[Farmall] porcelain signs

[farmallgray at aol.com]

That is why I became an amateur sign painter. I always thought it would be cool to decorate my shop with vintage signs, but decided a long time ago I couldn't afford to pay collector prices for originals. I take good photos of any nice original sign I see then use an opaque projector to trace them on to a piece of plywood. I usually make them less than full size of the original. If you look close, you can tell they are hand painted so they won't be confused with originals. They look really nice hanging in my shop and give me something to do in the winter when it's too cold to work in the shop. I also buy a few reproductions when they are reasonably priced and I have a few originals that I inherited from family.


I have also thought about taking the photos to a sign shop and having them make them as banners. That would give you the decoration without having to be somewhat artistic.



Todd Markle 

Spring Mills, Pa.



-----Original Message-----
From: Al Jones <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wed, Sep 29, 2010 12:36 pm
Subject: Re: [Farmall] porcelain signs


I would dearly love to have one of those signs, but based on what I have heard 
of them bringing, it will probably never happen. :(  Hope you get them John!

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: john hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
>Sent: Sep 28, 2010 10:45 PM
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>Subject: [Farmall] porcelain signs
>
>Anybody know what big porcelain IH signs are going for? The ones I am looking 
at are about 3 to 4 foot tall, came off the pylon on a dealership.
>
>John Hall
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