Pantera Dealer sign

i will pay $350. if there are no cracks in the plastic. mike mayberry 818 984 3123 or mikedmayberry@hotmail.com

I paid $750 for mine. They are pretty scarce.

Well, what he said to me yesterday was that he just saw a JEEP dealer sign sell for $1150 on Ebay.

He thought this might be worth more and I said I don't know, I'll have to ask around.

I guess Jeeps are the hot thing and Panteras are like dead Presidents, i.e., who cares?

Can you post a pic and dimensions? How much do you want for it?

Again, it isn't my sign, and I was just asking here what you guys thought it was worth.

My friend Bob reiterated yesterday that it isn't for sale, and doesn't want to be contacted about it. He was just asking me what I thought it was worth and I said I didn't know, I will ask around, which is what I was doing.

It is worth what someone is willing to pay. I'd list it on Ebay and see if I can find a buyer with more money than brains

Tough combination to find in a Pantera owner. Much easier in a Mangusta owner though?

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Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
I have a friend that has an orignal Pantera dealer illuminated sign.

They were a Pantera dealer in the early 70's and found it in the basement when they went to move.

Can anyone give me some kind of a figure as to what they think it is worth?

I have never seen another one besides it.

Thanks.

PanteraDoug,

These lighted signs are extremely hard to come by. The plastic portions of the signs are the most valuable by far and are what make the true value of the sign. If the plastic and graphics are in excellent condtion, the signs can easily be worth $1800 - $2500.

In the 1980's Cory Gehling of Collector's Choice in Wisconsin (Pantera Vendor) had some reproduction signs made and sold every one of them at $600 each.

In the late 1990's I paid $1800 for the sign I had. It was as close to new as you could get. It had been hanging in someone's living room. His dad had been a Lincoln-Mercury Dealer that sold Panteras. Not every LM dealer had a Pantera sign. They had to be purchased...LM Delaers did not automatically get a sign. Meaning there weren't as many signs produced as there were LM dealers.

Even then, when the dealers bought a sign, most were pitched in the dumpster after they were sone with them or deteriorated so badly they were no good anyway.

The 2006 No. 1 issue of POCA Profiles has an article I wrote about the signs.

Ebay is a great place to sell the sign if your friend decides to get rid of it.

Hope this information helps,

Jim