Thunderbird Motel sign up for sale again September 16, 2006
Posted by Ron in Motels, Signs.trackback
Back in June, the Thunderbird Motel neon sign that once graced the Route 66 motor court in Miami, Okla., was sold in an estate auction for a reported $24,000.
Now it’s for sale again — this time on eBay. The bidding is up to $3,750, but there’s more than six days left in the auction, and there’s a reserve, too. The photo above is from the eBay listing — apparently still in its shipping crate.
I’m positive it’s not a replica. The dimensions are exactly the same as the one listed at the earlier estate auction. I’ve got an e-mail into the seller to figure out why the sign’s on the block again so soon after it was sold.
I wonder why he didn’t put Route 66 in the main title/header?
Who was the sign purchased from originally? Was interested as a collector and would like to know who you purchased the sign from?
I don’t know. I have nothing to do with the seller.
That old Thunderbird sign certainly brings back memories to me — my ex-husband took a shot at me (gun-shot!) in the parking lot of the T-Bird Motel & Lounge back in the late ’60s. lol. A series of Route 66 neon wall lights came out sometime in the ’90s (I think) and the Oklahoma light featured the Thunderbird. I saw it in a mall in Joplin, MO, while back in Miami for my son’s wedding and laughed about it — now I’m trying like crazy to find one of the Thunderbird lamps! If anyone knows where to find one, please don’t hesitate to email me: cvann46032@att.net.