San Fran Seals Stadium sign

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Also, according to Wikipedia, the copyright symbol (which is on both the Fenway and Seals Stadium signs) was not used until 1954 (I spent some time trying to verify that factoid, but came up with nothing solid either way). I'd be curious to see any pre-1954 stadium signs etc. with a copyright symbol. I also wonder what exactly the copyright would be for. The team name? The night game slogan?

Just saw a Barnum & Bailey poster on Antiques Roadshow. It had the copyright symbol and dates to 1938.

That still changes nothing about these fake signs, though.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Just saw a Barnum & Bailey poster on Antiques Roadshow. It had the copyright symbol and dates to 1938.

That still changes nothing about these fake signs, though.

When the fake Seals sign was first posted here, I also tried to find out when the copyright symbol was first used, hoping it would be a clue as to authenticity. I didn't spend that much time on it, but I got the impression that it was used by some for a while before it was actually required by law in the U.S. for some purposes.

[Shoeless Moe]

another one back again, and another "honest seller" in the old description. I "honestly" don't know what to make of this....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/San-Francis...kAAOSwNSJa-PCR

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

another one back again, and another "honest seller" in the old description. I "honestly" don't know what to make of this....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/San-Francis...kAAOSwNSJa-PCR

That's the same one. It's legit, IMO.

[ooo-ribay]

A Seals sign showed up on Antiques Roadshow last night. This lady's story was that she was tearing off a roof in San Mateo in 1980 and the sign was part of the roof. Hmmmm...if it was part of a roof, why are there no nail holes where nails would have fastened it to the rafters? If memory serves, two similar signs showed up on ebay in 2016. Back then, I thought they were real but now I'm not so sure. One ebay sign had a Marin Dell milk ad on the back; the other (I think) was a campaign sign from 1959. That seemed a little fishy. They did not show the back of the one on Antiques Roadshow.

[bigfanNY]

I think this one is gonna come back and haunt Antique Roadshow. I dont think any chance it was on a roof for a long period of time. Even under the roofing materials as flashing elements would have gotten to it.

[ooo-ribay]

Yet another one surfaces....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-2-SIDE...53.m1438.l2649