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Hello,

Newbie here!
As I'm from Europe, I don't have many knowledge about petrol items with US origin.

Long story short: This was given to a friend about 20 years ago, when the centenary local distributor of Pennzoil close its doors.

My doubts:
Is there any historic relation between Pennzoil and Penn Hills?
What is the approximate age and value of this sign?

The height is about 24".




PS: Yes. I previously searched the internet, and on eBay. No lucky

My guess on age would be 20s -30s.

Not that rare.... I have seen several

Thank you both!

57tbirdkid do you have a photo of a similar item, and its price reference?
It would be great

Thanks for share it!

On a close look, I can see some differences. I guess they were not produced in the same timeframe.
- Big letters in black without highlight vs Big letters in dark blue with white letter highlight
- Sign boarder in yellow vs Sign boarder in white
- Fixation holes in slightly different positions

I will try to take detailed photos of my Penn Hills signs in the weekend.

Sorry, some of the previous information was incorrect. In fact the big letters also have highlight.
The yellow background is made of reflective material, rough on touch (like sand or something...).

Any help on the fair market value?

The "rough" background is called "smelt" paint. (stupid spell check keeps changing it to smelt, but substitute an "a" in place of "e" It is ground up glass in the paint to make it reflective.

It is a very cool and very detailed sign

Good looking sign!!