Mike McCandless
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Just picked up an early piece. I really love the graphics they use in these early advertisements.
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It's actually 15%. The additional 3% is for people that pay with credit cards. This puts us at the lowest auction premium for these type of collectibles. Some are as high as 28% at our competitors.
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Both of those went to the same collector. The back up bidders on both were different. The moto meter was also very special and it went for 69k in total. Both of the above are over 90 with fee's. We pride ourselves on bringing the rarest and highest condition stuff to market, all of it is no reserve. That's the trick in my opinion to bringing the money out. People need to know they're going to buy. We had about 10-15% of the auction fall through with some great deals for buyers.
Our next auction will be in April, when we try and do it all again. So far this is 4 pieces over 2 auctions that are once in a lifetime pieces. Really proud of that.
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That is awesome, I'd love to have that piece!
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We have our second auction Saturday. Big jump up for us, we went from 150 to 2.5x that number of pieces. All pieces are no reserve. The level of quality in these pieces, is the best of any auction out there. A few pieces may go crazy, the earliest known Oilzum has no limit, can't wait to see what it goes for.
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I finally got this piece up. Was found brand new in the crate from 1953. A total of 5 crates with zero instructions. Luckily I had the sign catalog showing this sign which helped with assembly. Had to have a few small mounting pieces made, but went together semi smooth. It's 17' tall and just absolutely awesome!
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I'd leave it alone. No reason to risk it IMO.
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Robert, my friends comments:
I still feel it might be mounted on linen and have had some restoration with that said I would still value it in the $2500 range properly framed...
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3 hours ago, Robert G. Smits said:
Thanks Mike and Terry. No Grommets and never framed that I can tell. Did these originate from Goodyear for dealer use or a separate commercial endeavor? No mfg data anywhere
Get me more pictures, I have a guy that deals a lot in paper/cloth/litho stuff I can show it to.
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Finally got this piece up. Took it out of the original dealership. It's 6 pieces, 22' long and 10' tall. Was a monster to get up. We're going to raise it a few inches this week. There are 3 other posters underneath this one, but sadly we can't lift this one off to see what's underneath.
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4 hours ago, Robert G. Smits said:
Looking for some help from the members on this one. As many of you know I am slowly going through my CC storage unit. I found this yesterday. Hadn’t seen the light of day in al least 25 years. Given to me by a old friend who was a great “picker” in the Peteroliana field. I never framed it because (1) since it was a gift it wasn’t worth much and (2)I thought it was a reproduction. (3). Until we moved to Texas I had no wall space. Looking at it now it will be framed and on what little wall space I have left
24 X 36 on heavy linen
Does this have grommets? If not, is it a poster mounted on linen? Got more pictures?
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Added quite a bit this week. Finally got the maxwell milk glass up. Plastic lighted Simca sign which is very late 50's, early 60's. Canadian mopar sign beside it. Skeleton neon's added at the bottom. A TV show has asked to come in and do an episode on the place, so I'm scrambling to get things up that I've been putting off. Next week I go to take down a 10' x 22' billboard that has been in its original location since the 1940's. Pretty crazy.
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They made 2 versions of this sign. I have the other version, but it as a fully restored piece, so it's leaving the museum. This is an original skin I purchased, then had the can/neon done to replace the restored version I had. I threw the fargo piece under it simply because it fit. This one wasn't too bad, easier than the dodge. Left the neon off so you could see the skin quality, it's in amazing condition.
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Hanging this big guy was a lot of fun. It's 10' tall and double sided. Careful planning and everything worked out. Was pumped to get this one as they're usually the 6' version. This was still on the wall of the building 6 months ago, pretty crazy given the condition of it. One of only 2 I know in this size, although I'm sure there are more.
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Couple of pick ups for the museum this week. The Chrysler Plymouth would have originally been a lighted hood sign. I'll have to get one made for it. I have it in a late 50's sign catalog. The Used Trucks is a spinner piece. Lightweight as it's hollow inside. Reflective paint, so I'll see how I can hang it and have a light on it for max impact. From the United Neon Sign Co in California. Will have to look up some info on them.
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1909 oil show. Believe it to be 1 of 4 made as seen here, only known survivor and incredible shape. Tin
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On 5/4/2021 at 9:43 PM, Robert G. Smits said:
FYI a can similar to this sold April 10th for $3500
Correct, that was at our auction
This is one of our recent additions for our next auction. The earliest known Oilzum sign. Referred to as the "bucktooth".
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I agree that well framed and presented paper looks awesome. I saw an incredible banner from samson tires, early 1900's piece the other week. I hate to guess what the guy spent framing it. I have to catch myself as I see all of this as art, some of it truly amazing.
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Recent grab. 8' Dodge brothers double sided tin. Haven't seen this maker before. Truck bed rails, which I thought were really cool. Cut off in the picture if a 42" Dodge Dependable service, the only one I've seen in that color.
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The top end of the sign market has absolutely turned into an investment opportunity. The past 12-18 months, pieces have gone up dramatically in price. Especially for the top 5% of rarity/condition. If you're getting into investment grade, your best bet is TAC authenticated items. Your three best bets for auction houses for legit items are Morphys, Route 32 and Richmond Auctions (full disclosure I'm a partner in this auction house). We have every item authenticated by Dan that goes into auction.
Nothing beats seeing something in person. Experience over time is the best weapon. You'll notice the improper rust, font differences, weight difference, etc. Anytime serious money gets around a collectible, you have to assume there is a possibility of a fake.
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1 hour ago, Robert G. Smits said:
A couple of weeks ago I turned down $10 K for a 42 inch porcelain Pontiac double sided dealer service sign (half feather) that I would grade 9.0/9.5. I purchased it in 1980 at a Nebraska swap meet. The dealers asking price of $180 is still on the reverse side in masking tape. I wouldn't be supprised if that same sign brings $18-20 K in five years. For those of you who are familiar with Tulipmania in 17th century Holland our current economy has similarities. Last week Cristy's sold a NFT (non-fungible Token) for $69,346,250.00. This was a remarkable piece of art that you cannot even hang on your wall and must view it digitally. Athletes are creating and selling NFT's of themselves in action at sporting events for thousands. It won't be long before you can purchase a NFT of your dream car and have no maintenance costs. I CAN 'T wait!!!
10k on that sign would be a record price. For the sign collectors, the half feather isn't as desirable as the full piece. There is an authenticated 9.5 coming up soon, I'd expect it to go 8 maybe 9 if stars align. Signs the past 18 months and in particular the past 12, have gone up dramatically in price.
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17 hours ago, Robert G. Smits said:
Love to see a photo of that billboard. God knows all of us are under water on some of our obsessions but this is a hobby, not a business. As long as your wife doesn't know how much you paid are you really upside down?
I was married 500 days. Officially divorced last year :D.
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On 3/10/2021 at 4:14 PM, Terry Bond said:
I believe the process is known as "dry mounting." It's used to help previously rolled up and wrinkled prints and posters remain flat, however-
be aware that using that process is well known among collectors to actually reduce the value of artwork. The process utilizes foam board, which is not archival. The process "glues" the print onto a backer and once that's been done, it cannot be reversed.
Dry mounting can be an inexpensive way to mount and frame posters, but for true artwork and more valuable early posters and prints, proper linen backing is the way to go. If you are just storing prints and posters for future conservation framing, you could also utilize shrink-wrapping with archival backing board. That way your artwork is not permanently attached to something that will eventually leach acids or glue residue into the paper.
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I do frame and preserve certain pieces, but when you're talking the volume of what I have, that's just not realistic. Most of the pieces I buy rarely eclipse 100 bucks. The cost of framing for the types of advertising I'm talking about, would surpass the value of the piece. I'm about preservation of certain pieces, it's why I had a custom 20' x 8 ' billboard done in a free hanging frame as it's the only forward look era one I've ever seen. Lord knows I'm infinitely upside down in it, but it's just too cool to do it via the normal ways :).
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I absolutely love the colors on this piece. Recent purchase.