Picked up these great vintage letters today, 2 are 1960’s shop letters from Paris the other two are American channel letters. Soon to be available from http://www.signsforhomes.co.uk/vintage_signs.htm.
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So we have just got back from our US road trip, one of the highlights from our visit has to be Kramer Junction. A fantastic place in the Mojave Desert at the intersection of U.S. Route 395 and State Route 58 in Southern California. Its an awesome place not just for fantastic vintage signs, but classic cars, ex-military vehicles yep tanks, canons, aircraft, vintage jukeboxes, petrol pumps and whole lot more.
US BORAX Vintage Shop letters - Kramer Junction, California
Vintage Signs at Kramer Junction, California
Vintage Petrol Signs at Kramer Junction
Vintage Oil Cans
Flying A Service Sign at Kramer Junction, California
Vintage Signs at Kramer Junction
Abundant Water Darr & Sons Car Door
Vintage Signs at Kramer Junction
Old Car at Kramer Junction
Tank at Kramer Junction
Tanker at Kramer Junction
Vintage Standard Petrol Sign
New Sign collection from SignsForhomes.co.uk. Prices from £75 – £125. Click the link to buy www.SignsForHomes.co.uk
This is the second stage with circus style letters on chrome and I’m quite happy with how they turned out. I just need to give them a wipe down to remove the white chinagraph pencil marks. Will follow up next week if with some better photos and an update on the ‘Dodgems’ sign. Let me know what you think, and if you want to purchase one let me know, I wont charge much for these. Thanks
The finished Results
A unique piece of London Underground history. Orignal double sided London Underground Destination boards.
Board 1: Oakwood/Hounslow/Arnos Grove
Board 2: Circle Line/ Tower Hill 2
Available from £65 each.
http://www.signsforhomes.co.uk/london_underground_destination_board.htm
An original vintage fairground sign. Copy says ‘Garage the Car – 1 2 or 3 Cars in to Win’. Fantiastic vintage look to it, probably 1950s/60s. Awesome typegraphy that has been hand painted, an almost forgotten skill these days. Has original hooks on the back so ready to hang. Avaliable for £175.
http://www.signsforhomes.co.uk/british_fairground_sign.htm
Ok, so this is my first go at sign writing, for now I just laid down the first base coat for a ‘Dodgems’ sign and some circus style letters using some chrome sheets that I bought at a local hardware store. Come back next week to see how I got on with the outlining, (the hard bit!).
I just discovered Buchstaben Museum in Berlin, a museum dedicated vintage shop signs, sounds like my kind of place. From looking at their website they have quite a collection of old shop signs. Think we might be booking a trip their next weekend to check it out, can’t wait!
Saw these on a recent google search via ModFruGal, wow what a find! I wish I had some of these…
A cool sign I came across on flickr apparently 1960’s from Germany, Love it!
Ortopedic showmaker signage
Here are a few more smaller vintage letters and signs from my personal collection on my bookcase.
'Love' Enamelled Shop Letters from an old butchers shop
Vintage Launderette Sign on bookshelf.
Vintage Brass Shop Letter 'R' bought from a vintage shop in London.
A ‘Dollar’ Sign I designed using chromed light bulbs. Decorative item only as will need wiring to function as a lamp. Only £195. Click here to buy 
‘400 Volts ALIVE Keep Out’ Sign. Vintage Electricity Board Sign. Painted type sign on Heavy Metal. Click the photo to buy.
Cast aluminium ‘Wash’ letters thought to be from a British Barber Shop. About 12 inches long. Available for £130.
Ok, not technically a sign. France is officially referred to as the Republique Française, hence the use of the “RF” monogram, as a sort of logo. Made of wood and a bit of age to it, available for £325.
Very heavy concrete letters in bright yellow. About 11 inches tall. Only £195.
Distressed Aluminium Sign. Only £95 Click here for more info
1980’s letter ‘R’. Perspex construction. Available for £275.
Fantastic vintage London Street sign for the iconic fashion market. Made in fibreglass. Available for £195
A prototype lamp sign we designed in red.
This is a really cool sign by artist Steve Lambert, more here…
An original London sign from our collection, measures a whopping 8 foot! For more launderette signs please visit http://www.signsforhomes.co.uk/Launderette_Sign.htm
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