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YELLAHEEP
August 26th, 2007, 15:35
Yeah, I'm sure tons of folks are gonna beat down his door for this at that price....

http://denver.craigslist.org/pts/406634423.html

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philip_g
August 26th, 2007, 15:44
boy I don't know man, a guy at work collects old cars and I bet that plate is worth that and more to the right person.
YELLAHEEP
August 26th, 2007, 15:58
Well, at the Tri-State Auto swap meet, I see those things by the box....
philip_g
August 26th, 2007, 16:03
Well, at the Tri-State Auto swap meet, I see those things by the box....
no kiddin? is there something unique about 1914? Aside from being the second year of production. I looked online and couldn't find a single one for sale.
frankenstang57
August 26th, 2007, 17:15
Not my cup of tea but maybe he's not out of line, that is if you collect crap like that;

http://cgi.ebay.com/1914-THE-RAREST-COLLECTOR-ARKANSAS-CAR-LICENSE-PLATE_W0QQitemZ190142146144QQihZ009QQcategoryZ3599 4QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-Pair-Michigan-Porcelain-License-Plates-1910-4-Digit_W0QQitemZ140150637504QQihZ004QQcategoryZ2027 8QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Antique-Maine-1905-Porcelain-License-Plate-2-Digit_W0QQitemZ120153465451QQihZ002QQcategoryZ3277 2QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
YELLAHEEP
August 26th, 2007, 21:50
Jeezus! :eek:

I guess I stand corrected. There apparently are people with more money than common sense out there......

Guess I better start keeping an eye out for 'em when I'm back in Nebraska at the barn sales....
zachxj01
August 26th, 2007, 22:38
hah ya cause a lot of ppl are registering cars from 1914 and want a license plate from then wtf i know a few guys that collect license plates but not for that price
xjmatt
August 27th, 2007, 05:20
no kiddin? is there something unique about 1914? Aside from being the second year of production. I looked online and couldn't find a single one for sale.

Maybe nothing special in Colorado but a lot happened in 1914 in the world. The Mexican revolution began, WWI began, and I think that was Babe Ruth's rookie year. Yea sorry I spent to much time in history classes.
philip_g
August 27th, 2007, 06:42
Maybe nothing special in Colorado but a lot happened in 1914 in the world. The Mexican revolution began, WWI began, and I think that was Babe Ruth's rookie year. Yea sorry I spent to much time in history classes.
my thought is they started selling plates in 1913 and 1914 was the first year of the porcelinized plates, if there weren't many to begin with there probably aren't many now, and if there's a guy in CO that wants to plate his whatever was sold in 1914 I bet he jumps at the chance to have one.
The guy I work with collects 30's MG's and I an totally see him spending that kind of $
frankenstang57
August 27th, 2007, 07:32
Now this guy is just plain ol' on crack:

http://cgi.ebay.com/license-plate-california-REPOMAN_W0QQitemZ220143609275QQihZ012QQcategoryZ14 032QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If I could just find the right HP Lovecraft fan to buy my "CTHULU" plate off the back of my wife's Focus wagon... :)
formatt
August 27th, 2007, 11:55
my father-in-law collects plates like these. There are huge swap meets for this kind of stuff back in the midwest. Most of the time though, they're looking for a series of plates, not individual.

He's got a pretty serious collection and I know he's been approached quite a bit about parting with portions of his collection for substantial money.

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