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A sale without a predetermined fixed sale price. Bidders compete against each other for an item until all bidders except one drop out.

Buy It Now. A sale with a fixed price. Not an auction.

A frame that holds lenses, most often in gas pump globes. Can be metal or glass.

Fine cracks that appear within paint, especially on signs.

Parts of the sign are pressed into the surface so it becomes three-dimensional.

Deal Or No Deal. The seller doesn’t state a price for an item and instead accepts offers. Offers increase and the seller ultimately agrees, or not, to sell the item.

Double Sided Porcelain

Parts of a sign protrude from the surface of the sign so the surface is three-dimensional.

For the purpose of advertising signs and dispensers, porcelain and enamel are the same thing. In other industries, they have a different chemical composition.

Paper items and other, usually flat, collectible items not expected to be retained.

It depends on the sign, but most often is the entire area inside the outer border.

A sign whose mounting edge is perpendicular to the sign so that, when mounted to a wall, it sticks out from the wall surface and shows both sides.

The shine of a sign.

Glass inserts that attach to the body of a gas pump globe.

A freestanding sign with a base, a mounting pole that

The company name and/or a code that identifies the manufacturer.

New In Box. However, new doesn’t always mean undamaged.

New Old Stock. Again, new doesn’t always mean undamaged.

Reproduction. Not the genuine item.

A delicate paper used by sign companies to separate signs from each other to prevent scratching.

Single Sided Tin. In PryceFinder, descriptions this can also refer to heavier and thicker metals than just tin.

Single Sided Porcelain.

Tin Over Cardboard. The visible face of the sign is metal and the edges wrap around a cardboard back.