Vintage Large Steel “NO” Sign

An uncommon and towering seven-and-a-half-foot tall circa 1875 American painted turned wood barber pole trade sign. Very impressive in both its rar...

A circa 18th century Chinese Ming dynasty-style equestrian form glazed pottery roof tile. Classic figural depiction of a proud celestial warrior on horseback, hand-crafted of eart...

A striking and uncommon circa 1900 painted cast iron winged California mountain lion and bighorn sheep motif grotesque (aka gargoyle) believed to be from a Wells Fargo bank building ...

A fascinating and expansive six-foot-wide 1950s copy on paper of a historically important and rare 1923 panoptic engineering blueprint titled “Proposed Highway Crossing - San Francisco to Sausalito” by John G. Little & Co. It depicts a pair of suggested solutions for bridging the world famous Golden Gate, the mile-wide strait where San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean. Both crisply rendered San Francisco-to-Sausalito crossings are meticulously drafted in full at 1” = 400’ scale, with each having a total length of 22,780 feet (4.31 miles). The proposal at top depicts a high-level bridge with three 1,100 ft. spans, and the proposal at bottom depicts a combination trestle-and-tube design that presciently evokes the similarly submerged Transbay Tube that would open fifty years later nearby. Little estimated their respective costs to be $14,000,000 and $11,000,000—or approximately $215,333,000 and $169,190,000 when adjusted for inflation. As shown in the aerial view map at top right, the proposed connection points would’ve been near where Van Ness...

A circa 1940 American six-foot-long painted steel work table or work bench with fantastic industrial character. Features authentically earned vintage character from top to bottom. P...

A very large 1970s acrylic on canvas framed painting of a sailboat breaking the waves, signed “Taylor”. Bright, sunny scene dominated by a towering, fully billowed spinnaker with ey...

A fine vintage double-sided enamel advertising sign. For the famed Pratt & Lambert paint company. With yellow & red decoration on a white ground. The text reads: 'PRATT & L...

A fine vintage traffic or street sign. With text that reads: FRESH OIL. In reflective yellow paint. Simply a great vintage sign! Date: Mi...

Rare 1880s handmade copper/bronze sign plaque "J.W.WILLIAMS DROP FORGINGS." Monumental sign/plaque salvaged from the turn of the century J W WILLIAMS factory in Brooklyn New York, ex...

Large and chunky Americana! Fantastic and original Barber Shop trade sign in the shape of a barber pole. Great statement piece. Layers of super graphic red and white original paint. ...

Take a look at this fantastic double sided early 19th or late 18th century wooden trade sign with original wrought Iron bracket. Came out of a Hudso...

Early 20th century American cast iron eagle. It came from Pittsburgh.