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Samuel Robb Carved Tobacciana Trade Sign
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Tobacciana trade sign carved by Samuel Robb, New York, Circa 1885. Figure holds a knife and bundle
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler
s Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th or 19th century French ship chandler's trade sign, circa 1800, an oval pine double sided sign
Category
1790s French Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine
Giant Champion Cricket Bat, Trade Sign by N Cochrane
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Very rare extra large champion cricket bat by N Cochrane, Trade Sign
This is an unusual piece
Category
Early 20th Century Great Britain (UK) Industrial Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Ash
French Gothic Style Wrought Iron Giant Key Locksmith Trade Sign
Located in Stamford, CT
French wrought iron black painted locksmith trade sign in the form of a large and elaborate key
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Exquisite Early 20th Century French Hand Lettering Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
We are proud to offer an exquisite early 20th century French hand lettering trade sign. This is
Category
1920s French Victorian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Canvas
Horse Head Trade Sign, Last Quarter of the 19th Century
Located in York County, PA
An exceptional, painted American trade sign made from carved wood in the full-bodied form of a race
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
1880s Butcher
s Trade Sign and Butcher Shop Rack
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
For the kitchen butcher's trade sign and decorative butcher shop rack. Bolted construction of
Category
1880s American Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Other, Iron, Wrought Iron
French Large Size Mid-19th Century Zinc Clock Trade Sign on Custom Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
This French large size clock trade sign from the mid-19th century depicts an oversized pocket watch
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Iron, Zinc
American Oval Timber Trade Sign with Two Masted Ship and Rope Boarder. C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American oval hand carved timber trade sign with a centered two masted ship, rope border, upper
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Rope, Wood, Paint
19th Century Life Sized Horse Trade Sign from a Tack Shop in Pennsylvania
Located in Richmond, VA
19th century life sized horse trade sign from a tack shop in Pottsville, PA. Horse is made of cast
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Iron
19th Century Trade Sign Clothing Wood Double Sided Wooden Hudson Valley NY
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Take a look at this fantastic double sided early 19th or late 18th century wooden trade sign with
Category
Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Iron
Antique Trade Sign Gavel or Presentation Piece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gavel is in great condition and was a presentation piece.
Copper plate on gavel reads as follows / Dated 1941
Presented By
The Corona 20-30 Club
Won By
Red Lands #121 -...
Category
Early 20th Century American Country Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Carved Cigar Store Indian, Shop Trade Sign This is a very rare find, he i
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Carved Cigar Store Indian, Shop Trade Sign
This is a very rare find, he is a full size
Category
1910s Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Antique Early 20th C Hanging Trade Shop Sign "Antiques" Star of David Solomon
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Hanging double sided trade sign, sheet metal with a black ground and gilt lettering. Two pretty
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Metal
Antique French Butcher
s Horse Meat
Boucherie Chevaline
Advertising Trade Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique butcher shop horse meat advertising sign, or Boucherie Chevaline' has no maker's marks
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Pharmacy Sign
DRUGS
Painted on a Single Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
American folk art trade sign from an apothecary or pharmacy with the word 'DRUGS' in black paint
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine, Paint
Giant Wood Early 20th Century Hand Painted Americana Barber Shop Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large and chunky Americana! Fantastic and original Barber Shop trade sign in the shape of a barber
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Impressive Huge 19th Century Pawnbroker Folk Art Sign with Three Spheres Symbol
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An impressive rare and monumental in scale folk art pawnbroker trade sign with its original trio of
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Regency Hand Blown Chemist Pharmacy Apothecary Display Carboy Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
originally used as early trade signs for pharmacy's prior to when the majority of the population couldn't
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Blown Glass, Cut Glass
$1,230 Sale Price
25% Off
Cigars Store / Trade Folk Art Wooden Carved Sign. c 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
American Folk art wooden "CIGARS" sign from the 1920's.
Great old Store Trade sign. Wood cut to
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Pharmacy Metal Sign
A rare double sided pharmacy trade
Category
1920s Early Victorian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Metal
Late 19th Century Folk Art "BOOT
Cobbler
s Trade Show / SHOP Sign / Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Late 19th Century Folk Art "BOOT' Cobbler's Trade Show OR sHOP Sign / Sculpture . aLL Hand made
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Copper
19th Century Oversized Huge Folk Art Full Leather Trade Show Sign Balmoral Boot
Located in Lowestoft, GB
/trade show when the balmoral boot was made popular after it was created for Prince Albert in 1857.
The
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Leather
19th Century Barber
s Pole Hand Carved Hand Painted
Located in San Francisco, CA
by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft. The trade sign is, by a
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th C Collection Italian Deli Butchers Meats Shop Trade Display Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fun collection of Italian butchers display meats that would off adored a traditional delicatessen.
Within the collection there is a pair of late 19th/early 20th century plaster an...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Plastic, Rubber, Plaster
Antique French Finkbeiner Cordonnier (Shoemaker/Cobbler) Advertising Sign
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Wonderful antique French hand-painted wooden trade sign for “Finkbeiner Cordonnerie” (shoemaker
Category
19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood
$1,872 Sale Price
25% Off
French 19th Century Rare Gilded Zinc Bull
s Head Butcher
s Sign
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing and extremely rare to find zinc bull head . This piece was originally used as a trade sign
Category
19th Century French Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Zinc
$4,094 Sale Price
48% Off
Gilt Cast Metal Horse
s Head
Located in New York, NY
Originally used as a butcher's trade sign. With mounting hooks on back. This head was previously
Category
19th Century Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Metal
19th Century Dutch Overscale Coffee Pot of Polished Copper
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual 19th century Dutch overscale copper coffee pot, possibly a trade sign from a coffee house
Category
19th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Copper
19thc Monumental Cast Iron Garden Rooster
Located in Los Angeles, CA
store front as a trade sign or a garden element. The patina is amazing and in very good condition.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Iron
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Oversized French Monumental Iron Key - Vintage Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, in good condition. Trade sign, with a weathered finish. Minor fading, due to age. Wear consistent
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Metal, Iron
Terracotta Tete D
ours Sculpture
Located in Washington, DC
A terra cotta tete d'ours (bear head) which was a trade sign for a honey store. This is a rare find
Category
Early 19th Century French Other Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Terracotta
Rare Antique Wrought Iron French Locksmith Sign In The Form Of A Key
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Rare antique wrought iron trade sign, in the form of a very decorative key, that once hung outside
Category
18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wrought Iron
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century American Patriotic Barber Pole Open Sign Folk Art
Located in Forney, TX
sculpted wooden patriotic barber pole advertising trade sign / open sign.
Mid-19th century, Southern
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, Signed, circa 1870
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, by Lee Heng, circa 1870, an oil on board seascape
Category
1870s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Other
First Trade Edition of Winnie-the-Pooh signed by Author
Illustrator, with Orig
Located in Middletown, NY
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander): Winnie-the-Pooh
An Exceptionally rare copy of the FIRST TRADE
Category
1920s English Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
19th Century Boucherie Chevaline French Tradesign
Located in London, GB
leaf hand beaten butchers advertising trade sign. These items have become rare over the years
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Zinc
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Shell Work Diorama Scene
Located in London, GB
called “The bell inn” with trade sign outside, windmill and lots more. The glass is from the 19th century
Category
1920s British Folk Art Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Pine
19th Century China Trade Seascape with the Ship Avon at Anchor by Lai Fong
Located in Nantucket, MA
most China trade paintings were neither signed nor dated.
Measures: 9-5/8 in H x 15-3/4 in W
Framed
Category
1890s Hong Kong Chinese Export Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Canvas
Huge English Illuminated advertising clock by Smiths of London
Located in London, GB
well with a black painted steel case. This trade sign clock was originally double sided however one
Category
1920s British Late Victorian Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Metal
Large 19th Century Neoclassical Carved Painted Gilt Wood Mirrored Urn Statue
Located in Forney, TX
architectural element, pocket watch holder or even an early trade sign.
Dimensions: (approx)
36.5" High, 13
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Japanese Antique Edo Signed Wood Noh Theater Mask Ko-Omote 17th-18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
-carved from natural wood, clearly by a master of his trade.
The mask is signed on the inside by the
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
"20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in the Friendship", Signed by Amelia Earhart, 1928
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, 1928. First trade edition. Signed on the free endpage. Rebound in maroon ¼ leather and cloth maroon
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Pearl Fishery Scene, Coromandel Coast India, Dutch Hand-Colored Engraving c.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
matter, and insight into early modern global trade.
The engraving shows clear signs of age and use
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Woodblock Print, English Lady, Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the Netherlands, Russia, and France. Others
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Woodblock Print, Dutch Lady with Child and Servant
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
,” the five countries that signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the Netherlands
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Woodblock Print, Dutch Lady with Child and Servant Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
,” the five countries that signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the Netherlands
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Porcelain
$1,649 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Dutch Lady with Child and Servant - Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nations," the five countries that signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
$810 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Woodblock - English Lady - Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the Netherlands, Russia, and France. Others
Category
19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Bronze
$1,190 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Dutch Lady with Child and Servant - Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nations," the five countries that signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
$810 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Woodblock Print, William Lee Inventor of the Knitting Machine
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the Netherlands, Russia, and France. Others
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
Japanese Woodblock Print, Lives of Great People of the Occident James Watt
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the Netherlands, Russia, and France. Others
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Woodblock - William Lee Inventor of the Knitting Machine
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the Netherlands, Russia, and France. Others
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
$2,140 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Lives of Great People of the Occident James Watt
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
signed trade treaties with Japan in 1858: America, England, the Netherlands, Russia, and France. Others
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Paper
$2,140 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Antique English Bushel Measures with Iron Bands, Rustic Decor
Located in Atlanta, GA
certification for accuracy in trade. Worn patina and subtle signs of age tell the story of their use, making
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Iron
Pair of Art Deco Silverplate Coupe Glasses Goblets
By Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
with clean, minimal lines; the glasses are signed with "Trade Mark 1883 F.B Rogers Silver Co" with
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Silver Plate
Two rare Figures in Turkish Attire - Venice, early 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
coexistence, driven by the need to sustain trade. Venice and the Ottomans signed multiple treaties during the
Category
17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Trade Signs
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
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Antique Trade Signs For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of antique trade signs for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique trade signs was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and iron. Antique trade signs have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique trade signs to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Folk Art, Industrial and Victorian antique trade signs are of considerable interest. Ross Johnson Drug Co, Bernard Gloekler Co. and Indian Motorcycles each produced beautiful antique trade signs that are worth considering.
How Much are Antique Trade Signs?
Prices for antique trade signs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique trade signs begin at $275 and can go as high as $49,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,400.
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