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Vintage School Crossing Safety Guard Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original hand painted school safety crossing guard sign. Sheet metal and wood. Great original
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Sheet Metal
American Folk Art Workshop Wrench Wood Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
yellow paint. Very sturdy and well made. Great industrial workshop turned folk art. The workhorse of an
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Iron
Large Hand Painted Double Sided Arrow "Radio Trade In" Folk Art Trade/Store Sign
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Hand Painted, Double Sided Arrow "Special" Radio Trade In sale,,,,Folk Art Trade/Store Sign
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Masonite, Paint
H 24 in W 62 in D 1 in
Folk Art Giant Metal Scissors Industrial Store Display Sign
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an industrial metal store display sign that showcases French Folk Art. The sign boasts
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Eye and Glasses Window Display Trade Sign
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Eye and Glasses Window Display Trade Sign
The sign is made in presses tin, it seems to be hand
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Tin
Holstein Milk Painted Metal Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky original painted hand made Holsteins Milk metal farm trade sign has the original chain
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Metal
"Health Chiropractic, " Cast Metal Trade Sign, Art Deco, Midcentury
Located in Philadelphia, PA
cast in aluminium and painted a shade of off-white. It has all the charm of classic Folk Art and
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Aluminum
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
A Car made famous by Amelia
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Plywood
A monumental vintage Pyramid Pencil Company wood trade sign.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A monumental vintage Pyramid Pencil Company wood trade sign. Great for a man cave or restaurant!
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood, Paint
20Thc Folk Art Cow Sign W/ Original Chain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc folky hand made cow trade sign.This full body cow hanging trade sign is double sided
Category
1940s American Adirondack Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Double Sided Metal Boot Makers Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided metal boot makers trade sign.
A highly decorative double sided
Category
1930s French Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Metal
Vintage Carnival or Casino Neptune's Trident Lighted Trade Sign Americana
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Unique lighted Neptune's trident carnival ride or casino trade sign. Really nice graphic piece
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Metal
Double Sided Gilt & Painted "HAPPY JACK'S" Tobacconist Trade Sign, Laconia, NH
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Two-sided tobacconist trade sign of circular form with gold leaf lettering with red shadow on a
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 48 in W 48 in D 2.5 in
Unusual Set of German Mid-20th Century Shop Trade Sign Tools
Located in London, GB
Unusual set of German mid-20th century shop trade sign tools
Every now and again we are lucky
Category
1950s German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Metal, Brass
Dairy Products Trade Sign Geo Fitchett 1940s
Located in Wallkill, NY
Wonderful 1940s Geo Fitchett Dairy Products Trade sign, this wooden trade sign is in wonderful
Category
1940s American Primitive Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
Schweppes Table Waters Oak Trade Sign Board
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Schweppes table waters oak trade sign board
This charming Oak Trade Sign would have been hung
Category
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Oak
20thc "Meat Market" Trade Sign from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The patina is so wonderful on this 20thc Meat Market trade sign. The sign is in good used
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
Vintage Large Painted 3d Industrial Builders Trade Wall Sign Plaque, C.1940
Located in London, GB
A large and unusual builders advertisement trade sign. circa 1940
Scratch built to the very
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Aluminum
H 23.23 in W 32.29 in D 1.97 in
C1945 Cast Aluminum Trade Sign Form of a Key Keil Charlestown N.H. Keys Made
By Keil Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous cast aluminum trade sign circa 1945 depicting a actual key in red and silver. Perfect
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Aluminum
H 27.5 in W 13 in D 0.5 in
French Hand-forged Blacksmith Sign
Located in London, England
Beautifully crafted blacksmith trade sign.
Hand-forged and riveted, not welded.
A seriously
Category
1950s French Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Iron
20th Century, Original Painted Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This original painted black and white trade sign reads Reserved for district. This cool one sided
Category
20th Century American Country Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
Very Rare Double Sided Glass Raleigh Bike Advertising Shop Sign
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
purposes of display
The sign shows the R & Co. trade mark in red and yellow, both sides are the same
Category
Mid-20th Century Sporting Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Mirror
Pub Sign "The Grove Tavern (Taylor Walker)"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a path through a grove of trees
Category
20th Century English Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Metal
Dutch Midcentury Giant Polyester Industrial Shoe Cobbler Display Store Sign
Located in Haarlem, NL
large 'shoe' with multiple pretty layers of different colors of paint.
This large 'one of' shoe trade
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Polyester
H 14.18 in W 15.75 in D 50.4 in
Large Scale, 20th Century Hand Carved French Fisherie Trade Sign Folk Art
Located in Southampton, GB
Large scal, fisherie trade sign. This hand carved Zander was hung in a local french village near
Category
1950s French Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Oak
H 13 in W 42.52 in D 6.5 in
Wiedemann's Fine Beer Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Wiedemann's Fine beer - The Leader Trade sign with three Canada geese on oval walnut plaque
Category
1940s American Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
Telephone Company's Trade Sign USA 1950
Located in Milan, IT
A window trade sign of an American telephone company, depicting a big phone. Carved out of fruit
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Big Wooden Wrench, a Trade Sign, USA 1930
Located in Milan, IT
Big wooden sign of a machine shop depicting a wrench, with mechanic’s address and phone number. USA
Category
Mid-20th Century American Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Fruitwood
Folky Hand Carved Cow Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This hand carved & painted folky cow wood hanging double sided trade sign.This carved cow has the
Category
1940s American Adirondack Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
Very Rare Diselpunk Trade Sign from 1978, Adriano Goldschmied Renzo Rosso
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Art from of 1970s Era, a trade sign designed to promote the Diesel Brand, Punk, it is a very heavy
Category
Late 20th Century Steampunk Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Clay
Trade sign for a wine shop: three bottles with french label wine, France 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A trade sign for the window of a wine shop, depicting three bottles with the label of French wines
Category
1950s French Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Fruitwood, Lacquer
Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Chujo, Early Showa Period
Located in Studio City, CA
handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and is signed by the maker, clearly a master of his trade, on
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 8.5 in W 5 in D 3 in
Carved and Painted Wood Paddle Surinam Maroon Ndyuka
Located in Wiscasset, ME
originated during the 18th century slave trade when escaped slaves gathered and formed villages along the
Category
1950s Surinamer Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Set of Six Large Vintage Breyer Horses (Box 1 )
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Large Breyer Horses. The set of 6 consists of 5 signed Breyer Horses and one marked Blue Box
Category
1970s Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Plastic
Hand Painted & Crafted Cow From a Dairy Farm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fun and folky cow was found on a dairy farm probably used as a advertising prop. or trade
Category
Late 20th Century American Adirondack Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Metal
French Folk Art Hand Carved Painted Whimsical Childrens Cat Chair Gerard Rigot
Located in Surfside, FL
Gerard Rigot (France, 1929-)
Animeubles, Child's Chair
Circa, 1980's
Folk art, hand carved chair
Category
20th Century Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood, Paint
1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Screen
1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Screen
1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Screen
1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Screen
1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Screen
1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Screen
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now
Category
1940s Outsider Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Cast Iron Double Sided Watchmaker Jeweler Trade Sign Mirror
Located in Rio Vista, CA
large oversized pocket watch form. The folk art display sign was hung from the top loop of the watch so
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Iron
Barber Shop Trade Sign, Giant Comb and Scissors Larger than life
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Barber Shop Trade Sign, Giant Comb and Scissors
Larger than life and very noticeable “Barber Shop
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Steel
1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Dress Carlos Merida
Located in Surfside, FL
and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Screen
Sea Spirit
Located in San Francisco, CA
Egevadluq (Eegyvudluk) Ragee, 1920-1983. It is hand signed, titled, dated, described and numbered 20/50 in
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Other Medium
Sand Lot Baseball
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Folk Art Museum (whose painting is installed in the New York City subway), and the National Museum of
Category
1950s Other Art Style Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a French Woman Oil Painting Hungarian Master A. Biro French Beauty
By Akos Biro
Located in Surfside, FL
style, heavily influenced by Hungarian Folk Art.
At various times he signed “Biro Akos” in the Hungarian
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Neptune Washington", Fisherman Polling His River Boat in the Rain by Ron Adams
Located in Alamo, CA
protected plexiglass. It is signed in pencil in the right lower corner along with the date, '96. The title
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Lithograph
H 38 in W 30.25 in D 1.25 in
J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Beer Mug, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
1950s. Framed with wooden carved and gilded frame in Baroque style. Painted by J. Gruber. Signed in the
Category
Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
H 12.41 in W 10.44 in D 2.37 in
J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Wine Glass, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
. Signed in the lower right corner.
Alpine oil painting is a non-academic form of rustic art. The content
Category
Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
H 13.39 in W 11.03 in D 2.17 in
Inge Woelfle - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
wooden carved and gilded frame in Baroque style. Painted by Inge Woelfle. Signed on the right top corner
Category
Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Beer Mug, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
1950s. Framed with antique wooden gilded frame in Baroque style. Painted by J. Gruber. Signed in the
Category
Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
H 11.23 in W 9.26 in D 2.17 in
Inge Woelfle - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Pipe, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
1950s. Framed with wooden carved and gilded frame in Baroque style. Painted by Inge Woelfle. Signed on
Category
Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
Bela Bartok Bronze Medal Sculpture Hungarian Music Composer Ethnomusicologist
Located in Atlanta, GA
, recording songs in peasant villages. He notated Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Ukrainian, and Bulgarian folk
Category
Mid-20th Century European Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Bronze
Giant Double Sided Wood Peach Trade Sign from California Farm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great wooden trade sign from a California farm. Giant peach with graphics on both sides. Sign reads
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Solebury, PA
Folk art trade sign painted on tin for Feigelman's Moving , Storage and Trucking Co. Strikingly
Category
20th Century American Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Oversize 3D Vintage Folk Art Object Tool Trade Sign Clothespin
Located in Denver, CO
Sculptural 1940s era handmade 3D Folk Art oversize tool or clothespin trade sign. Constructed of
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Wood
American Sheet Metal Folk Art Key Trade Sign
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American sheet metal Folk Art key trade sign, with hinges on the top and bottom sides to use as
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign
Materials
Sheet Metal
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Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic vintage folk art trade sign available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, iron and metal, every vintage folk art trade sign was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a vintage folk art trade sign — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each vintage folk art trade sign bearing Folk Art hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a Vintage Folk Art Trade Sign?
Prices for a vintage folk art trade sign can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $550 and can go as high as $10,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,400.
Finding the Right signs for You
Vintage and antique signs are popular collector’s items loved not only for the charm and pops of color they add to a space but also for the unique story each one has to tell. An interesting sign can help set the mood for a room and spark dozens of lively conversations.
Before and during the 18th century, many European peasants and colonists in the Americas couldn’t read, so shopkeepers, in an effort to promote their goods and services, hung trade signs with limited amounts of text.
Indeed, symbols and representational physical objects comprised early-day advertising efforts. In lieu of painted words on a wooden board, trade signs made use of handmade three-dimensional symbols to indicate the function of the shop. The iconic red, white and blue pole could be found outside barbershops, while a figural trade sign mounted to an apothecary’s storefront might be a mortar and pestle sculpted from bronze in order to indicate to passers-by that inside there were apothecary cabinets full of remedies for common ailments and a druggist to carefully dispense them.
As literacy rates improved, signs evolved into rectangular, round or square shapes that featured text. Short and sweet, early iterations were characterized by a mere few words, such as “tavern,” “boarding room” or “apothecary.”
During the 19th century, proprietors endeavored to render their signs more appealing. This meant the introduction of more color, font types and other pictorial representations. After the Civil War ended, logos, branding and advertising became increasingly more important, and the design of signage evolved. Trade signs were still in use during the 20th century, and you will likely find hand-painted tin eyeglasses for an optometrist’s office or an oversize bowling pin that likely had a home in the front window of a bowling alley.
Today, collectors and art aficionados alike collect and display antique and vintage signs. Old signs hearken back to a long-gone era, infusing any interior with warmth and nostalgia.
A vintage sign can help anchor a room — think of decorating with signs as you would arranging any kind of wall art. A large-scale sign in particular can prove a distinguishing feature in a living room or dining room, a focal point so prominent that it might lessen the burden of introducing any additional decorative elements to this particular space. Smaller signs work wonders too — pepper sparsely decorated corners with small colorful signs or add a humorous or graphic element to your gallery-style hang with a small text-based sign or two.
On 1stDibs, find metal, wood and glass antique and vintage signs that span a number of styles, including mid-century modern, industrial and folk art.
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