Old Signs: Refurbish?

[US71]

E-bay has an old Curve --> sign that has been repainted. It actually looks very nice, though $300 is a bit out of my budget right now.

I was wondering what everyone thought about repainted signs?  I've seen a few that were very good, but many more were not. Would you buy a sign that has been repainted?

If it's a really old sign and something I like, I might if I can afford it.

[Scott5114]

For me it would depend on how accurate to the era the refurbishment was and how well the refurbishment was done (i.e. not sloppy).

[US71]

Here's a sloppy refurbish , though it looks ;like it was done a long time ago and isn't recent.