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#77615 02/03/06 01:20 PM
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Just ran across this item on eBay. Obviously someone spent time making this "rare" item. Oil can The problem is someone will believe that it is a real McCoy and bid on it.

I have also seen an open end wrench with a bow-tie emblem on it. It is a very rare one-of-a-kind. The guy who sold it told us how he made it after a friend bought it. Even though asked, he would not tell until it was paid for. It has proved to be a bargain if you count the number of times people have asked about it. Sure can get a conversation started.


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#77616 02/03/06 02:39 PM
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Chipper,
This brings to mind the "real" 1934 tool box with bow-tie that was at Petit Jean swap meet a few years ago. I passed on it two years in a row. I still don't know if it was "real" or "bogus".

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Looks like one for a sewing machine of the 30s and someone stuck a Chevrolet enamel pin on it, probably with epoxy.


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#77618 02/03/06 09:07 PM
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Yep, that's about as fake as they come. I have an oil can identical to that one and it is part of my antique New Home sewing machine set. The Chevrolet bow tie on the oil can featured on eBay appears to be from a small reproduction key chain that is glued onto the oil can.

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