Your favorite signs that you own

[Jim]

Does it make me a bad roadgeek if I admit that I don't own any signs and have no desire to acquire any?

[cjk374]

Does it make me a bad roadgeek if I admit that I don't own any signs and have no desire to acquire any?

Not at all.  To each their own.

[6a]

Does it make me a bad roadgeek if I admit that I don't own any signs and have no desire to acquire any?

I only have a couple, but I like the few I have.

[nyratk1]

http://i.imgur.com/9ACwA.jpg 172 Street sign from Queens - dates to 1960s

[Central Avenue]

http://i.imgur.com/9ACwA.jpg 172 Street sign from Queens - dates to 1960s

I love that lettering.

[nyratk1]

http://i.imgur.com/9ACwA.jpg 172 Street sign from Queens - dates to 1960s

I love that lettering.

Me too, although the Manhattan/Bronx/Brooklyn blue humpback porcelain signs from the late 20s to late 40s are even better:
http://i.imgur.com/Zofi0Qr.jpg (not mine, although I wish it was)

[US71]

I picked one up recently:

[Alex]

Picked up another interesting piece or two....

I always loved the New England Thruway trailblazer, that is one I would love have in my collection too!





This one was given to me as a gift and it instantly became one of my favorites.

[ctsignguy]

I picked one up recently:

Good catch!

[nyratk1]

A few more new pickups that I like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyratk1/8747484073/ (Carleton Ave. sign blade - Suffolk CR 17)

http://i.imgur.com/jroNdXI.jpg (Montauk Hwy. sign blade - Suffolk CR 80/former NY 27 and NY 27A, came from interesection in East Moriches, NY)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyratk1/8716145366/ (Suffolk CR 16 shield, sticker on back has it being installed in 1997)

[US71]

A recent acquisition

[Signal]

For size reference, bike signs are 12x18 + 12x12, double arrow sign is 24x24

[ctsignguy]

You all have seen my spiffy red YIELD RIGHT OF WAY'.....here are a few more recent additions

From Connecticut....these were going extinct in the early 70s, but i recall a few of them....


Normal light and flash






and finally, an extinct Ohio route.....Ohio 440 was the temporary designation used on the National Road when US 40 was relocated onto I-70 in the 1960s-early 70s....

[nyratk1]

Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:



Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.

[Alps]

Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:



Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.

If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.

[nyratk1]

Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.

If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.

$60 + $12 S&H

[ctsignguy]

Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.

If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.

$60 + $12 S&H

*yep.....jealous!*

[Alps]

Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.

If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.

$60 + $12 S&H

hook me up with your source

[nyratk1]

Added another sign to my collection and this is now my favorite:

Ended up paying well under market value for a cutout/embossed NY state route sign and it was finally in my price range.

If you paid under $100 for that, we are all jealous and you are lucky.

$60 + $12 S&H

hook me up with your source

old-antiques-4-you on eBay, judging by past items sold, it's not much of a source.