Wanted to introduce myself

Davy_Kangaroo_Jones · #1 06-11-2012, 09:58 PM

I also recently bought an item I can't find any info on. It's a old thick cardboard Coca-Cola Detroit Tigers Hughie Jennings store sign. It measures around 8x10 and is from 1910 (it has a redemption offer with that year (date) on it. It looks like something that might have been hanging in a store window. I have only seen one similar to this one and it was the same sign but with Owen (Donie) Bush.

Jaybird · #2 06-11-2012, 10:01 PM

can you post a picture? Would love to see it. I'm sure the guys on the memorabilia side would like to see it as well.

Davy_Kangaroo_Jones · #3 06-11-2012, 10:04 PM

Will do. Don't know if I'll get around to it tonight, but check back tomorrow and it will be up. I can't believe I didn't find this place sooner. Looking around at some of these pics are amazing. This place is great.

Leon · #4 06-11-2012, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Davy_Kangaroo_Jones

Will do. Don't know if I'll get around to it tonight, but check back tomorrow and it will be up. I can't believe I didn't find this place sooner. Looking around at some of these pics are amazing. This place is great.

And welcome from me too. Unfortunately most of those signs you mentioned are reproductions. There are some real ones but the large majority I have ever seen have been reprints. I inadvertently bought a reprint one time too.(very little money, but still

)

Davy_Kangaroo_Jones · #5 06-11-2012, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

And welcome from me too. Unfortunately most of those signs you mentioned are reproductions. There are some real ones but the large majority I have ever seen have been reprints. I inadvertently bought a reprint one time too.(very little money, but still

)

I'm not positive, but almost certain it's legit. That's really not even my concern. I just want to know what it is. It was also purchased from a seller that I trust and have done business with for a long time.

Either way, I'll post it tomorrow sometime and you can tell me what you think about it. I'm pretty skeptical about purchases in general because I got burnt a few years back and learned my lesson (on some Babe Ruth strip cards). Live and learn.

Davy_Kangaroo_Jones · #6 06-13-2012, 04:22 PM

Here's the sign.

Leon · #7 06-13-2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Davy_Kangaroo_Jones

Here's the sign.

That is what I was afraid of. From that scan I am about 99% sure it's a reproduction. As a matter of fact....it's the exact same type sign I bought as real and ended up selling as a repro as that is what it was.

Hankphenom · #8 06-13-2012, 07:14 PM

Looks artificially aged. I seem to remember seeing a bunch of these in the early days of eBay. To be precise, not a repro but a larger "sign" created from smaller newspaper ads that I believe were the genesis of these Coke ads.

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