Sign restorer Don Van Kannel doesn’t have to take his work home with him. It’s already there. Van Kannel has 128 vintage advertising signs hanging in his home, not counting those in his bathroom or ...
That “antique” on your shelf might be hiding a modern secret. In a world full of clever replicas and aged finishes, spotting the real deal takes more than a quick glance. So how do collectors know ...
Six pieces of signs advertising for a pharmacy in southwest Nova Scotia were sold at an auction for over $30,000. Auctioneer ...
Would you spend $189,750 on an Orange Crush sign? A man in Arizona did last month at an auction held by Richmond Auctions in Greenville. It is, of course, not your standard soft drink sign. It is lit ...
Vintage beer signs are a valuable find for collectors, especially those who have a home bar. Whether neon, porcelain or a classic tin wall hanger, these pieces of brewing history can go for thousands ...
Vintage beer signs continue to be as cool as the brew you love to drink Hundreds of beer companies created colorful porcelain, tin and wooden signs before Prohibition Neon beer signs were produced in ...
What makes a purchase “worth it”? The answer is different for everybody, so we’re asking some of the coolest, most shopping-savvy people we know—from small-business owners to designers, artists, and ...
Jacques Grelley has experienced and witnessed many significant historical events—and been friends with the people making history—in his 72 or so years, and his eyes hold the intensity of a man who is ...
Out with the old, in with the ... old-ishly new? That's the gist of the Las Vegas Scenic Byways Plan, a $1.1 million project in which vintage neon signs from long-demolished Sin City hotels and motels ...
On Thursday, the Neon Museum in downtown Las Vegas debuted “Brilliant!”— an audiovisual immersion experience that uses technology advances to reanimate 40 monumental examples of the museum’s iconic ...
A sign from the old Par-A-Dice Motel, originally placed in 1953, has been installed on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of Oakey Boulevard. Photo Credit: City of Las Vegas Eight historical, refurbished ...