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The first neon advertising sign was used for a Parisian barber in 1912. Since then, neon has been used to add color highlights to porcelain signs and advertising clocks, and to create highly ornate and even 'animated' neon signs for a wide variety of brands and retail establishments.
Some of the most collectible neon signs were custom-made or produced in small quantities in the 1940s and 50s for restaurants, shops, clubs, bars, hotels, burger joints, ice cream parlors, auto dealerships, gas stations, you name it. Then there are the more recent mass-produced neon signs, both outdoor and indoor, often representing beverage companies like Budweiser, Coca Cola, Pepsi, and other beer and soda brands...
As with all signs, condition is key, but especially with neon, since replacing it can be an expensive custom job, don't forget to find out if the neon still works!
I liked to collect things even as a child. Things that didn’t cost anything, like different colors of stones. The… [more]
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This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) … [read review or visit site]
If you're the type who pulls over when you see a 'historic marker ahead' sign, you'll love this site. Orchestrated … [read review or visit site]
This group artistic effort to catalog the signs of Pittsburgh captures many vintage signs (porcelain, neon, wood, t… [read review or visit site]
Ralph and Carol Falvo's excellent collection of automobiles, petroliana, jukeboxes, soda, and general store items. … [read review or visit site]
Sam Baker's excellent collection of vintage Ford porcelain and neon signs and related memorabilia from the 1920s an… [read review or visit site]
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We're sure it So, if you swear you really aren't some sort of pulsating neon sign alerting mothers everywhere of your total unworthiness, what in the name...Read more
stretch of San Pedro sidewalk dotted with taverns and tattoo parlors and glowing with red promise of a neon sign advertising "Triple-XXX Peep Show...Read more
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The cover of James Ellroy's 2009 "Blood's A Rover" shows a moody 7th and Main at night, with Craby Joe's neon sign unlit...Read more
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen Edward Deaton, former co-owner of a Baltimore neon sign company, died Feb. 26 of pneumonia at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium...Read more
"Sure, porcelain enamel [a coating that extends the life of a neon sign by decades] is more expensive, but we need something for 100 years!...Read more
