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Place of Origin: American
Hand Painted Keep Off Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wooden Keep Off sign. Hand painted with red background and white lettering on thin wood board. Great colors and graphics. Great vintage condition. Coo...
Category
1950s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Folk Art Upholstery Trade Sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful 19th century hand painted folk art upholstery trade sign. Double sided wooden trade sign for an old upholstery shop in San Francisco.
A rare piece of San Francisco history...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique American Signs
Materials
Wood
Wood 'Lunch' Sign, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Prominent 1980s reversible LUNCH sign in a unique and bold blue base color with white font and borders. The reverse side features colorful flowers and the w...
Category
1980s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Wood
Vintage Motor Rythm Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s; R. M. Hollingshead Corp. - Camden, NJ
Vintage tune-up fluid advertising sign.
This piece advertises Whiz's "Motor Rythm", a now-defunct line of tune-up fluids. The sign m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Tin
Vintage Hand-Painted No Smoking Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage hand-painted sign. No smoking and a crossed out cigarette hand-painted on white steel. Good vintage condition.
Category
1960s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Steel
Los Angeles Slippery Road Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage plastic road sign from Los Angeles. Slippery road ahead. Large in scale. Yellow background with black graphics. Cool piece of wall art.
Category
1970s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Plastic
Dairy Products Trade Sign Geo Fitchett 1940s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Wonderful 1940s Geo Fitchett Dairy Products Trade sign, this wooden trade sign is in wonderful original condition. It has hooks on the top for hanging, it is double sided as you can ...
Category
1940s Primitive Vintage American Signs
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Folk Art "BOOT' Cobbler's Trade Show / SHOP Sign / Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Late 19th Century Folk Art "BOOT' Cobbler's Trade Show OR sHOP Sign / Sculpture . aLL Hand made,, Oil cloth, copper top and Wood...Most likely hung outside of an old cobbler , shoe ...
Category
1890s Folk Art Antique American Signs
Materials
Copper
'Enter Here' Vintage Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage metal street sign illustrating 'Enter Here.' Sign is affixed to a pipe with reflective tape on the front. Meant to be driven into th...
Category
1970s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Steel
Large Midcentury Porcelain Letter "B" from the Stix Baer and Fuller Sign
By Bauhaus
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large 44.75" H porcelain letter B, from the former Stix, Baer & Fuller sign. This letter was once on the Mid-Century Modern Stix, Baer & Fuller department store in the Westroads Shop...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Signs
Materials
Porcelain
Snow Men California Street Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unique California street sign depicting a family of Snow men. Two adults and two children. Steel sign in great condition with great coloring. Cool piece ...
Category
1990s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Double Sided Painted Wood Doll Furniture Sign
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury, Folk Art, double sided, painted wood "Doll Furniture" sign with jagged edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art American Signs
Materials
Wood
Vintage Minneapolis-Moline SSP Neon Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s/1940s; Minneapolis Moline Power Implement Co. - Hopkins/Minneapolis, MN
Vintage single-sided porcelain tractor company neon sign.
This piece advertises Minneapolis-Moline,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial American Signs
Materials
Metal
American Folk Art Workshop Wrench Wood Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic and substantial wood and iron wrench tool sign. Hand written fractions and original yellow paint. Very sturdy and well made. Great industrial workshop turned folk art. The ...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage American Signs
Materials
Iron
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 surface. Has original leaning brace mounted on back, but c...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage American Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
Arizona Wood Hiking Trail Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage trailhead sign. 6.5 feet long and 1.5 feet tall. Wooden sign from Davenport/ Sears Loop Trail in Horseshoe dam, Arizona, a remote section of the Mazatzal's that sees little use. Sign indicates with arrows "SEARS TRAILHEAD 1/4," "DAVENPORT TRAILHEAD 2 1/2," and "SHEEP BRIDGE 10." Light brown background with white lettering and border. Small sticker on top left corner reads "The willful defacing or removal of forest service...
Category
1980s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Wood
Vintage SAVE A LIFE Swimming Pool Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage metal sign from a public pool. White sign with blue lettering. SAVE A LIFE. PLEASE KEEP POOL GATE CLOSED AT ALL TIMES. Good condition with ...
Category
1990s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Children at Play Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage street sign that reads 'SLOW - Children at Play' Black lettering on a reflective yellow background and black trim. Fun graphics depicting two children on a teeter totter...
Category
1980s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Metal
Collection of Three Vintage Carnival Midway Nickel Ride Red Signs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fun collection of three vintage carnival midway signs. Nickel rides! Original professional sign painters handiwork. Excellent graphic skills. Great vintage age. All three signs have ...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage American Signs
Materials
Wood
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 Art Deco Vintage American Signs
Materials
Metal
Anonymous Abstract X Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boards. Very dynamic when hung in collections.
This door appears to have been painted on an old cupboard...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage American Signs
Materials
Wood
1920s Steaks & Chops Hand Painted Wood Sign • Early American Folk Art Signage
Located in Lancaster, PA
A bold and striking survivor from the early days roadside eateries, this original 1920's “STEAKS AND CHOPS” sign is hand-painted on wood with thick, period-correct lettering in butte...
Category
1920s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Metal
A large wooden wrench, a trade sign of mwchanic’s shop, United States early 30’s
Located in Milan, IT
Trade sign of a mechanic's shop depicting a large wooden wrench with the mechanic's telephone numbers and address written on both sides. United States of America circa 1930.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Tool Museum Sign 1950 Tool Assemblage
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Wentworth Tool Museum sign assembled with scrap tools and hardware. Assemblage include many wrenches, drill bits, saws and scissors. Heavy iron constructio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art American Signs
Materials
Iron
20th Century Blacksmith's Sign on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A bold and striking 20th century American blacksmith's sign with an arm swinging a hammer against a block of metal on an anvil, and with sparks flying from the impact. We've had this...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial American Signs
Materials
Steel
Mid 20th Century Vintage Porcelain Enameled Metal Sprinkler Fire Alarm Sign
Located in Stamford, CT
Great Vintage porcelain sign-enameled metal sign, Sprinkler Fire Alarm when bell rings call Police or Fire Dept. This sign came off an industrial building ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
Oversized Gilded Mortar and Pestle from Pennsylvania
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 19th century gilded pharmacy sign of large dimensions from Pennsylvania made of gold painted zinc and representing pestle and mortar, circa 1850s-1880s.
Category
19th Century Antique American Signs
Materials
Gold, Zinc
Lady Blessingtons Sailors Donation Momento Plaque
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Repro trade sign from New England with a weather protector varnish for bad weather protection.Wired for hanging inside or outside.
Category
Late 20th Century Adirondack American Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Metal "B Avenue" Street Sign - City of Coronado, California
Located in San Diego, CA
Super cool vintage metal "B Avenue" street sign from the city of Coronado, California, circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a distressed patina and measures: 24"W...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Signs
Materials
Metal
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 Vintage American Signs
Materials
Metal
Frye "Boot" Advertising Sign For Harvard Square Tannery Shoe Store, ca. 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
A hangable advertising icon for the Frye Boot Company in the form of an oversized leather boot, circa 1960s. This once hung in the renowned favorite Harvard Square Tannery shoe stor...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage American Signs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Chart Rack with Four Denoyer-Geppert Anatomy Charts
By Denoyer-Geppert
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1960s; Denoyer-Geppert Co. - Chicago, IL
Vintage metal chart rack with four original four-color Denoyer-Geppert anatomy posters.
Each is in remar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Plastic, Wood
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 and has the original metal chain.The cow is hand carved & painted wood.
Category
1940s Adirondack Vintage American Signs
Materials
Wood
Oversized Advertising Store Display Scissors
By Claes Oldenburg
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 Folk Art Vintage American Signs
Materials
Brass
Vintage 32-Sided Medical Light
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Fully functional light, medical. One side has an arrow and the other does not. This light if fully functional and quite unique. Heavy industrial cord with a metal frame and box.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
1920s “TOURISTS” Cast Metal Sign Glass Cat Eye Reflectors Boarding House Sign
Located in Lancaster, PA
A vibrant early highway-era relic, this original 1920s "TOURISTS" sign is cast in heavy metal with bold silver lettering inset with original glass cat-eye reflectors, all mounted to the original red painted backer. Made by J.F. Bingham of Nashua, New Hampshire, these directional signs guided travelers to lodging and camps in the early days of motor tourism. Each reflector still shines brightly under direct light, while the paint has aged beautifully with surface patina and wear. A rare survivor with undeniable character—perfect for cabin, garage, or collection display.
🧾 Item Details:
• Material: Cast metal, paint, glass reflectors
• Dimensions: 36" × 10"
• Era: 1920's
• Manufacturer: J.F. Bingham, Nashua, NH
📌 Condition:
Excellent display condition with all reflectors intact. Original paint with scattered surface wear and minimal scuffs. Sign shows minimal areas of light edge wear. Structurally sound with no cracks or breaks.
📍 Collector’s Note:
Bingham-made reflector signs...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage American Signs
Materials
Metal
1960s, Green & White Painted Steel 'Two Hour Parking' Street Sign
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage traffic or street sign.
With green text and border on a white ground.
The text reads:
'TWO HOUR PARKING BETWEEN 7AM - 7PM SUND...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Signs
Materials
Steel
Large Early 20th Century American Usg Sheetrock Advertising Porcelain Sign
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique, circa 1920s /1930s, USG (United States Gypsum) porcelain enameled advertising sign, early 20th century, industrial American Art Deco Modern taste.
The large blu...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial American Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Mid Century Barber Shop Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage Barber Shop Sign, circa late 1950s to early 1960s, a hand-painted sheet metal sign with old prices for old hair cuts. The sign remains in very good condition with only ...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage American Signs
Materials
Sheet Metal
Camel Boots Shop or Store Sign in hardwood, Circa 1960s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good original shop or store advertising sign made for CAMEL BOOTS.
The sign is shaped as a prism with a triangular cross section and is made of...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical American Signs
Materials
Hardwood
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 sign was probably from a old vintage court house.
Category
20th Century Country American Signs
Materials
Wood
Large Weathered Trade Sign "Carriage Shop"
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 12 foot long trade sign displaying the words Carriage Shop on one side and Horse Shoeing on the other. In weathered early hand painted lettering on wood, with molded edging on all ...
Category
1870s Antique American Signs
Materials
Wood
"In The Shade of The Old Apple Tree" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1906
By Charles Shonk Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Outstanding example of this iconic and highly sought after tin advertising sign made by the Shonk Company, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1906. The subject matter depicts a farm scene with...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique American Signs
Materials
Tin
Large Scale Vintage New York City Bus or Subway Roll, Brooklyn-Queens , 8th ave
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Scale Vintage New York City Bus or Subway Roll, Brooklyn-Queens , 8th ave... Over 11 feet !! Great old sign, double sided.
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage American Signs
Materials
Korhogo Cloth, Canvas
Early 20th Century American "Chiropractor" Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Own a piece of Wisconsin's history with this early 20th century hand-painted sign from an early 20th-century chiropractor's office. The sign, found in a barn in the heart of Wisconsi...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art American Signs
Materials
Wood
"No Diving" POOL Sign, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage pool sign that reads "No Diving or Swimming Off Bridge". Bold reflective white letters on a classic green background. Great colors and scale...
Category
1980s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Metal
1950's Commercial Sign "All - Stainless Inc"
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage commercial business sign from early 1950's for All - Stainless, Inc.
78" long by 12" high panel of patinated blue colored aluminum with 1/4" th...
Category
1950s Industrial Vintage American Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Porcelain Heinz Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1900s; H.J. Heinz Co. - Pittsburgh
Large circular, single-sided porcelain Heinz advertising sign.
This piece features the iconic Heniz 57 Varieties typeface with the iconic pick...
Category
Early 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage California Historical Landmark Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting vintage California highway sign for Adobe Rios-Caledonia. This is a California historical landmark and on the National Register of...
Category
1970s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Steel
Phillips 66 Cast Aluminum Gas Sign
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
1940's Cast Aluminum Phillips 66 Gas Station Sign. This amazing piece of history is made up of individual letters that can be hung by each letter or can we attached to a support on the back as we did in the photos. Letters were professionally restored. This is a gas sign...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Antique American Art Deco Early Frigidaire Metal Advertising Sign
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce, likely one-of-a-kind, antique American Frigidaire enameled metal advertising sign, early 20th century, period Art Deco styling, the sign reads: "See Arkadelphia Hardware Co...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco American Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Los Angeles Freeway Sign 'Beach Cities"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental Los Angeles freeway sign from the 90s. Beach Cities sign showing people which way to Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and other cities. Reflectiv...
Category
1990s American Signs
Materials
Aluminum
antique pharmacy sign mortar and pestle
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This is a very rare Pharmacy sign from the late 1800s. Made of tin/metal with remnants of gold paint. This sculpture was hung in front of a old world pha...
Category
19th Century Antique American Signs
Materials
Metal
Light Up Paper 'Yield' Sign, 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage light up Yield sign with a white wire metal frame and rice paper body. Made with great attention to detail and skill. A very unique piece that...
Category
1980s Vintage American Signs
Materials
Metal
1950s Aluminum on Wood General Electric Logo, Sign Plaque
By General Electric
Located in Buffalo, NY
1950s aluminum on wood General Electric logo, sign plaque. Salvaged from General Electric Buffalo NY office, stunning, original plaque, cast aluminum depicting famous G E Logo, mount...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Tradesign in the Form of a Brick Storehouse
Located in Greenwich, CT
An advertising device or tradesign in the form of a brick storehouse, with ten arched windows or pigeonholes to display merchandise, constructed as a roofed box mounted on wheels, fo...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique American Signs
Materials
Wood
"De Laval" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1905, Near Mint
Located in Incline Village, NV
Having started in Sweden, the company opened up in America in 1888 as the "De Laval Cream Separator Company" in New York City, with a production plant ...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique American Signs
Materials
Tin
Antique Reverse Painted Glass Drink Coca Cola Sign Ice Cream Parlour circa 1920
By Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous 10 x 21 reverse painted glass Coca Cola sign from the twenties. In excellent vintage condition with a bit of fixing on the upper right corner. Made by the Price Bros. from C...
Category
1920s Industrial Vintage American Signs
Materials
Brass
