Dean Bros. Beech-nut Sign
 

Did anyone out there happen to pick this up from the recently SCP auction or does anyone have one by chance?

https://catalog.scpauctions.com/bids...e?itemid=17342

i remember seeing one of those on American pickers, and in that episode they went to Busch stadium and a mint example was in the office of I think the owner. Very cool piece.

Yeah, the pickers got a crap example for 900 bucks.

Considering what the SCP sign brought....
$900.00 seems like a steal for the example the pickers found.

PIckers
 

The one the pickers found was in horrible condition with mildew and water damage and I thought they did well to get $900 for it actually.

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American Pickers
 

I believe that this was taken while in the office of the GM Brian DeWitt. His was in spectacular condition (of course) but I was not sure if it was retired or not. Brian, I believe was/is a long time collector. I am unsure of how active he is any longer. He of course only collected Cardinals memorabilia. It was the only show I remember that had baseball memorabilia in it. I of course could be wrong.

I have been looking for to purchase on eBay for years.

Thanks for everyone's responses so far. Interesting stuff...

I remember that episode...I'm a huge American Pickers fan, such great shows.

They recently had a 68 World Series Cardinals sign & flag banner piece.

In my mind, their “appraiser” way undervalued that piece. If I was a Cardinals collector, I would pay double what he said it was worth.

I owned both versions at one time, the Union Leader and Beech-Nut. I currently still own the Beech-Nut sign.

If you have any questions.. msg me.

I recall one up for auction many years ago on Political Gallery Auction catalogue. Nice piece.

Ricky Y

hmmmm
 

Political Gallery - Tom Slater. Believe I saw him mentioned in some capacity at an auction house (Heritage?). His early auctions were interesting...….

loved the political gallery. lots of late night phone calls ...

Political Gallery, Slater's Americana... pre internet.. they were the best! He had the most oddball items to pick-up. I believe I still have all the catalogs.