Gas Globe Collectors Blog

Have you noticed the prices lately? If you haven’t, you’re not paying attention. Up they go again! Lots of people are asking why. Are they moving too quickly? Are prices…

Have you noticed the prices lately? If you haven’t, you’re not paying attention. Up they go again! Lots of people are asking why. Are they moving too quickly? Are prices…

Gulf Marine White (broken globe) This article is prompted by the poor collector on oldgas.com website, who received the pair of wonderful Marathon running lenses, “in kit form,” in a…

By Scott Benjamin You’ve heard it over and over again, it’s all about condition. Only buy the best, only buy the near mint or mint pieces. Only the mint pieces…

Caldwell & Taylor Benzol Porcelain Sign (before) We get a lot of calls about restoring various collectibles that you are finding. One question that pops up over and over is…

Gas Pump Ad Panels Ad panels, often referred to as ad glass, are small glass plates that adorn the upper areas of some gas pumps, circa 1930s-1960s. Most are made…

My son, Jaren and I left Monday noon for our annual trek to our favorite gas and oil show, Iowa Gas, stopping about two thirds the way in Peru, Illinois,…

Double Visible Gas Pump Ever see a couple plastic signs or modern gas pumps sitting abandoned in back of your local service station? You don’t even give it a second…

Buckeye Ethyl Gas Globe We had a number of comments on the crazy prices realized on many of the Barrett-Jackson Auction items last month. I’ve written about motivated buying before,…