Posted 6 months ago
Stephanie14
(15 items)
Found this old plate & thought it was cool & was told its rare so I Decided to share with everyone!!
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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls …
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
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American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
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License PlatesThe movement for requiring official license plates picked up steam in the U…
I am an Angeleno so I can tell you what I know about California black plates, at least for automobiles so I am almost sure it is similar for bikes. The black plates are vintage plates that you can no longer get for any vehicle or bike (unless you illegally paint them yourself, which some donkeys do) the last year these black plates were issued was in 1963, after which they STAYED with the vehicle if it was ever sold. Also, I believe that they only started issuing the yearly expiration stickers AFTER 1963, as before this date they didn't exist.
Today, these plates increase the value of a vehicle that is for sale as true car collectors love to have them with the vehicle and they prove that the particular vehicle they belong to has in fact been in the state of California since at least 1963. (which means no rust or minimal rust due to harsh weather conditions found outside the state of California)
Cool find!
These black & yellow motorcycle plates appear on ebay quite often and sell between $79.00 to $ 159.00 depending on condition. There not considered rare, but are disappearing from the market place as far as collectibles.