North American Signs

1930’s enamel and neon sign Milwaukee’s Choicest Braumeister Beer Sign. New transformer and new wiring. Please note that it will be additional fee for shipping crate.

Porcelain-coated steel industrial safety sign reading "CRANES HIGH VOLTAGE HAZARD CHECK BOOM" with a bold upward directional arrow, executed in stark black and red on a white field f...

Tall vertical gold leaf glass advertising sign for Vogt’s Ice Cream, executed in reverse-applied gilt lettering on a black glass ground and housed in its original brass channel frame...

Single-sided porcelain enamel trade sign featuring a stylized portrait of a young boy wearing round spectacles, rendered in warm tones with pale blue lenses. Beneath the portrait sit...

c. 1930s/1940s; Minneapolis Moline Power Implement Co. - Hopkins/Minneapolis, MN Vintage single-sided porcelain tractor company neon sign. This piece advertises Minneapolis-Moline,...

Large antique handcrafted Folk Art sign ..MASONIC TEMPLE,, Beautiful sign,, turn of the century,, Retains original finish,, patina,, modeled blue backgr...

c. 1940s; Chick Bed Company - Cedar Rapids, IA Double-sided painted masonite advertising sign with integrated chalkboard pricing panel, promoting "Chick Bed - The Perfect Poultry Li...

c. 1950s-1960s; Columbia Breweries Inc. - Tacoma, WA Illuminated countertop advertising display in a bold mustard-yellow painted metal housing with inset reverse-painted panel readi...

This authentic Vintage American 1954–1964 Decommissioned Red STOP Sign is a rare mid-century relic of U.S. automotive history. Crafted from heavy-gauge enamel on steel, this 24" x 24...

A period, late 19th century cast iron ribbon sign for UNION IRON WORKS, EERIE PA. Union Iron Works was one of the countries largest manufacturers of boilers from the late 19th centur...

1920s "BURGESS" Clothing ,Hand Painted Metal Sign..Classic antique sign..Amazing COLOR, Patina and Surface,,.. Minor splitting to the front. (see photo). Hand delivery avail to New Y...

This large double side Welder's Mask Sign hung outside a iron mongers work shop boldly visible for the coming and going. Supported by heavy chains the mask sign was eerie and a bit sinister and not for the faint hearted. The banging and trunking of metal being forged into their desired shapes, along with sparks flying through the soot filled air. You only dared to enter if you were ready to conduct business in the creation of your project. Antique trade signs...

A vintage all original advertising light box sign depicting watch repairs in faded original glass.. a nice addition to sign collector or watch dealers ....

c. 1960s; Denoyer-Geppert Co. - Chicago, IL Vintage metal chart rack with four original four-color Denoyer-Geppert anatomy posters. Each is in remar...

Midcentury, oversized, advertising, store display, bronze scissors open and close as real scissors. Makes a great, rustic, folk art piece or wall art.

A mid 19th Century folk art trade sign of demilune form, depicting a Native American chief holding a peace pipe and tomahawk wearing a headdress of white and red feathers, wearing a decorated tunic, supported by “s” scrolls, possibly a cover for a paddle boat wheel...

1940s Native American wooden painted trading post sign. Colors are vibrant. This is what paint collectors appreciate. The natural fade and slight crackling of the paint showing true ...

Antique reverse-painted storefront sign. This piece was for a shop that specialized in alcoholic and tobacco goods. Features a red field with gold-tone painted serif lettering. Whil...

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...

A graphic rectangular patinated steel wall sign from a venerable Detroit, Michigan engineering firm.

c. 1930s-1940s; Sherwin-Williams Company - Cleveland, OH, USA Double-sided flange-mounted porcelain sign featuring the iconic "Cover the Earth" globe graphic, with a tilted paint ca...

c. 1910s; The J.B. Moos Cigar Manufacturing Co. - Cincinnati, OH Antique embossed tin cigar advertising sign with self-framing. This sign advertises Sidney Dillon cigars, a brand n...

c. 1970s/1980s; The William Simon Brewery - Buffalo, NY Vintage embossed composite, faux wood advertising sign. This piece advertises Simon Pure, a regional beer from upstate New Y...

A vintage illuminated wayfinding sign for an "X-ray" department, its acrylic face internally lit to glow a warm glow behind a bold red pictogram of a standing figure and the lowercas...

c. 1950s/1960s; Le Palais Bénédictine - Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France This piece advertises a drink known as a "B and B Stinger", which is Benedictine & Brandy, mixed with crème de...

Fantastic cast bronze vintage letters. Great way to get your point across! Salvaged from a bank building in the midwest. Great patinated bronze surface. ...

Large double-sided cobbler or shoe repair shop trade sign executed in the form of an oversized leather work boot, hand painted with illuminated milk glass "REPAIRING" lettering acros...

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...

Stylish Stainless Steel "SHOES" sIGN. dEPARTMENT Store Display, Modernist / Art Deco Font.. Not sure if machine or hand crafted ? Hollowed out letters,, Extremely well crafted,, spo...

c. 1950s; Beardstown Mills Company - Beardstown, IL Vintage litho livestock feed sign. This piece advertises Critic Quality livestock feeds from Beardstown Mills, a now-defunct flo...

Hand-Painted 2 sided Tire Sign. Started out at 8.95 and up and was later painted out and raised to 9.95 and up! Sign shows really nice patina and wear! Looks great up on a wall! ...

c. 1988; Santa Anita Park - Arcadia, California Plastic promotional sign for the West Paddock Gardens at Santa Anita Racetrack. This colorful sign features a stylized and dimension...

A striking piece of American roadside history: an original "Welcome to New York — The Empire State" highway marker, hand-lettered in gold on a deep cobalt blue ground, with the New Y...

Amazing handmade sign depicting Cub Scouting's iconic "Arrow of Light" emblem — a radiating sunburst above a fletched arrow — cut directly into a deep royal-blue painted box and back...

c. 1920s; mfd. by The H. D. Beach Co. (Coshocton, OH) for Reed Manufacturing Co. - Erie, PA Antique new-old-stock tin-over-cardboard (TOC) advertising sign. This piece advertises R...

Unique piece of fire/safey history. Metal Fire Blanket sign/holder. Measure: 5.5 feet tall. Made by Mine Safety Appliances Co. Pittsburgh PA. Original fire blanket seemingly unused i...

c. 1940s/1950s; Mueller Electric Co. - Cleveland, OH Vintage advertising store display. This piece features an assortment of offerings produced by Mueller, an electrical component ...

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...

This 19thc Original blue painted round cutting board was signed and dated as it was given to someone in 1913 ! It is in very good condition and painted on the front and unpainted on ...

Set of five erotic, humorous and taboo framed Mexican Retablos attributed to Alfredo Vilchis, circa 2010. A remarkable collection of contemporary Mexican ex-votos, or "retablos," att...

Double-sided illuminated "LADIES" directional restroom sign featuring translucent reverse-painted panels with white lettering and opposing directional arrows mounted within a gilt-fi...

Fabulous antique grocery sign, which is double-sided and hand painted. This piece came from a barn in Washington state and is in great shape for its age. It measures 18 inches high b...

Antique gold leaf sign Gebhardt Park. Framed in original wood frame.

A rare and authentic two-sided painted metal advertising sign for Hood’s Ice Cream, displayed in its original iron sidewalk frame. The sign features bold red and cream graphics with ...

American Folk art wooden "CIGARS" sign from the 1920's. Great old Store Trade sign. Wood cut to cigar shape. Lettered in Gold Paint. In good conditions, it was a in doors sign. Perfect for any cigar smoker. Cigars History: A cigar is basically dried tobacco leaves that are rolled and wrapped by other tobacco leaves in order to give you a full tobacco smoking experience. Cigars are becoming more popular all around the world recently because they are exposed to a pop culture where a lot of famous people like Michael Jordan and Arnold Schwarzenegger smoke them. In order to understand why cigars have become very well-known, we need to take a good look at their history and where they came from. That way, we can truly understand this pop phenomenon. Here is a brief history of cigars. Origin of Cigars The exact origin of cigars is not entirely known but historians believe that cigars were first invented by the ancient Mayans. The ancient Mayans would collect tobacco leaves and wrap them up in a plantain leave in order to smoke it. An ancient Mayan pot...

Double-sided painted wood advertising sign reading "Bicycles New & Used" in bold black lettering against a cream ground. The upper word "Bicycles" is rendered in flowing script, ...

Hand-painted character display featuring sculptural cartoon figures mounted on an integrated base with dimensional lettering reading "& the Girl", perhaps as a reference to the Tex A...

American wrought iron and gilt trade sign bracket with decorative scroll work and gilt ball motif. Late 19th Century

This double sided sheet metal with iron frame sandwich board reads : WE DO MACHINE QUILTING and it is on both sides. This is a all original painted double sided street or window sign...

c. 1900s; L. Miller & Sons - New York, NY Color lithographed tin advertising sign promoting Le Roy Little Cigars, featuring a finely dressed gentleman in a broad-brimmed sombrer...

"REGULAR" light box, originally used at a Gas Station pump. Back when gas came in Regular and Ethyl, take it or leave it — this sign's whole job was to stop you from accidentally fee...

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...

This is a very rare and early (circa 1885) tin advertising sign, commissioned by the Delaware Insurance Company, located and founded in Philadelphia in 1835. It was probably made by noted late 19th century sign maker, Sentenne & Green, of New York City, established in the 1870's. With an Indian motif, the sign features a Native American Indian, front and center, decorated in a brown and green headdress; with red, cream and aqua clothing and a large gold medallion...

Hand painted and lettered double sided metal shaped advertising sign. Gold lettering, black background with red edging. Good overall condition with paint losses, pitting and isolated...

Art Deco themed gas station advertising sign for Atlantic Oil (two sided).

Three whimsical American folk carved wood art trade signs in the form of straight edge razors. Used by barbers as interior advertisements. Two have...

Historic mercantile trade sign of a large oversized double barrel shotgun. This sign was used as a trade stimulator and would hang outside the store to attract customers and act as a...

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...

Vintage street sign that reads "This is a Neighborhood Watch Community". Black letters on a reflective white background. Used to have red accents wh...

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...