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Signs For Sale
Large Vintage Grey Iron Facade Letter C , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “C” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1,5 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Blue Iron Facade Letter N, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “N” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
"News of the World" Enameled Porcelain Sign c.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Single sided porcelain sign advertising the English newspaper, News of the World.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Enameled P...
Category
Early 20th Century British Industrial Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
19th Century Apothecary Mortar & Pestle Countertop Trade Sign or Sale Stimulator
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Apothecary trade sign or sale stimulator in the form of a mortar and pestle in gilt wood. The mortar of cylindrical waisted form with a central half round band and stepped rings at t...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Signs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Wood and Canvas Painted Produce Sign
Located in Troy, MI
Wooden produce sign found in England, circa 1920s. Wood foundation is covered in strips of canvas which have been hand painted by unknown artist.
Category
Early 20th Century English Rustic Signs
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vintage Tobacco Advertising Sign, Belgium, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950s Advertising Sign for the Belgian Tobacco Brand VDC - Deinze.
This Litho Cardboard Sign has lots of colors due the different packages and types of tobacco flavors.
Made in Brussels - Belgium by J.De Grève and co.
This Vintage Sign can stand as a Counter Display Sign ( standing system has never been used before ) or can be hung as Wall Decoration - Wall Art
It's a New Old Stock Sign, so in very good condition. Only the left upper corner has a small trace due storage through the time.
Tobacco collectables - vintage signs - retro wall decoration...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Signs
Materials
Paper
Large Vintage Illuminated Letter N , 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter N was made in United Kingdom during the 1980s and comes from an old advertising banner BENTLEY It features a black metal body and a white ...
Category
1980s British Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Large Vintage Grey Iron Facade Letter T, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “T” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1,5 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Dark Red Illuminated Letter E , 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial plastic dark red facade illuminated letter E was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It is equipped with a LED strip. .T...
Category
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Plastic
Large Vintage Grey Iron Facade Letter A , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “A” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1,7 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Blue Iron Facade Letter T, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “T” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 1,2 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Illuminated Letter I, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated facade letter I was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black bakelite body and a white plexigl...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Bakelite, Plexiglass
Government Telephones Canada Double Sided Porcelain Sign
Located in San Mateo, CA
Double sided Government Telephones porcelain sign. This sign has losses in the corners and edges. There is a large loss in the image on one side.
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Industrial Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Circa 1950s American Round Standard Air Lines Tin Metal Advertising Sign
Located in London, GB
A vintage circa 1950s circular enamelled tin metal advertising sign for Standard Air Lines. In worn vintage condition as illustrated in the images. In 1929 it merged with Western Ai...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Tin
Large Vintage Illuminated Letter C , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter C was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black metal body and a white plexiglass cover....
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Blue Iron Facade Letter Z, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “Z” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 0,8 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Illuminated Letter N , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage Industrial illuminated letter L was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black metal ...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Stylized Drug Store Vintage Sign, "PRESCRIPTIONS / SQUIBB" Art Deco, Modernist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stylized Drug Store Vintage Sign, "PRESCRIPTIONS / SQUIBB" Art Deco, Modernist..Salvaged from Downtown Buffalo NY dRUG Store,,, original stacked plywood ,painted silver lettering.. a...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Illuminated Letter A , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated facade letter A was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black bakelite body and a white plexigl...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Bakelite, Plexiglass
Vintage Blue Iron Facade Letter U, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “U” was made during the 1970s in Italy and comes from an old advertising banner. The weight of the letter is 0,8 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Illuminated Letter T, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage Industrial illuminated letter T was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black metal ...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Antique Industrial Art Deco Brass Flambosign Illuminated Exit Sign, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
A large directional 'Exit' sign made in England by Flambosign. circa 1930
Believed to have come from the Ilford Hippodrome as it once stood prior to bomb damage and later demoliti...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Signs
Materials
Brass
Large Vintage Yellow Illuminated Letter T , 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade illuminated letter T was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a metal body and a plexiglass cover. It i...
Category
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Chrome, Iron
Hand Carved Engraved Industrial Alabaster Trade Sign Plaque, C.1920
Located in London, GB
A superb hand engraved boot makers trade sign. c.1920
Hand carved lettering on alabaster for 'G. WINCH, BOOTMAKER AND REPAIRER'. Fantastic font, form and patina. A small historic ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Signs
Materials
Alabaster
Mid Century Royal Crown Cola Embossed Advertising Thermometer
By Royal Crown Cola Co.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A metal lithographed Royal Crown Cola advertising thermometer with embossed bottle giving the piece some dimensional interest . An early produc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Metal
Handmade California State Park System Wooden Sign, circa 1970's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage California State Park System sign, circa 1970’s. Incredibly unique - unable to find anything similar available online. Reads 'The Resources Agency' - 'Department of Beaches a...
Category
1970s American Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Rare Mechanical Store Display "MOJUD" Stockings by Louis G. Audette & Company
By Displaymasters
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Mechanical Store Display advertising "MOJUD" Stockings by Louis G. Audette & Company ,New York City.. Amazing graphics.. Remarkable that this survived and remained intact,, Mote...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
A rare double sided pharmacy trade sign, origins of France, dated to the early part of the 20th century, made from metal ...
Category
1920s Early Victorian Vintage Signs
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 black sand paint ground with green borders "HAPPY JACK'S" centers a cutout pipe above a white banner applied to the bottom of each side which reads "CIGAR, PIPE & / TOBACCO SHOP...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Gold Leaf
1970’s New York Bus Stop Sign
Located in Bradenton, FL
A 1970’s New York bus stop sign made of metal. An art deco stylized bus in blue is set in a white rectangle above the words “BUS STOP” in blue and “NO S...
Category
1970s American Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
English Pub Sign, "Worth Brewery - The Cricketer's Arms"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a cricket player with bat and ball, entitled: Worth Brewery - The Cricketer's Arms.
A very fine example of vintage ...
Category
20th Century English Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage German Beer Sign with Waiter
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage German beer sign with waiter.
A great looking beer advertising sign - advertising display for German beer.
This vintage sign dates 1950 - 1960 and...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Signs
Materials
Other
Original Cafe Bistro Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Original Cafe Bistro sign. Fantastic looking with incredible paint and patina. Great condition.
Category
1920s French Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
Mid-20th Century Hand Painted Double Sided English Fairground Sign
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century Hand Painted Double Sided English Fairground Sign
A genuine English mid-20th Century double sided hand painted fairground sign. Better Game, Better Sport, Better Tr...
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Signs
Materials
Plywood
Unusual 1930s / 40's "Drugs" with arrow NEON sign..
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual 1930s / 40's "Drugs" with arrow NEON sign.. Two color...Nice early neon,, replaced / new transformer.. Great size, style Hand delivery avail to New York City or anywhere en r...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Antique Vintage French Double Sided Glass Pharmacy Chemist Apothecary Sign
Located in Sale, GB
- A beautiful and rare double sided glass 'Pharmacie' sign mounted in its original frame, France circa 1930.
- The sign is of exceptional quality and has glass to both sides, light w...
Category
Early 20th Century British Signs
Materials
Glass
Vintage Concrete Champagne Bottle
Located in Houston, TX
Large, concrete, Brouilly French Sparkling Wine bottle replica. Possibly used as an advertisement or in a prominent spot in the vineyard itself. Would make a great conversation piece...
Category
20th Century French Signs
Materials
Concrete
Oversized Advertising Store Display Scissors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brass oversized scissors
probably used for advertising and or store display.
These will add interest to any room, wall, hair salon or fashion fashi...
Category
1960s American Folk Art Vintage Signs
Materials
Brass
Vintage Illuminated Letter D, 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage Industrial illuminated letter D was made in Italy during the 1980s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black metal ...
Category
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
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 gigantic scissors, which can be used as an advertisement for a barber or hair salon. It is possible that the sign was originally used as a trade sign for a tailor shop or a millinery store. The sign is made of chromed metal and has the same maneuverability as real scissors. Despite being an outdoor sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Art Deco Box Neon "ETCHISON HATS" Wonderful Red Neon, The Neon Shop, LIMA OHIO
By Neon Products
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco Box Neon sign advertizing Etchison Hats,c.1930's,, wonderful red neon, made by The Neon Shop.Lima Ohio.. Great graphics..retains original black metal housing.. curved deco...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
1950s Tin Advertising Sign for Belgian Beer Brasserie Maire
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950s Tin advertising sign for Belgian beer:
Brasserie Maire - Speciale Luxem - Export Beer.
An advertising sign with a great design for blond beer: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Tin
Early 20th Century Reverse Painted Verre églomisé Gilt Trade Shop Sign "My Shop"
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large reverse painted hanging trade sign, wrought iron frame with internal wooden supports.
The reverse painted glass has losses, it appears the sign would of read "confectionary"...
Category
Early 20th Century English Signs
Materials
Glass
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intruiging advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Signs
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Italian PIZZA Sign. 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage industrial grey iron sing “PIZZA”. Set of five letters was made during the 1970s in Italy.
Dimensions : Total width : 110 cm, Height : 30 cm ,Depth : 5 cm, Depth with wa...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Iron
1920s Sign Belgian Beer, Black and Gold
Located in Antwerp, BE
Black and gold 1920s sign for Belgian Beer - dated 1927.
A late Art Nouveau - Early Art Deco advertising sign for Belgian Beer.
This antique shop display or shop sign was made for Blonde Dry-Pikkel, a blond Belgian Beer - beer from Belgium.
This antique beer sign has a great condition for his age: almost 100 years old !
Publicity sign is made of Glassoïd over metal and made in Brussels.
The design with the colors black and gold makes this sign very elegant and stylish and also modern, so it could fit many type of interiors.
Antique signs - Art Nouveau Sign - Art Deco signs - antique beer signs - Belgian beer signs - black and gold sign - black and gold wall decoration...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Signs
Materials
Metal, Other
Manhole Cover Prototype Folk Art, 1960s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extremely unique wooden sewer cap prototype. Made by by various wooden cubes and blocks as well as letters nailed to the front of the main ply of the cap giving it its design. The ba...
Category
1960s American Vintage Signs
Materials
Wood
Early Timber & Iron 'General Waiting Room' Railway Sign
Located in Downham Market, GB
A large Great Western Railway 'General Waiting Room' sign.
A wonderful antique sign, in thick timber & in its original iron frame with cast iron lettering & all original paint. With ...
Category
20th Century British Sporting Art Signs
Materials
Iron
Exceptional Vertical Enamel Cafe Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Enamel cafe sign with light sockets and a new mounting bracket.
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Signs
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Antique Industrial Art Deco Brass Internalite Enquiries Illuminated Sign, c1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning illuminated 'Internalite' directional sign made in England by K.F.M Engineering. c.1920.
Wall mounted brass frame housing the internal illuminations above single sided ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Signs
Materials
Brass
Vintage Red Facade Letter R , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial plastic facade letter R was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner “ ROSTICCERIA”. The weight of the letter is 0.5 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Red Facade Letter I , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial plastic facade letter I was made in Italy during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner “ ROSTICCERIA”. The weight of the letter is 0.3 kg.
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Signs
Materials
Plastic
Rare 1970s Adult Peep Show, Books & Magazines, Large Plastic Embossed Sign XXX
By Terry Richardson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large 1970s sign with embossed letters, Adult Peep Show - Books & Magazines. Sold without its original aluminum frame, can be back lit with LED. Small star crack to top of Red "S", minor loss of paint and scuffs. Subject matter is in the style of photographer Terry Richardson...
Category
1970s American Vintage Signs
Materials
Plastic
Tole Grocers Signs
Located in Arundel, GB
7 Tole Painted Grocers Signs.
England, circa 1900.
Overall height including pins 15cm.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Signs
Materials
Metal
Antique Sign for Bicycles Delta, Belgium, 1934
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Art Deco tin advertising sign for bicycles of the Belgian Brand Delta.
This Belgian tin sign is dated 1934.
It's a lithographic tin store sign - agency display sign - billboard - wall sign - old advertising sign
for bikes - bicycles - cycles - wheels of the brand Velos Delta.
A black with green and gold sign made from pressed tin - pressed metal with relief.
Awesome wall decoration even if you have nothing to do with old or antique bikes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1958 Jos. Schiltz Large 73" Lighted Brewing Beer Advertisement Bar Sign
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 1958 Jos. Schiltz Large 73" Lighted Brewing Beer Advertisement Bar Sign. Item features a large impressive size, fluorescent lighted bulb interior, wonderful color, original l...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Reflective Truck Road Sign
Located in Burton, TX
This Vintage Reflective Road Sign depicts a black truck with a yellow background. Once used as a street sign to inform motorist of trucks entering and exiting the highway, this sign ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
Red Sign Belgian Beer Witkap Pater 1956
Located in Antwerp, BE
Red sign for Belgian Beer.
A tin advertising sign dated 1956.
Made for the Brewery Kind. H. Verlinden which was located in Brasschaat Belgium till the end o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Modern Signs
Materials
Tin
Antique, New and Vintage Signs
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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