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 ...
Vintage advertising signs have become cherished collectibles that offer a unique glimpse into the past. These items are more than just relics — for collectors, they’re a slice of mid-century American ...
“This is literally trash,” Marty Kohn told appraiser Brian Thomczek with a laugh at a recent Trash or Treasure evaluation session held at the Michigan Design Center in Troy. There, about a dozen ...
Westside Billiards on San Carlos Street had a packed house when the Preservation Action Council of San Jose held a fundraiser last week to help fully restore the pool hall’s vintage sign. Some of the ...
Whether she's browsing a flea market or thrift store, Joanna Gaines never passes up this piece that adds character and a ...
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 swath of Las Vegas Boulevard downtown is being updated with Las Vegas' claim to the scenic and historical: restored neon signs. Workers recently installed the vintage sign from the Bow and Arrow ...
"Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs, blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind. Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?" Can you name the song and the band? The answer will be provided ...
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 ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque announced that 14 business and property owners along historic Route 66 will receive grant funding to restore their vintage signs. The Department of ...