George Albright Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Photos available by emailing me at gnalbright@gmail.com. George Albright,Ocala,Fla. cell 352 843 1624 weekdays 10 -4 EST best. I have available an extremely rare piece of advertising and neon sign history. Please share this with your ACD Club friends.This is an Insco "Lit Writer" that allowed a business to interchange pre manufactured neon letters to say whatever the company wished to display and/or advertise.This company was only in business from the 1956 to 1959 period in Piqua,Ohio. (See following link to Piqua Ohio Public Library,which houses the company's documents:) Piqua Public Library:* I acquired this from a friend whose father had a sign company near Lake Erie,in Pa.,up to the 1970s. It is in SUPERB original condition! I was able to get with another sign collector who had bought several boxes of also new NOS letters for these signs,from a closed sign company in Michigan. Thus you are getting a BRAND NEW 1956-59 sign and BRAND NEW 1956-59 neon letters! I put the letters in the sign yesterday and turned it on,for the first time in the sign and letters lives. Both worked perfectly! You will probably NEVER get a chance like this again. Any company and or car dealership could have bought one of these for use in the 1950s. E. L. Cord's ACD empire made few factory authorized dealer signs in any form. In addition,I don't believe any ACD dealership neon signs were ever made. Thus you would have the only ACD neon dealer sign in the world! Yes I know this is a 1950s sign not a 1930s sign,but if one had been built in the 1930s it would have looked very similar to this. The box has a rust patch on the bottom where the old cardboard box it was stored in must have gotten wet decades ago. However you cannot see the rust spot,and it in no way affects the operation of the sign. One could take a piece of sandpaper and smooth out the rust spot and repaint with flat black paint,and it would look like it was never rusted. The sign is quite large! It is 36 inches long,10 inches high,and 5 1/2 inches wide. Weight is approx. 40 lbs. The sign box will be shipped separate from the neon letters,which will be shipped in a crush proof box.If a letter gets broken,doesn't work,etc. upon arrival,it will be replaced free of charge.Yes I know Duesenburg is spelled wrong! We have a replacement E coming.Shipping is free. We accept all forms of payment,contact us. Sign will be shipped from Ocala,Fla. Price is $9,800. Edited February 20, 2013 by George Albright (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Albright Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Ebay auction link: Ebay Auction link; Duesenberg Cord Auburn Dealer Neon Sign 1930 Old Antique Vintage Porcelain | eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 GeorgeThat's a funny way to spell Duesenberg. Were you missing another "e"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Albright Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 You are correct Grasshopper! The man who sent me the letters didn't know how to spell! He is mailing me an E to replace the U! George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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