Let's Talk About Pottery & Collectables
Collectables => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: antiquerose123 on August 30, 2011, 06:25:18 AM
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Hi there:
Gotta have one of these on the board here..... :24: Good old Coca Cola Sign. Yes it is Porcelain, and does have some chips to it -- but then that only shows (confirms) it is Porcelain. There are some scratches on the front (I was told kids had used it for a toboggan in the snow....LOL) but it still is readable.....and most importantly, it has NO bullets holes. A lot of old signs were just shot at for something to do.
It is *huge*!!!
It is a bit bigger than 48 inches (or 4 feet) as you can see my hand in the pic. It comes up to my chin. I believe this is called a *Red Button* sign.....and from what I could find it looks like it might be from around 1953. So old, and even with the damage to it -- I think it was a good deal.
You just do not find these everyday anymore -- and it is like over 60 years old. I guess if someone wants a perfect one, they can find (and pay) for that.
I still like it the way it is....as it is SOOOOOO big, and I think that makes it more collectible. It will not fit in my car, or even the trunk of my car. Coke stuff is always collectible....
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Eeeeek Rose that is huge!!! where are you going to put it??? Is it really porcelain? It looks to have a metal base, so might it be enamelled?
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Could be worth a bit,saw some one sell an old Coke dispenser(on the TV) for $1500 so ? ;D ;D
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lol.......yes 4 feet across!!!!
I think it might be called Porcelain Enamel.....as see here: http://www.answers.com/topic/vitreous-enamel (http://www.answers.com/topic/vitreous-enamel) Scroll down to the definition.
I think it weighs about 40 or 50 pounds. I am sure it is NOT some New type of Reproduction item for sure.
As Coke would say (their motto): " It's the Real Thing! "
;D I could not resist a deal.... :czy:
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Found one in Millers Collectables 2003/4
Looks in perfect condition
1960's
14 inches diameter
?100-120
It appears slightly different: The word "drink" is larger on yours and it's in lower case. Yours doesn't have trademark underneath. I wonder if yours is older then?
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Oh, just noticed the size you gave, good grief that's a whopper!
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Eeeeek Rose that is huge!!! where are you going to put it???
:24: and Yes, :sign_scare:
Oh, just noticed the size you gave, good grief that's a whopper!
:jaw_drop: Yes, it is VERY Big. Like I said 4 feet (or about 48 inches) as it is even a tiny bit bigger than that. Sitting on the floor, it just about comes up to my *Chin*
......and I think the Size makes it a bit more rare (maybe), I hope :sign_gj:
I will have to get a pic of a person standing next to it....as I think that would help a bit more -- but it is HUGE !!!!
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Mine is like this one here:
http://www.aubreysantiques.com/cocacolasold.htm (http://www.aubreysantiques.com/cocacolasold.htm) , scroll down. You just can not see the yellow dot in my pics. Like I said I need to take better pics of it
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We're going to have to put you on Canadian Pickers, Rose. What did you pay for it?
Carolyn
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We're going to have to put you on Canadian Pickers, Rose. What did you pay for it?
Carolyn
lol.....yeah, I watch that show too.
LOVE it!!
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It would have to be porcelain enamel because I don't think anything that big that was just porcelain would have survived. Can you imagine the size of that kiln?
I would love to know how it was displayed originally. I don't think it would have been the corner market. I can't imagine they would have made very many of these.
Pretty funny that kids used it as a toboggan.
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Rose, considering the extensive damage, I think much of the item's value is lost. On the Cola-Cola memorabilia site, I read that a tray in perfect condition can be worth $1000, whereas in poor condition, $1.
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Mine is like this one here:
http://www.aubreysantiques.com/cocacolasold.htm (http://www.aubreysantiques.com/cocacolasold.htm) , scroll down. You just can not see the yellow dot in my pics. Like I said I need to take better pics of it
do you have any idea of what the one at aubreys antiques sold for?
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do you have any idea of what the one at aubreys antiques sold for?
No I do not -- but I believe this to be from 1955 era, and that it was like a lollipop sign, one of each of these on a pole (from what I have found) so that is could be seen from both ways.
Since this is older, and only has scratches (no bullet holes....lol) from what I have found on the Net (and people/dealers) here .....anywhere from $800 to $1200+ as I was told that some people like the look of it (for the age) and that 4 feet wide is rare size. It is also possible that some car wax and a polisher may take those scratches out -- but IF I did sell it -- I would leave that up to the buyer to decide how they wanted it done, fixed....or left as it is. Seems the 4 foot one is rare...
With items like this 60 years old, you do not find Perfect.....and people love Collecting Coke items. :beer:
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No I do not -- but I believe this to be from 1955 era, and that it was like a lollipop sign, one of each of these on a pole (from what I have found) so that is could be seen from both ways.
Since this is older, and only has scratches (no bullet holes....lol) from what I have found on the Net (and people/dealers) here .....anywhere from $800 to $1200+ as I was told that some people like the look of it (for the age) and that 4 feet wide is rare size. It is also possible that some car wax and a polisher may take those scratches out -- but IF I did sell it -- I would leave that up to the buyer to decide how they wanted it done, fixed....or left as it is. Seems the 4 foot one is rare...
With items like this 60 years old, you do not find Perfect.....and people love Collecting Coke items. :beer:
Thanks for the information. Are you going to keep it? I would probably leave it in the original state too. I have seen so many antique shows where people lowered the value of their items by fixing them up.
By the way, I was born in 1955 and I am not 60 years old yet! I know you were rounding, but it makes me feel old.
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Thanks for the information. Are you going to keep it? I would probably leave it in the original state too. I have seen so many antique shows where people lowered the value of their items by fixing them up.
By the way, I was born in 1955 and I am not 60 years old yet! I know you were rounding, but it makes me feel old.
Agreed (not the old part -- Sorry) but leaving it the way it is. It gives it Character, and IF I did sell it, and a person wanted to do something to it -- Well once it is out of my hands, I could not control that.
For now it is here, and will be kept as is....lol
I was just *rounding off* :sign_oops: the figure...... :sign_sorry: ...I know your only a Spring Chicken there, as I am too :sign_thanks:
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This might be of interest... results of some Coca-Cola memorabilia auctions: http://www.cocacolaclub.org/auction_landing.shtml
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Hi there:
Took a closer look at it, and did find a Date ----> 1956 marked right on it, and a Canadian Model for Coke :cheerleader:
As for those prices, I see lots of smaller signs like this asking for lots -- and they are smaller. IF I do decide to see it, I am sure I will make back more than 1.5 beans I paid for it. As I thought that was a cheap price for it.
I also have a Coke Leather Jacket (real leather), a Stained Glass round Coke sign.....along with some Coke trays, Coke Cooler..... and lots of other coke collectibles here.
Not a zillion things....lol....but enough!!
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Whoops forgot to show the pic of the date of the large Red Sign posted at the start -- So now added here, see last pic posted for the date of this big Coke Sign -- 1956
:cheerleader:
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IF I do decide to see it, I am sure I will make back more than 1.5 beans I paid for it. As I thought that was a cheap price for it.
Are you telling me you found a 4ft wide coke sign for $150? Surely you jest. You must be the bargoon shopper of the year!
Carolyn
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Are you telling me you found a 4ft wide coke sign for $150? Surely you jest. You must be the bargoon shopper of the year!
Carolyn
No jesting ;D ;D --
that's what I paid, and the guy even delivered it for me too. It would not fit in my car, or the trunk of my car as I never realized it was that big either. I thought it would fit -- but NO way would it get into my car anyway at all.
I am a bargain Hunter :beer: I jump on things I think are good deals!!
No jesting here !! Honest!! Swear on a Bible!!
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I am truly amazed and bow to your superior bargain shopping. I offer you this crown :jstr: in honour of being the queen of shoppers! :jstr: = Antique Rose.
That being said, I did get a Sunbeam mixmaster, clean as a whistle, The kind that has the permanent stand, two bowls and beaters for $10.00 this morning! :rn:
Carolyn
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I am truly amazed and bow to your superior bargain shopping. I offer you this crown :jstr: in honour of being the queen of shoppers! :jstr: = Antique Rose.
That being said, I did get a Sunbeam mixmaster, clean as a whistle, The kind that has the permanent stand, two bowls and beaters for $10.00 this morning! :rn:
Carolyn
I am so jealous.
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The Sunbeam mixer was a good Deal too! I see those going from anywhere from $55 to $100 depending on Model, year, and condition. So $10 is a SUPER buy too!!
The old ones work the best !! :beer:
I am not the Queen of bargain hunting, only working within the means of my budget....lol. But yes that is what I paid for it. Somebody else wanted it before me (but were out of the area) and did not show up for it -- so then the folks called me. I said I would be there is 15 minutes, and I was!!
They had first said it was only 3 feet, but then when I got there and saw how big it was, they said that they did make a mistake with the measurements. Yes, it is HUGE!!!
....Just like those Murano Glass Lamps (Pink, maybe 1950's era) over on the Glass forum -- when I found those for only $60 for the pair (at the other end of Canada) -- I did not care. I HAD to have them. Total cost to buy and ship was $100. Then as we saw on Ebay some sold like that (except blue) for $1200.00.
When you gotta work with your budget, and sometimes you get lucky.....but when you find something, the best thing to do is *Jump at it..*
:sign_thanks: Maybe because I was a single Mom, I just can find a bargains..... lol
Being Marked 1956 must help some with the value to, since that confirms it age.....and not me guessing at it, but proof.