Fake Signs

Started by US71, January 26, 2010, 11:19:35 AM

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deathtopumpkins

#25
October 18, 2010, 05:44:59 PM  
Quote from: corco on October 17, 2010, 09:53:27 PM
I'm really trying to figure out who actually buys a sign like that- I'd assume that most people who 'pay $80 for a road sign are sign enthusiasts on some level, and it seems like they would at least be able to recognize a correct shield shape!

...or the fact that US route shields never actually said "ROUTE" on them.
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agentsteel53

#26
October 18, 2010, 07:20:48 PM  
Quote from: US71 on October 18, 2010, 11:10:50 AM
I like THIS one. I've never seen one like it , but it looks legit. I'll have to make a photoshop of it ;)


it is legit.  Some sign collector, likely not anyone on this forum, will get it.
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ctsignguy

#27
October 19, 2010, 08:08:32 PM  
How about THIS loverly gem of....erm, something or other....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400164628734&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/ctsignguy/<br /><br />Maintaining an interest in Fine Highway Signs since 1958....

Alex

#28
October 19, 2010, 10:22:38 PM  

rickmastfan67

#29
October 19, 2010, 10:50:26 PM  

ctsignguy

#30
October 20, 2010, 12:31:54 AM  
a bid? O_o!

*goes to look*

Oh fer cryin' out loud....
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/ctsignguy/<br /><br />Maintaining an interest in Fine Highway Signs since 1958....

Hot Rod Hootenanny

#31
October 20, 2010, 12:39:11 AM  
I'd pay $35 for it (Yeah, I know it has a bid for $50).  But I'd know full well it's not a "legit" highway shield. It might be signage for some business for all we know.
Please, don't sue Alex & Andy over what I wrote above

ctsignguy

#32
October 20, 2010, 10:12:08 AM  
Quote from: Adam Smith on October 20, 2010, 12:39:11 AM
I'd pay $35 for it (Yeah, I know it has a bid for $50).  But I'd know full well it's not a "legit" highway shield. It might be signage for some business for all we know.

Or a Hollyweird prop....
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/ctsignguy/<br /><br />Maintaining an interest in Fine Highway Signs since 1958....

US71

#33
October 20, 2010, 10:35:03 AM  
Quote from: ctsignguy on October 19, 2010, 08:08:32 PM
How about THIS loverly gem of....erm, something or other....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400164628734&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

My best guess is a business or some kind of advertising. I found a Bistro Americana as well as an Americana Inn, but nothing that referred to "6700"
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

US71

#34
November 04, 2010, 09:57:18 AM  
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

US71

#35
April 03, 2011, 02:18:19 PM  
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Alps

#36
April 03, 2011, 02:20:18 PM  

ctsignguy

#37
April 03, 2011, 03:13:40 PM  
*wonders what lurks beneath the tinplate fake.....
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/ctsignguy/<br /><br />Maintaining an interest in Fine Highway Signs since 1958....

Alex

#38
April 03, 2011, 07:31:29 PM  
Quote from: ctsignguy on April 03, 2011, 03:13:40 PM
*wonders what lurks beneath the tinplate fake.....

or maybe you should have phrased it "wonders what is barried beneath the tinplate fake"  :-P

QuoteThis is the real deal,I live 1/4 mile off old Route 66 in New Mexico and found this sign half barried in dirt one day about 5 yrs ago.It is still on its original backing and you can see where it was attached to the sign post. A real piece of Ol' 66. This sign is not the Highway sign,this sign is a directional sign that pointed the way to U.S.66.It is a harder find because they were tossed away out of hand when the signs came down.This sign was found on the shoulder of Old 66.

US71

#39
April 03, 2011, 11:07:41 PM  
After a number of complaints from people on the Route 66 e-list, the sign has been removed from e-bay.
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cjk374

#40
April 03, 2011, 11:19:16 PM  
Is it always the same person putting all of these on e-bay, or different ones?
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US71

#41
April 03, 2011, 11:22:59 PM  
Quote from: cjk374 on April 03, 2011, 11:19:16 PM
Is it always the same person putting all of these on e-bay, or different ones?

This was somebody new to e-bay, but there's another guy who pops up every couple months with artificially aged fake signs. He's been notified he's selling bogus goods, but never replies. He has been reported to e-bay, but they've never done anything.

Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

RJ145

#42
January 27, 2012, 09:40:45 PM  
I'm wondering about this one. I wonder if he has any pictures that don't look like they were taken by a third grader

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-ROUTE-66-ROAD-SIGN-ARIZONA-CIRCA-1940s-Pre-WWII-Wooden-sign-/220937839801?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3370ebe4b9

US71

#43
January 27, 2012, 10:30:40 PM  
Quote from: RJ145 on January 27, 2012, 09:40:45 PM
I'm wondering about this one. I wonder if he has any pictures that don't look like they were taken by a third grader

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-ROUTE-66-ROAD-SIGN-ARIZONA-CIRCA-1940s-Pre-WWII-Wooden-sign-/220937839801?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3370ebe4b9

It appears legit... or at least more legit that some of the other stuff out there.
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Alps

#44
January 28, 2012, 06:28:58 AM  
Quote from: RJ145 on January 27, 2012, 09:40:45 PM
I'm wondering about this one. I wonder if he has any pictures that don't look like they were taken by a third grader

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-ROUTE-66-ROAD-SIGN-ARIZONA-CIRCA-1940s-Pre-WWII-Wooden-sign-/220937839801?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3370ebe4b9
Yeah I think it's legit. I also think the guy only has a cell phone, no actual camera, and it doesn't possess flash.

ctsignguy

#45
January 28, 2012, 09:50:32 AM  
I think it is legit too, but it isnt as old as he thinks it is....
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/ctsignguy/<br /><br />Maintaining an interest in Fine Highway Signs since 1958....

PurdueBill

#46
January 28, 2012, 11:00:34 AM  
Quote from: Upside down frog in a triangle on January 28, 2012, 06:28:58 AM
Yeah I think it's legit. I also think the guy only has a cell phone, no actual camera, and it doesn't possess flash.

For listing something for $6600, one would hope that the seller would at least borrow a camera that would produce better pictures.  Strange.  At least the sign does appear a lot more legit than some of the other entries in the thread.

Alps

#47
January 28, 2012, 11:32:30 AM  
Quote from: PurdueBill on January 28, 2012, 11:00:34 AM
Quote from: Upside down frog in a triangle on January 28, 2012, 06:28:58 AM
Yeah I think it's legit. I also think the guy only has a cell phone, no actual camera, and it doesn't possess flash.

For listing something for $6600, one would hope that the seller would at least borrow a camera that would produce better pictures.  Strange.  At least the sign does appear a lot more legit than some of the other entries in the thread.
If he listed it starting at $660 he may actually get a bite.
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