Enamel signs are a great collectible. They can advertise anything from a bookstore
to an eyeglass shop. The flanged signs
are more easily seen than the regular flat signs that lay flat against the
wall. With the flanged signs coming out
from the wall, they are more susceptible to damage, espically on the bottom of
the sign, where it could potentially be hit by items being carried or people walking by, espically on the bottom edge of the sign.
Here in the Ozarks, the flanged sign brings more money than the flat
signs do (especially if it’s for a company like Western Union, Goodyear, or
Wrigley’s Chewing Gum).
One
of the ways to help out in figuring if the sign is a reproduction is the fading
on the item. There are quite a few ways
to fake fading or even rust, but on an item that is authentic, the fading and rust is
not even over the entire piece.
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