Archive for February, 2009
Jack has a batman bag that he cares into work everyday. One day some of us ask him why he cares a batman bag with his work stuff in it? We all know he has a little boy so we all thought we new the answer. Little did we know what the right answer was.
Yes, his son bought him the bag for his birthday. Jack has always liked Batman, but little did we know he always wanted to be like batman with a secrete life. His son and him both have matching batman bags. I guess his son his Robin, but the strangest thing was when his wife picked him up from work on the front of his black envoy he had a batman license plate sign. That still shows how we are all still kids at heart. I know some people will think I made this up, but it’s the truth. He even wears black clothes most of the time. One of these days I need to ask where his cape is?
Jack Daniels Collectable Sign
“I Am A Big Jack Daniels Collector And Seen This Sign And Had To Have It. Nice Looking Sign With Great Detail, I Will Watch To See If Northern Gets In Any More Of These Kind Of Metal Signs That I Do Not Already Have.”
The diner is as much a piece of American tradition as baseball and hot dogs, and Rosie’s Diner is no exception. For over 100 years, diners have been an everyday piece of America, influencing the American way of life in cooking, dining out, popular culture, design, fashion, and more. From its humble beginnings, the roadside diner has emerged as an icon of classic American culture, and in the process, has helped to forge America’s distinct culture.
Rosie’s history can be dated back to 1946 when it started out as The Silver Dollar Diner in Little Ferry, New Jersey. A fixture on the east coast, The Silver Dollar Diner was chosen to be featured in a series of classic Bounty television commercials featuring Nancy Walker as Rosie the waitress. In honor of the advertisements, The Silver Dollar Diner was renamed Rosie’s Diner in the 1970’s. Rosie’s Dinner tin sign, a 1946 Paramount Deluxe Dining Car, remained in New Jersey until 1991 when Jerry Berta purchased the diner. Complementing Jerry’s existing 1947 Jerry O’Mahoney Dining Car, which served as an art gallery, Rosie’s Diner was moved to Michigan and opened for business on July 5th, 1991. Within five years, Rosie’s was proud to announce that it had served over one million customers.
Completing his collection of dining cars, Jerry purchased the Garden of Eatin’ in 1994. The Garden of Eatin’ was moved from Fulton, New York to Rockford, MI and was opened to complement the dining experience at Rosie’s. Throughout the years, Jerry Berta has sold and reacquired Rosie’s on a number of occasions; however, in January 2006, Jerry turned over the keys for the last time to Randy and Jonelle Roest who have returned Rosie’s to its original glory and status as an American icon.
Some people collect vintage restaurant signs. They are lucky if they are able to get the real deal. So, some will go for reproductions of these signs. There are different signs that are available so you can easily find your favorite.
Aside from the restaurant signs, there are soda pop signs, beer signs, sports signs, character signs and more. It is a great way of decorating your home, restaurant, building or other structures where you have an old vintage theme. Even if they are reproductions, they really have that old look and feel. You can even complete your décor with other vintage furniture and artwork.
If you are a sports fan of the past, you might be interested in having sports tin signs in your home or in your office. If you own a bar, these signs can really add a vintage decorative touch to the place. It can really bring you back to those old times.
There are different sports legends on these signs. Of course, Babe Ruth is one of the most famous ballplayers out there. There are different signs with the legendary “Babe” in his famous baseball swing. You can also find another legend like Lou Gehrig. But if baseball is not your game, you can find football, tennis, racing, hunting and other sports as well.
We are a generation of Do-It-Yourselfers. With the recent popularity of the home decorating shows, comes the desire to change the look and feel of your living space. Paint is no longer enough. The difference between just ok and perfect is in the choice of the décor accessories you choose to complement the new paint. But how do you chose just the right item to bring together the room’s new look? The answer is ‘Tin Signs’.
Tin signs are a versatile, vibrant, and eye catching solution. Tin signs are the art pieces that will tie your new look all together. The huge variety of themes that are available for selection makes it easy to find just the right look for your décor. They are perfect for defining a space or setting just the right tone in your home. No matter how large or small the space you want to define, there is a tin sign to match it. For example: Tin signs can be used to create a coffee lovers spot in a corner of your home.
spare guest room? Don’t have a basement, or if you do, either unfinished or it is filled to the brim with stuff? Well, buck up! There is still one room of the house that you can still claim as your own with little chance of having it shanghaied and turned into a sewing room or extra bedroom…the garage! With the help of tin signs and a little imagination, you can have your cake and eat it too. Two car garages offer more available space to work with, although space can be found in a single car garage.I love Flea Markets and garage sales. There is an excitement about going out to look for something without the slightest idea as to whether or not you will find it. I look forward towards the week-ends in the spring and summer because I never know if I might stumble across that certain item that will catch my attention. Sometimes I might put an item in a box I keep in the garage, but usually they end up as exhibits in my own garage sale.
Recently I was on the internet when I stumbled across a site selling replicas of nostalgic tin sign. The vast array and quantity of the signs was astounding. There seemed to be a tin sign for almost any category I could think of. As a lark, I went into the garage and pulled out my flea market ‘find’ box and brought it into my office. Reaching in I pulled out an object at random, it happened to be a plastic lamp in the shape of ‘Betty Boop’ a popular cartoon character of the 1950’s. Searching through the images I found several tin signs that had Betty as the subject. After a half-hour I was able to match over half of my flea market finds to a corresponding tin sign counterpart.
Giving gifts at Christmas and birthdays has always been a problem for me. It was hard to find just the right item for the right person. I was reduced to buying the ubiquitous ‘gift card’ from a department store. Finding that unique gift is now no longer a problem.
For my teenage nephew (who is a big comic book hero fan) I found an action figure of a character called ‘Captain America’ at a garage sale for 25 cents. After cleaning it up, I mounted it in front of a tin sign of the character and it now hangs on his wall as one of his favorite possessions.
That Betty Boop lamp now sits on a table shining up on her tin sign, which is hanging on the wall of my sister’s home.
I found an old Michigan State College sweater that I hung beneath a tin sign of Michigan State in my husband’s den (his alma mater).
I even stumbled upon a set of old tools in a tool box which I sent to my brother-in-law along with a ‘busted knuckle garage’ sign. He loved it!
I was able to create a ‘trophy room’ out of various trophies I found at garage sales and flea markets. These were the trophies that a horde of anonymous children had achieved over the years. I thought it was only fair that their forgotten exploits deserved some form of recognition other than to have their hard earned trophies discarded in a garage sale. So I took these forgotten monuments and, along with the appropriate tin sign, created my own ‘hall of fame’ for these athletes.
Tin signs have added a new dimension to my Flea Market excursions. Now, with just a little imagination; other people’s junk is truly my treasure!
Flea markets can be extremely fun and addicting to some. But for the majority who are looking for unique tin signs.
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Today we are inundated with advertising everywhere we go. From TV and radio advertising, to internet and billboard advertising, its almost impossible to go one day without seeing some form of advertising.
Before modern advertising, companies had to work with what they had in order to advertise. Broad media outlets either did not exist or were not used by many. Other than newspapers, companies did not have broad access to consumers as much as they do today.
So how did some of these old companies manage to grow so large before the days of TV and radio ads? Many chose the medium of tin signs. Today we know them as vintage signs 
or antique signs. These colorful painted signs advertised everything from soda and beer to oil and laundry detergent.
Antique auto signs have become popular to collect. Of course there are vintage signs made by Ford, GM and Dodge, but if you’re lucky you can find antique tin signs from companies that no longer exist.
Vintage and antique signs have become a very popular item to collect. For history fans, antique tin signs offer a glimpse into a simpler time and give insight into how business used to be.
Why Would Companies Choose Tins Signs?
Tin signs were a great form of advertising. People could hand them up inside or outside of business establishments and they did the selling. They could be mailed to places where they could be displayed and it would benefit both the company and the retailer. Obviously tin signs worked as an advertising medium since many of the signs still exist and many of the companies that used them are still in business.
Consider popular antique tin signs made by Coca-Cola and Pepsi, as well as Quaker State and Ford Motor Company. These signs still exist and many are in original condition, which makes them popular with collectors.
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Decorating a room always takes a bit of patience and a lot of creativity. One would always go for a certain theme or feel to provide the atmosphere that would suit the room best. If you are looking to adding some unique decorative accents and maybe a hint of charisma to a room, then consider adding tin signs to the overall room design.
Tin signs are commonly found in bars or restaurants all over. Most of these places would have the tin signs hung on the walls or nailed to eating booths. The tin signs come in many shapes and sizes and would often depict cartoon characters, classic advertising campaigns or even the likeness of some famous Hollywood artist.
Getting a hold of these vintage tin signs is much easier that you would think. A lot of antique shops carry a wide selection of classic tin signs. Pay close attention to the price tag though as some collectible tin signs 
could cost more than the room that you are decorating!
If strolling around looking for an antique store is not to your liking, then there is always the internet. A virtual shopping mall unto itself, the internet has many websites that sell vintage tin items, including tin signs. There are also auction websites that will allow you to bid for rare and collectible tin signs.
People who collect tin signs as a hobby often put up websites of their collections to share with the World Wide Web. Occasionally, some these website owners will agree to sell off part of their collection to serious bidders.
Tin signs not only make great decoration pieces, they also make great conversation pieces as more often than not, a vintage tin sign would evoke some good old memories shared by many. Vintage tin signs of old beer bottles are quite well favored as these designs go very well in recreation rooms.
If you are still wondering why a tin sign would make a great decorative piece, and then study one up close when you get the chance. Pay attention to the amount of crafted detail that goes into making a tin sign and you will get the idea.