Travel and Highway Signs

About Vintage Travel and Highway Signs

The highways built America (after the railroads), and truly vintage highway signs are treasured by collectors. If you can find an authentic one, that is - this is probably one of the categories most rife with reproductions (e.g. "Route 66"). Porcelain signs are the most sought after (especially those with original cats-eye marble reflectors), followed by tin signs, then other materials. State highway signs and travel club signs are sought by collectors, and even old restroom signs can be collectible.


Interviews & Articles

An Interview With Porcelain Advertising Sign Collector Michael Bruner

I liked to collect things even as a child. Things that didn’t cost anything, like different colors of stone… [more]

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]



Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)

Advertising Antiques

Advertising Antiques

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

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 … [read review or visit site]

Pittsburgh Signs Project

Pittsburgh Signs Project

This group artistic effort to catalog the signs of Pittsburgh captures many vintage signs (porcelain, neon, wood, t… [read review or visit site]

Falvo Collectables Gallery

Falvo Collectables Gallery

Ralph and Carol Falvo's excellent collection of automobiles, petroliana, jukeboxes, soda, and general store items. … [read review or visit site]

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… [read review or visit site]


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Vintage Michigan U S Highway 45 Shield Badge Road Sign$214.62 Ends Sunday 3 bids 24 watchers
Original Porcelain Aaa Official Resort Sign 2 Sided !!!$203.50 Ends Wednesday 7 bids 29 watchers
Vintage Original Greyhound Bus 2-sided Porcelain Sign$202.50 Ends in 21 hours 4 bids 41 watchers
Nos Original Amoco Gas Pump Porcelain Rest Room Sign$202.50 Ends Monday 7 bids 36 watchers
Original 1940s Route 1 Pennsylvania Shield Road Sign$181.37 Ends Monday 2 bids 5 watchers
Original Gulf Porcelain Gas Oil Clean Rest Room Sign$163.01 Ends Sunday 11 bids 32 watchers
Antique Us Lines Oceanliner Ship Motion Lamp Light Sign$157.50 Ends Monday 9 bids 46 watchers
Rare Highway Sign Usfs Angeles Forest Marker $149.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 7 watchers
California Us-101 Highway Shield Route Sign, Used Real$135.79 Ends Monday 1 bid 8 watchers
California I-5 Interstate Highway Route Sign Used Real$116.50 Ends Sunday 3 bids 11 watchers
Cunard Steamship Lines Self Framed Tin Sign Nr$116.50 Ends in 3 hours 14 bids 21 watchers
1950's Greyhound Bus Metal Die Cut Dog Sign$104.50 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 39 watchers
Old Reflective Red Marble Street Bus Stop Sign$91.00 Ends Monday 8 bids 32 watchers
Vintage Colorado Highway 76 Sign Shield Embossed Early$80.00 Ends in 18 hours 10 bids 16 watchers
Old Lincoln Highway Garage Metal Sign Rawlins Wyoming$70.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 14 watchers
Maine Interstate Highway I-295 Road Sign Shield Used$69.96 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Tenn - Us 79 Shield Road Sign Heavy Aluminum$58.87 Ends Sunday 3 bids 9 watchers
Disney Resort Signs Monorail Accessories Playset Mib$56.00 Ends Sunday 10 bids 23 watchers
Authentic Us Route 98 Highway Road Shield Sign Miss Fl$53.00 Ends Sunday 3 bids 16 watchers
Vintage Bus Stop Station Sign Heavy Metal 1940's 50's$46.00 Ends Wednesday 2 bids 13 watchers
Arkansas Interstate I-30 Highway Road Sign Used Real$45.30 Ends Sunday 1 bid 2 watchers
Georgia Interstate I-20 Highway Road Sign Authentic$45.20 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 2 watchers
"early" Greyhound Bus "diecut" Porcelain Sign$45.00 Ends Friday 1 bid 3 watchers
Plaza Hotel New York City Brass Sign$35.00 Ends Wednesday 5 bids 7 watchers
Gas Station Rest Room Locked For Protection Metal Sign$26.00 Ends Monday 2 bids 11 watchers
Greyhound Bus Lines Large Porcelain Sign$24.98 Ends Sunday 1 bid 2 watchers
Allied Van Lines 1930 -1940 Moving Sign Very Rare$20.50 Ends in 1 hour 4 bids 17 watchers
Sturgis '97 And '98 Decorative Route/highway Signs$20.00 Ends in 34 mins 1 bid 4 watchers
Daughters Of American Revolution Route 66 Shield Sign$16.00 Ends Monday 4 bids 24 watchers
5 Cent Subway Bus Depot Pay Toilet Porcelain Sign Orig$15.00 Ends in 6 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Reflective 10" Letter D Highway Sign$12.83 Ends in 3 hours 3 bids
Usfs Forest Service Aluminium Shield Sign$11.27 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 19 watchers
Old Bridge/highway 7 Marble Reflector Sign - Yellow$10.50 Ends Wednesday 3 bids 9 watchers
Sharples The Sign Of Sanitary Milk Pin $9.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Route Us 66 Metal Sign$9.99 Ends in 4 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Route 66 Illinois Road Sign Tin Sign 0171$6.93 Ends in 5 hours 1 bid
Vintage Steel One Way Highway Road Street Metal Sign$5.55 Ends Sunday 2 bids 4 watchers
Vintage Do Not Disturb Hotel Maid Room Doorknob Sign$5.50 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 2 watchers
Reflective 8" Letter P Highway Sign$5.00 Ends in 9 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Reflective 18" Letter T Highway Sign$5.00 Ends in 9 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Occupied Sign -eastern Air Lines --plastic Signs$4.99 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Reflective 8" Letter G Highway Sign$4.92 Ends in 3 hours 3 bids 3 watchers
Wwii Photo - Wh Bus In Mud - Division Sign 125.inf.div.$1.90 Ends in 23 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Reflective 10" S Highway Road Sign$0.99 Ends in 3 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Reflective 12" Letter K Highway Sign$0.99 Ends in 3 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Reflective 8" Letter E Highway Sign$0.99 Ends in 9 hours 1 bid

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