but I think it's quite attractive. Looked for years for a complete Southland globe and would still like to upgrade, but they just don't pop up often.

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Forgot 2 of my favorite United Motors pieces:

A few of my favorite buys this year including my first pump!

Not the greatest or rarest stuff but I like it.

Special thanks to:

Kevin Frith for the dino globe
Dan McGuffyey for the Mobiloil qt
Dennis Leith for the standard hat badge
Dave Gill for the QS 5qt

A very big thank you to Seth Stafford for all the great things I've gotten from him in the 4th pic the past month.

There are some I didn't mention but I thank you also. Hope for more deals from you guys hopefully this year will be a pump year for me.

These are my favorite buys of the year. I wish the Super Shell was nicer, but very happy to have it.

Lots of neat items to add to the collection. Here are some of my favorites this year --> some cool Sunoco signs I've been after.



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And some great Hi-speed globes:

Gary Bass, you better send me pics of this Skelly wall when you get around to it. Thanks for the great buys this year

Brian, my New Years resolution is to get my globes secured on a shelf before they get knocked off and broken! Hope the new year sends more Skelly your way....GB

Great buys last year by all. Love those Hi Speed globes!

5qt can

great buys everyone... here are my favorites from 2014

Fantastic buys everyone. Here's my favourite BOTY. I recently installed on the pole and anxious to have new neon installed.

Wow!!!! You guys got some awesome stuff last year!

I picked up the trapezoid shaped Triple Check sign from a fellow oldgasser to go with the 4' and beat up 6 footer I already had.
I'll post some more of my BOTY later.

Here are a few of the globes I got in 2014.

I just started collecting oil and gas this year. So for me it is my first piece I bought which was pure good luck to find a original gas globe for a local company that no longer exsists. Then my uncle gave me a bunch of smalls to go with it, then I only wanted a couple oil cans to match, well the rest is history.......

Sounds like you have found your "HOME".

Here's a few of my favorites from the past year

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Another of my 2014 BOTY.


I just got a new camera and I must be doing something wrong because the color is way off.

This original Bowser 565A and re-branded to Jenney Aero in the late 40's was my buy of 2014.

Best year yet for quality pieces. It's funny how much easier it gets the longer you've been in the hobby. Here's a few of my favorites

These are my buys this past year. Happy New Year everyone
Ray

Thermoman

I really like that Shell sign, what year(s) was that used ?

Thanks Doug

Great stuff guys! Here are few of my favorites.Mark

Better let a shell guy answer that question.....but I'm thinking 30's

...I could swear I saw that pump at an antique mall in Burlington, NC years ago...

Here are a few of mine

Love that Dunlop clock !!!

That thing is awesome!!! And the cast iron bracket on it!!
Very neat piece!!

Save the Plymouth, and it looks like you did all your shopping in Europe! Nice finds!!!

Thanks guys,
I usually don't buy a lot of foreign signs but I couldn't pass these up. Been after that California Oil sign for about 10 years cause of the early airplane graphics on it. Its heavy heavy porcelain.

I was told the Dunlop clock used to belong to Kyle Moore.

Few of my favorites that we got this year

thanks to dave on this one

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Ride with rose diesel globe.

love the anti-freeze cans !!!!!!

Great looking Koolmotor kite sign!

here's mine!



got all three of these this year, pegasus, stratocycle coin op and 47 cushman!



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Hello, I collect Mobil.
All three of these items came out of the same garage, as found, never touched.
They are in super shape.
Steve

Dang, Chuck. I like everything I see there, but the Penn O Lene really speaks to me.

cool old stuff Chuck

Bought this oil rack in the last couple days of 2014, it was unmarked and my uncle just found this piece of advertising to go with it!!! Super excited, now to get it blasted and painted.

Everyone looks they had a great 2014. Hope we all have as good a year in 2015. Here are few of my BOTY. I have a few more I will post soon.
Mike Haggard

a few more...

Incredible Mike