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Old 14 August 2014, 08:53 AM   #1
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Vintage Rolex Sign

I just picked this up as I thought it was neat and I have never seen one before. It's a porcelain sign about the size of a piece of paper. My guess is it was posted outside an AD's store in the 1950's.

What do you think, is it a vintage treasure or junk?

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Old 14 August 2014, 09:21 AM   #2
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Vintage treasure
That's worth any amount of today's free AD trinkets. Great find! Looks like enamelled metal, not porcelain. And how big is a piece of paper?
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Old 14 August 2014, 09:23 AM   #3
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nice piece
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Old 14 August 2014, 09:50 AM   #4
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Old 14 August 2014, 09:57 AM   #5
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Vintage treasure
That's worth any amount of today's free AD trinkets. Great find! Looks like enamelled metal, not porcelain. And how big is a piece of paper?
I guess it's a little narrower than a piece of paper. Measures roughly 6" x 11".

I assumed it was porcelain but really not sure. It's really heavy for its size.

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Old 14 August 2014, 10:03 AM   #6
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You have over 600 posts here, come to us with awesomeness and ask us if it's junk!??!!??

I'd love to have that sign! Definitely NOT junk my friend, not junk at all
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Old 14 August 2014, 11:36 AM   #7
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very cool....good score!
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Old 14 August 2014, 02:47 PM   #8
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I would love to have something like that. Anything with rolex on it has to worth something. Good score.


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Old 14 August 2014, 04:10 PM   #9
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Vintage treasure
That's worth any amount of today's free AD trinkets. Great find! Looks like enamelled metal, not porcelain. And how big is a piece of paper?

Same size as a rope.
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Old 14 August 2014, 04:18 PM   #10
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Well done...
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Old 14 August 2014, 04:41 PM   #11
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Cool old enamel sign, love it.
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Old 14 August 2014, 06:24 PM   #12
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Definately treasure
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Old 14 August 2014, 07:08 PM   #13
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Old 14 August 2014, 08:40 PM   #14
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Same size as a rope.
I have a rope length piece of string mon.
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Old 14 August 2014, 08:41 PM   #15
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I have a rope length piece of string mon.
Is it the size of a sign?
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Old 14 August 2014, 08:57 PM   #16
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Is it the size of a sign?
its paper size.
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Old 14 August 2014, 09:13 PM   #17
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Sweet find!!!!

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Old 15 August 2014, 04:27 AM   #18
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Old 15 August 2014, 04:30 AM   #19
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Old 15 August 2014, 08:17 AM   #20
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Enjoying my treasure, thanks for the comments!

In regard to the size I guess paper size is passé. I should have described it by the size of Ipad.

Thanks for the laughs guys.

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Old 15 August 2014, 10:21 AM   #21
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cool find :-) M
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Old 15 August 2014, 12:41 PM   #22
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Vintage treasure
That's worth any amount of today's free AD trinkets. Great find! Looks like enamelled metal, not porcelain. And how big is a piece of paper?
Enameled metal is called porcelain.
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Old 15 August 2014, 01:50 PM   #23
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It is complete useless junk. If you send it my way I'll see that it gets properly recycled
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Old 15 August 2014, 09:24 PM   #24
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Enjoying my treasure, thanks for the comments!

In regard to the size I guess paper size is passé. I should have described it by the size of Ipad.

Thanks for the laughs guys.

Well then is it IPad full size or IPad mini then. Lol. Enjoy it!!!

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Old 15 August 2014, 09:49 PM   #25
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Nothing Rolex is junk. That is an awesome piece
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Old 15 August 2014, 10:07 PM   #26
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That is a really cool piece.
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Old 15 August 2014, 11:57 PM   #27
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That is very cool my friend. Great score
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