Show Off Your Advertising Signs

[bigfanNY]

Looks to be from the 50's

[yankeesjetsfan]

Love that Ballentine Ad John.

Mike

[ruth-gehrig]

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[1880nonsports]

poster looks very nice - I didn't see it in the "before" mode however. Could you post some info about the conservator? At Bill Mastro's suggestion some time in the early 90's I sent Chicago Graphic Restoration company a few things and they did a great job. At this time I am looking for someone else so would appreciate the "share"....

edited to add:

I actually found him once before but he neglected to get back to me. I assume by your comments you are more than happy with the work. Would I view the pricing as competitive? CGC was quite pricey. TX in advance for your reply.
friendly,
henry moses

[ruth-gehrig]

Thanks!

[t.tomc]

Hi Henry. I'm glad you liked the work I did for Michael. I'm not sure how I dropped the ball and didn't get back to you. I apologize. I do know that I'm a much better value than the other company you mentioned. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. I'd love to talk to you. Thanks

[Jcosta19]

Whiskey Scoreboard

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[Baseballcrazy62]

I knew there were some incredible things stored away in some personal collections but this is beyond incredible. WOW!

[stone193]

[whiteymet]

Here are some Hartland related Advertising items

First is a Croft Ale Display that has a gold Hartland minor leaguer attached

Next are front and back Gillette counter signs

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[whiteymet]

WOOPS forgot the Wheaties!

[Jcosta19]

Fort Pitt Scoreboard

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[mrozie21]

Large Duquesne Beer sign from Forbes Field

[mrozie21]

Forgot the picture

[bigfanNY]

18 inches wide 4 feet tall

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

18 inches wide 4 feet tall

Jonathan,

I guess you already know my feelings on the LS bat ad poster, but just to reinforce the idea; it’s a FANTASTIC piece.

[ruth-gehrig]

Thanks Matt! Growing up my dad frequently received gasoline and petroliana auction flyers plastered with all these colorful advertising items. I was intrigued by that stuff but 1990s baseball cards were my thing at the time lol. It wasnt until I was at a gasoline show with my dad, again I was still a youngster probably 11, that I stumbled upon a reproduction Ted William's root beer metal sign. I then discovered that I could collect baseball AND advertising all wrapped up in one. My dad passed away 4 years ago and these signs I've posted were purchased since he's been gone. I regret not getting involved in gas and oil with my dad. The Nourse sign reminds me of my dad alot because he had an identical sign hanging in his shop growing up that he ended up selling. The man who sold it to him had kids who used it for sledding in the snow lol. One side was nice, the other side not so much lol. At least the kids used the same side surface side down each time

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

18 inches wide 4 feet tall

Jonathan - this is perhaps my favorite piece of advertising in this thread! Amazing save on your part and I've never seen another. Interesting it was cut up almost like individual cards in 12 pieces.

[bigfanNY]

Thank you. When I finally got it restored and saw how it looked I instantly regretted not doing it sooner.

[ocjack]

Resurrecting this thread because it didn't seem to be limited to pre-war advertising exclusively. So my most recent quarantine lock-down find from the corner of one of my rooms -

[ocjack]

As stated in the title. Another quarantine re-discovery from a corner of one of the rooms in my house.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

18 inches wide 4 feet tall

congrats...that's a sweet sign!!!...

[CarltonHendricks]

Here's one I owned a very short time as I sold it before I even paid for it...just too much real estate to keep...

[Jcosta19]

Great piece.

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[bigfanNY]

Thanks This was a labor of love. It was cut in 12 pices when I got it. It was on the bottom of a box of Wheaties backs from 36 to 41. I had it restored then framed up with museum glass and frame itself is white ash. I have had it for over 40 years and thought I would find another but never did so finally fixed it up about 5 years ago. Glad I did..Great thread.

[MCyganik]

I’ve long been jealous of the quality vintage on here.

Today I picked up this awesome Schrafft’s cutout on FB Marketplace. Unfortunately it’s been glued and matted so it no longer has its original stand etc. But as a display piece it’s in remarkably good condition and highly aesthetic.

Someone mentioned on here before it’s from the early 30s and there could be up to 10 styles but this is only “right fielder” I could find. Anybody got any more info on these?

Schrafft’s is a local legend in Boston and New York so it fits well in my Red Sox collection.






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[Bumpus Jones]

Great looking display piece!

[Bumpus Jones]

Thought I would revive this thread with what I've dubbed "Frankensign".

[BruceinGa]

Here are a few of mine:
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[Bumpus Jones]

Nice ads Bruce. Thanks for sharing!

[OldSchoolBaseball]

Love looking at this stuff!

[LOUCARDFAN]

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[brewing]

Has anyone seen this before?

[Exhibitman]

1930s countertop sign:

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

1930s countertop sign:

That is a Great Countertop Sign

[Chstrite]

Hi. On the Brooks Robinson/Orioles site on Net54, i posted a picture and question about the below sign. I am not exactly sure what year this comes from. It seems it is either from 1966 or 1970 based on the Orioles being the visiting club in Game 1 of the World Series (thus, batting first / top of inning). I am leaning towards 1966.

The sign has 7 pages with a self adhesive tape on back. First two pages has Baltimore in the top of the inning. Next three has Baltimore in the bottom half of inning and final two games has the Orioles in top of the inning. Bottom right corner it says XB-111TH Carling Brewing Company, Baltimore, MD Litho in USA.

See below and thanks for any feedback.

[doug.goodman]

Boy, there are some amazing items in this thread.

Here are my Bell Brand posters.

Doug

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Chstrite

Hi. On the Brooks Robinson/Orioles site on Net54, i posted a picture and question about the below sign. I am not exactly sure what year this comes from. It seems it is either from 1966 or 1970 based on the Orioles being the visiting club in Game 1 of the World Series (thus, batting first / top of inning). I am leaning towards 1966. The sign has 7 pages with a self adhesive tape on back. First two pages has Baltimore in the top of the inning. Next three has Baltimore in the bottom half of inning and final two games has the Orioles in top of the inning. Bottom right corner it says XB-111TH Carling Brewing Company, Baltimore, MD Litho in USA. See below and thanks for any feedback.

I've always loved the bar scoreboards, especially team specific ones. Tin versions are off the charts as display pieces, IMO.

[rlahammer]

I only show up here maybe once per year but I love the thread on advertising. As a vintage basketball collector it is VERY hard to find advertising as it was not a nationally popular sport really until maybe the 80's. I have maybe over 100 but here are a few as I don't see anyone posting basketball. Enjoy and I am very poor at posting so I hope this works.

[rlahammer]

More, don't want to bore you but maybe have 75 more including the earliest known player endorsed ad.

[rlahammer]

Don't want to take this over but a few more

[Lordstan]

Some fantastic signed everyone has posted.
Here is one I just found again. Came from Ken Smith's personal collection which was sold back in the 1980s.

[rlahammer]

One of my "walls" of basketball!

[Bill Rayburn]

Absolutely AWESOME collection Rob !!!

[ooo-ribay]

As you said, basketball had got to be a lot tougher to find than “America’s Pastime.”

[Batman]

Wow!

[mrreality68]

This is one of my favorite threads on this Forum great stuff everyone

[Jcosta19]

I think I've posted a few of these before but excited for the new pick up (The 1961 Squirt Scoreboard) so figured I'd post them.
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[roarfrom34]

here are a few modern ones:

Brooks Robinson Crown Gasoline pump topper



Cal Ripken Jr. American Red Cross



Ken Singleton Union Trust Bank



Cal Ripken Starter banner

[Scott Garner]

Here are a few of my favorite Nolan Ryan advertising pieces and large displays.
There are quite a few!