Vintage Signs & Shop Letters

Vintage Shop Letters

paulgoo — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:13:06 +0000

Picked up these great vintage letters today, 2 are 1960′s shop letters from Paris the other two are American channel letters. Soon to be available from http://www.signsforhomes.co.uk/vintage_signs.htm.

Road Trip USA – Kramer Junction, California

paulgoo — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:27:51 +0000

So we have just got back from our US road trip, one of the highlights from our visit has to be Kramer Junction. A fantastic place in the Mojave Desert at the intersection of U.S. Route 395 and State Route 58 in Southern California. Its an awesome place not just for fantastic vintage signs, but classic cars, ex-military vehicles yep tanks, canons, aircraft, vintage jukeboxes, petrol pumps and whole lot more.

US BORAX Vintage Shop letters - Kramer Junction, California

Vintage Signs at Kramer Junction, California

Vintage Petrol Signs at Kramer Junction

Vintage Oil Cans

Flying A Service Sign at Kramer Junction, California

Vintage Signs at Kramer Junction

Abundant Water Darr & Sons Car Door

Vintage Signs at Kramer Junction

Old Car at Kramer Junction

Tank at Kramer Junction

Tanker at Kramer Junction

Vintage Standard Petrol Sign

Painted Word Signs from SignsForHomes.co.uk

paulgoo — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:49:22 +0000

New Sign collection from SignsForhomes.co.uk. Prices from £75 – £125. Click the link to buy www.SignsForHomes.co.uk

Sign Writing (Part 2)

paulgoo — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:04:37 +0000

This is the second stage with circus style letters on chrome and I’m quite happy with how they turned out. I just need to give them a wipe down to remove the white chinagraph pencil marks. Will follow up next week if with some better photos and an update on the ‘Dodgems’ sign. Let me know what you think, and if you want to purchase one let me know, I wont charge much for these. Thanks

The finished Results

London Underground Destination Boards

paulgoo — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:14:58 +0000

A unique piece of London Underground history. Orignal double sided London Underground Destination boards.
Board 1: Oakwood/Hounslow/Arnos Grove
Board 2: Circle Line/ Tower Hill 2
Available from £65 each.

http://www.signsforhomes.co.uk/london_underground_destination_board.htm

Fairground Sign

paulgoo — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:08:57 +0000

An original vintage fairground sign. Copy says ‘Garage the Car – 1 2 or 3 Cars in to Win’. Fantiastic vintage look to it, probably 1950s/60s. Awesome typegraphy that has been hand painted, an almost forgotten skill these days. Has original hooks on the back so ready to hang. Avaliable for £175.
http://www.signsforhomes.co.uk/british_fairground_sign.htm

Sign Writing (Part 1)

paulgoo — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:54:02 +0000

Ok, so this is my first go at sign writing, for now I just laid down the first base coat for a ‘Dodgems’ sign and some circus style letters using some chrome sheets that I bought at a local hardware store. Come back next week to see how I got on with the outlining, (the hard bit!).

The Museum of Forgotten Letters

paulgoo — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:28:05 +0000

I just discovered Buchstaben Museum in Berlin, a museum dedicated vintage shop signs, sounds like my kind of place. From looking at their website they have quite a collection of old shop signs. Think we might be booking a trip their next weekend to check it out, can’t wait!

Red Vintage Shop Letters

paulgoo — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:53:12 +0000

Saw these on a recent google search via ModFruGal, wow what a find! I wish I had some of these…

60′s Type Signage

paulgoo — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:35:13 +0000

A cool sign I came across on flickr apparently 1960′s from Germany, Love it!

Ortopedic showmaker signage