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About Antique Porcelain Signs

Porcelain signs were made from the late 1800s through the 1950's. Many were melted down for scrap during WW2, or served as target practice over the years (and have bullet holes to prove it). The survivors are a colorful showcase of major 20th Century consumer brands, because most major companies used these signs for advertising.


Interviews & Articles

An Interview With Antique Advertising and Porcelain Enamel Sign Collector Alex Renshaw

An Interview With Antique Advertising and Porcelain Enamel Sign Collector Alex Renshaw

How did I get started collecting advertising antiques? My dad was a lecturer and tutor in graphics and art fr…  [more]

An Interview With Comic Character Advertising Pinback Collector Mark Lansdown

An Interview With Comic Character Advertising Pinback Collector Mark Lansdown

I started off collecting comics, and still do, but I’d been given a few early Disney pinbacks as a child an…  [more]



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Advertising Antiques

Advertising Antiques

This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) …  [more]

Ad Access

Ad Access

Duke University's library has pulled together an impressive collection of over 7,000 ads printed in U.S. and Canadi…  [more]

Historical Marker Database

Historical Marker Database

If you're the type who pulls over when you see a 'historic marker ahead' sign, you'll love this site. Orchestrated …  [more]

Pittsburgh Signs Project

Pittsburgh Signs Project

This group artistic effort to catalog the signs of Pittsburgh captures many vintage signs (porcelain, neon, wood, t…  [more]

Plan 59

Plan 59

From the Nostlagia Factory in Virginia comes this celebration of 'mid-century automotive advertising illustrations'…  [more]

American Package Museum

American Package Museum

Ian House's gallery of early 20th Century American package designs. Browse the exhibits in slide show mode or view …  [more]

Falvo Collectables Gallery

Falvo Collectables Gallery

Ralph and Carol Falvo's excellent collection of automobiles, petroliana, jukeboxes, soda, and general store items. …  [more]

Jersey Vintage Ford Collectibles

Jersey Vintage Ford Collectibles

Sam Baker's excellent collection of vintage Ford porcelain and neon signs and related memorabilia from the 1920s an…  [more]

Found in Moms Basement

Found in Moms Basement

Paula Zargaj-Reynolds’ blog, an extensive collection of 20th century vintage advertising, is a visual feast. Scro…  [more]

Ephemera Society of America

Ephemera Society of America

Great reference on ephemera... includes examples and descriptions of various ephemera categories, selected special …  [more]

Truth in Advertising

Truth in Advertising

This gallery of cigarette magazine advertising from the 1940s and 50s contains no surgeon general's warning, just p…  [more]


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Marland Motor Oil Flange Not Porcelain Sign $227.50 Ends Thursday 8 bids
Antique "drink Palmer's Root Beer" Porcelain Sign $167.50 Ends in 2 hours 8 bids
Old Chevrolet Ok Porcelain Neon Sign $153.02 Ends Tuesday 2 bids
1920's Texaco Porcelain Sign...rare 20" Dia $152.50 Ends Sunday 5 bids
Clipper Avation Porcelain Sign $135.00 Ends Saturday 1 bid
368: Porcelain Sunoco Restrooms Flange Sign $125.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid
1954 Hamman Oil Company Porcelain Sign $121.07 Ends Friday 2 bids
Hanging Sinclair Credit Card Sign W/porcelain Dino $118.60 Ends in 21 hours 7 bids
Original Firestone Tires Porcelain Flange Sign $113.61 Ends Saturday 2 bids
1930's The Texas Company Strip Porcelain Sign $108.50 Ends Saturday 3 bids
Porcelain Texaco Sign Double Sided $102.57 Ends Tuesday 5 bids
Old Packard Porcelain Dealership Sign $102.50 Ends Tuesday 2 bids
Old Ford Sales Service Porcelain Sign $100.99 Ends Tuesday 2 bids
Vintage Porcelain Firestone Sign $78.11 Ends Sunday 6 bids
Arapahoe Petroleum Porcelain Lease Sign $76.00 Ends Tuesday 6 bids

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