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Posted 2 years ago
Signaholic
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I bought these 2 signs from a guy on ebay last week. There is already good money in the Friends Tobacco sign, very hard to find in this condition and highly valued by collectors. The Grauley's Golden Rule cigar sign is unknown to me but just cool enough for me to pull the trigger at a really cheap price. He advertised this one as celluloid but I immediately put a magnet to it when I opened it up and it stuck to the metal so, Bonus! From the design, I'm gonna guess the Grauley's is from the 30s.
Tin SignsWhen tin advertising signs first appeared in the U.S. around the beginning …
Tobacco and Smoking SignsTobacco advertising dates to 1789, when Lorillard Brothers began placing ad…
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