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Ebay auction - Anyone recognize this?
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Ebay auction - Anyone recognize this?
Looks like the final items from Esoteric are on the auction block!
Ebay auction for the American Thunder sign
Other Esoteric items up for auction
....even the kids are for sale!
I know....it's just the way it is....
Ebay auction for the American Thunder sign
Other Esoteric items up for auction
....even the kids are for sale!
I know....it's just the way it is....
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Crying shame.
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too bad...I can spot my signature from here (next to the A in the close up). very sad.
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Especially these kind of pieces should go to the sign museum.
For me as a newby, this would be like visiting a relique.
For me as a newby, this would be like visiting a relique.
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I'd be surprised if it sells for a lot of money. Big pieces like that have a hard time finding a wall large enough to hold it. Here's your chance to buy it and donate it to the American Sign Museum!
Oh yes, I see my name just above the ER.
Oh yes, I see my name just above the ER.
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Vintage Ornamental Clip art
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Vintage Ornamental Clip art
Jackson Hole, WY
Photography site:
Teton Images
Jackson Hole photography blog:
Best of the Tetons
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nothing matters anymore,
not the skills, not the knowledge, not the craft...
cause now I know we can be easily removed with windex.
'This sign was signed by artists from around the world, (signatures) can be removed with Windex. '
perhaps we should all email that seller about the disgrace and mockery made of that treasure.
I don't like it none!
not the skills, not the knowledge, not the craft...
cause now I know we can be easily removed with windex.
'This sign was signed by artists from around the world, (signatures) can be removed with Windex. '
perhaps we should all email that seller about the disgrace and mockery made of that treasure.
I don't like it none!
and he took that golden hair and made a sweater for baby bear.
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Alright now....who's gonna make the first bid?
Now look, friends, I realize they're not offerin' an original antique here, but $1500 is dam little for all those signatures!
Ladies and gentlemen, I wouldn't even take $1500 as a deposit!
Well...nobody's gonna bid it up...
I wish I were wrong, Mr. Jenco...but they're liable to sell that thing for a plate of beans!
All they want is to sell.
...You don't sell the sign of a lifetime!
They got the rights to sell it.
I saw this sign. It was all in order...mother of pearl, signatures, everything.
One thing though, in very small print, there is a short clause, which says that
the purchaser, or his heirs have all rights to remove the signatures with Windex.
I always thought it'd be easy to make a deal with a smart lady.
But, Chief, what are we supposed to do?
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Now look, friends, I realize they're not offerin' an original antique here, but $1500 is dam little for all those signatures!
Ladies and gentlemen, I wouldn't even take $1500 as a deposit!
Well...nobody's gonna bid it up...
I wish I were wrong, Mr. Jenco...but they're liable to sell that thing for a plate of beans!
All they want is to sell.
...You don't sell the sign of a lifetime!
They got the rights to sell it.
I saw this sign. It was all in order...mother of pearl, signatures, everything.
One thing though, in very small print, there is a short clause, which says that
the purchaser, or his heirs have all rights to remove the signatures with Windex.
I always thought it'd be easy to make a deal with a smart lady.
But, Chief, what are we supposed to do?
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I did not see that " windex" note... who is this barbarian?
How did he acquire the piece?
How did he acquire the piece?
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Well see here fellows...I get the feeling that you really don't want to be responsible for putting money in the coffers of scoundrels. Are you going to cut off your noses to spite your faces?
In my opinion that piece of glass carries a precious bond between a lot of you fellows.
15 of you that have signatures on there could get together and put $100 each into a common pot and purchase it and take turns taking care of it, or donate it to the Sign Museum. No Windex allowed!
In my opinion that piece of glass carries a precious bond between a lot of you fellows.
15 of you that have signatures on there could get together and put $100 each into a common pot and purchase it and take turns taking care of it, or donate it to the Sign Museum. No Windex allowed!
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I don't invest in glass.
and he took that golden hair and made a sweater for baby bear.
http://www.tonysegale.com
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What do you think if I would buy glass in America?
You guys would not like it do you? Glass going out of the country.
Not that I have the money, but I often think about the glass breaking during transport.
I agree with Kelly, it is YOUR past, which you allways talk about and that can not be for sale.
Who will ask the museum to be the bank?
You guys would not like it do you? Glass going out of the country.
Not that I have the money, but I often think about the glass breaking during transport.
I agree with Kelly, it is YOUR past, which you allways talk about and that can not be for sale.
Who will ask the museum to be the bank?
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Sometimes the best advice is no darn advice...
But I went ahead anyway. I emailed the seller with this note:
"Not a lotta call for an item like this.
If you end up wanting to find it a new home,
I'll take it off your hands. I'll even come get it.
...wish I had the money to buy all that stuff...
Rick's memory is still going strong in my shop up in Hayward.
Have a nice day."
-Larry
Course I wouldn't put much stock in a seller that's willing to remove all those signatures with Windex...remove all those signatures!
Guess you could scrape off all that gold leaf too.
"Go away. Go away.
Go away. I don't want you to see me die."
The End.
But I went ahead anyway. I emailed the seller with this note:
"Not a lotta call for an item like this.
If you end up wanting to find it a new home,
I'll take it off your hands. I'll even come get it.
...wish I had the money to buy all that stuff...
Rick's memory is still going strong in my shop up in Hayward.
Have a nice day."
-Larry
Course I wouldn't put much stock in a seller that's willing to remove all those signatures with Windex...remove all those signatures!
Guess you could scrape off all that gold leaf too.
"Go away. Go away.
Go away. I don't want you to see me die."
The End.
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The piece only means something to us and we have photos and memories galore. Even the motorcycle shop guys did not care that much for it...they were just Rick's tenants...he made them a sign to go with his. Pay Marilyn for it? Don't think so. It is however, her's to sell if she can. While the windex idea stings a bit, the whole glass could be cleaned off and they could sell a nice piece of clear plate...hmmmm.
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Cold... Ice cold
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Its back, upgraded (windexed), and more money !!
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Well now...Kelly's idea is out. The value really dropped in my opinion.
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Funny, not really, but serious funny. Windex the names and bump the price? Hmmmm. It really ought to sell now!
I'm going to continue to watch - just for fun.
I'm going to continue to watch - just for fun.
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I remember signing this glass the same time as Mike J and John S. Would be ashame to see this go.
I would put up $150 if you guy's would be up for it .The money could also go towards the cost of someone driving it to the Museum, fuel and there time.
Just an idea.
Dave
I would put up $150 if you guy's would be up for it .The money could also go towards the cost of someone driving it to the Museum, fuel and there time.
Just an idea.
Dave
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Is there still fallue in the piece for you guys, now that the names are gone?
If I ever have the honour to sign a piece I will put some HF in my marker....
http://www.berliner-woche.de/index.php?id=112
http://www2.worksafebc.com/i/posters/20 ... 006_04.htm
Just a joke, do not try this! It is dangerous!
If I ever have the honour to sign a piece I will put some HF in my marker....
http://www.berliner-woche.de/index.php?id=112
http://www2.worksafebc.com/i/posters/20 ... 006_04.htm
Just a joke, do not try this! It is dangerous!
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They're a disgrace!
On one hand, I'm in a little shock...
on the other...that was predictable.
Guess we had our chance.
Ain't worth a darn to any of us now.
...for pity's sake.......
On one hand, I'm in a little shock...
on the other...that was predictable.
Guess we had our chance.
Ain't worth a darn to any of us now.
...for pity's sake.......
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marilyn,
I'm kinda mad at you...
the names aren't there.
They were behind the pane.
That's always your way, disgracing our existence.
I'm kinda mad at you...
the names aren't there.
They were behind the pane.
That's always your way, disgracing our existence.
and he took that golden hair and made a sweater for baby bear.
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The signatures were what gave the piece it's value, some of them are not even around anymore, it would have made sense in the Museum, but is now meaningless to anyone who attended the Conclaves, amazing what windex can do...........wonder if it works on people?..........
John Studden
Valencia Signs, California
Valencia Signs, California
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Two things go straight to a man's heart...
bullets and gold.
bullets and gold.
and he took that golden hair and made a sweater for baby bear.
http://www.tonysegale.com
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...make that three things...
bullets...
gold....
and Windex!
....probably sung a little song as she cleaned it....
bullets...
gold....
and Windex!
....probably sung a little song as she cleaned it....
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Both auctions, cleaned and dirty, ended without any bids....
...nobody wanted it....
...nobody wanted it....