Sign Collecting

[MNHighwayMan]

Speaking of Minnesota there was a US 59 shield up recently in eBay.  I missed out on buying it before the listing disappeared, would have liked to have that one given the National Park connection.

What's the connection?

[Max Rockatansky]

Speaking of Minnesota there was a US 59 shield up recently in eBay.  I missed out on buying it before the listing disappeared, would have liked to have that one given the National Park connection. 

I missed seeing it. I did get a 71 shield a couple weeks ago.

If I recall correctly it was that bulk scrapper out Texas that has a ton of signs for sale.

[Max Rockatansky]

Speaking of Minnesota there was a US 59 shield up recently in eBay.  I missed out on buying it before the listing disappeared, would have liked to have that one given the National Park connection.

What's the connection?

Apparently nothing because I confused with US 53 for some reason. 

[US71]

Speaking of Minnesota there was a US 59 shield up recently in eBay.  I missed out on buying it before the listing disappeared, would have liked to have that one given the National Park connection. 

I missed seeing it. I did get a 71 shield a couple weeks ago.

If I recall correctly it was that bulk scrapper out Texas that has a ton of signs for sale.

He's not on e-bay, but there's a guy in Sarcoxie, MO with a lot of signs. A few highway signs, but mostly warning signs, speed limit, and county routes. Last time I was there, he had 3-4 US 166's and a couple Kansas sunflowers.

[Max Rockatansky]

Speaking of Minnesota there was a US 59 shield up recently in eBay.  I missed out on buying it before the listing disappeared, would have liked to have that one given the National Park connection. 

I missed seeing it. I did get a 71 shield a couple weeks ago.

If I recall correctly it was that bulk scrapper out Texas that has a ton of signs for sale.

He's not on e-bay, but there's a guy in Sarcoxie, MO with a lot of signs. A few highway signs, but mostly warning signs, speed limit, and county routes. Last time I was there, he had 3-4 US 166's and a couple Kansas sunflowers.

Found the listing the seller has a ton of other signs:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Retired-Texas-Route-59-Shield-Highway-Sign-Lloyd-Bentsen-Hw-24x24-/323721496476?nav=SEARCH

[US71]

Found the listing the seller has a ton of other signs:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Retired-Texas-Route-59-Shield-Highway-Sign-Lloyd-Bentsen-Hw-24x24-/323721496476?nav=SEARCH

Nothing that wows me at the moment, but I'll save him so I know when he has more stuff.

[Max Rockatansky]

Found the listing the seller has a ton of other signs:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Retired-Texas-Route-59-Shield-Highway-Sign-Lloyd-Bentsen-Hw-24x24-/323721496476?nav=SEARCH

Nothing that wows me at the moment, but I'll save him so I know when he has more stuff.

Filled out my roster of western Texas stuff largely off him.  The prices were okay but a lot of the signs are very beat up.  The US 380 is one I want but I'm waiting on seeing if I win on another sign. 

[Brian556]

Haley's Antiques in Jefferson, TX has 3 18-inch Texas SH signs, $40-something each

[US71]

Dear Crossing north of Hardy, AR has some older MoDOT signs.

Cimarron Collectibles I and II at Sarcoxie, MO have an assortment of old signs, but few route signs.

[Max Rockatansky]

Picked up an unused Stanislaus County Route shield:

59734994_10216684177809434_1395334084472864768_n by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[ClassicHasClass]

Is it actually black, or is that your camera?

[Max Rockatansky]

Is it actually black, or is that your camera?

Extremely dark Navy Blue.  It appears black in dim lighting.

[US71]

Oddball STOP sign from Iowa



Old square font STOP. I didn't realize until after I got it, that it was a repaint.

[Max Rockatansky]

I-5 button-copy off a dismantled BGS.  Part of the BGS is still attached, I'm debating on removing it or leaving as is.

Untitled by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Untitled by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[cjk374]

I-5 button-copy off a dismantled BGS.  Part of the BGS is still attached, I'm debating on removing it or leaving as is.

Untitled by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Untitled by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

I would leave it just to reduce risk of any further damage. Did you cut it off the BGS or did you get it that way?

[Max Rockatansky]

^^^

Came that way when I bought it. 

[Max Rockatansky]

Picked up a CA 237 construction shield.  I have a similar CA 130 that I picked up two years ago:

Untitled by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[US71]

Salesman sample I got through e-bay

I have a souvenir size 35W from Kansas, but can't find my photo, but I also have a souvenir green 56

[Jacob]

If anyone would like to see my collection, it can be viewed here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/182395852@N05/

[cjk374]

I found these in a dumpster on my way home Friday. No diving required as they were on the very top of the heap.

Someone...I guess named Adam...wrote the nickname of this highway on the shield. The White Lightning Road was known for its moonshine shipments running between Homer and Ruston. The dates on the back of the sign indicate that this shield was put up in 1995, and replaced a shield that was put up in 1979. Our old green shields could last a long time in the field unlike the crap being put up today and not lasting even 4 months!

20190705_172043 by Jess Kilgore, on Flickr

This came from Ruston:

20190705_172218 by Jess Kilgore, on Flickr

A classic:

20190705_172247 by Jess Kilgore, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

Some recent additions...

CA 204

61513274_10156219862488021_8406366933854715904_n by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

-  For reference CA 204 is former US 99 in Bakersfield.

Two replicas; a really nice CA 18 with cats-eye reflectors and US 97:

Untitled by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Untitled by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

AZ 260

Untitled by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

I finally got around to posting my Arizona, Florida, Michigan and Connecticut signs in the backyard garden area this morning:

IMG_4373 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4374 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4375 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4376 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4377 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4378 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4379 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4380 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4381 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4382 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4383 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4385 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Some of the embossed signs and steel replicas ended up in my garage.  There is still a pile of signs that I haven't mounted, I'm debating putting them up on pallets in the dog run:

IMG_4386 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4387 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4388 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4389 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4390 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4391 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_4392 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[MNHighwayMan]

Incredible. Love the setup! Here, I thought I had a lot of signs, but after seeing the remaining stacks of signs you still had left... nope, not even close.

[Max Rockatansky]

Incredible. Love the setup! Here, I thought I had a lot of signs, but after seeing the remaining stacks of signs you still had left... nope, not even close.

The irony is my wife was the one pushing me to finally post stuff in the back yard.  The sign pile was getting in the way over her cardio equipment in the garage.  We have some pallets from our wedding I've been looking to put to use for awhile, I'm thinking they'll do nicely for getting what's left in the garage on display. 

[cjk374]

That is an incredible collection Max. As I was scrolling down, I was beginning to worry you didn't have a US 80 shield. But then I saw 2 of them. You said the embossed ones were replicas, but what about the blue one? Was that one from AZ?