Used Highway Signs
Vintage 'Lodging" Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage highway sign in cobalt blue reflective metal. Depicts a person sleeping in bed. Sign
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Vintage 1960s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage 'Phone' Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage highway sign in cobalt blue reflective metal. Depicts a large white phone on a blue
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Long 'Dead End' Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage highway sign. Dead End Rd. Over 3 feet long. Cool vintage sign with good subject matter
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Vintage 1960s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Monumental Porcelain Roadside Rest Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super rare vintage porcelain highway sign. Great green coloring with white lettering. Retired
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Monumental California Drunk Drivers Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage highway sign that reads Report Drunk Drivers Call 911. Stamped "Property of State of
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Orange 'BRIDGE OUT' Metal Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super cool vintage metal 'BRIDGE OUT' sign from the East Coast. Measures: 4 feet wide. Orange sign
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Metal
Large Pacific Coast Scenic Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large vintage Pacific Coast Highway sign reading "Pacific Coast Scenic Byway." Green sign that
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Vintage 1970s American Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
California Highway Sign, 1940s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive California highway sign circa 1940s. Just over 8 feet long and 4 feet tall. Telling drivers
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Vintage 1940s American Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage California Historical Landmark Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting vintage California highway sign for Adobe Rios-Caledonia. This is a California
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage California Highway Seatbelt Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage California road sign warning people to wear their seatbelt. White steel reflective sign
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Reflective Truck Road Sign
Located in Burton, TX
street sign to inform motorist of trucks entering and exiting the highway, this sign presents great
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Late 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
Robert Indiana "Untitled" Oil on Canvas, USA 1959
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
. Bold and visually dazzling, his work embraced the vocabulary of highway signs and roadside
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Vintage 1950s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
1981 California Highway Lodging Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive vintage California lodging sign. Large blue sign with white lettering and white trim
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Vintage 1980s American Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
California Freeway Sign, 1986 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Cats eye reflectors throughout. Retired sign from California highway system. State Route 78 is a
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Vintage 1980s American Contemporary Art
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Will Frates, “Princeton Beach”, Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting, c. 1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
Highway 1.
Signed on front at bottom and signed, titled, priced, and notated in pencil on verso. Title on
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Wood, Paint, Paper
H 29.13 in W 34.88 in D 2 in
Vintage Trailer Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Whimsical vintage highway sign from Texas. Blue sign with with graphics of a trailer. Good vintage
Category
Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
US Post Office Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive US Post Office Highway sign from the south. Steel sign with reflective lettering. Great
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Gas Station Ahead Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage highway gas station sign from Texas. Blue sign with white graphics. Great coloring. Good
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Safety First Vintage Road Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting vintage highway sign. Safety First, Stay Alert, Don't Get Hurt. White reflective steel
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Los Angeles Slippery Road Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage plastic road sign from Los Angeles. Slippery road ahead. Large in scale. Yellow background
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Plastic
Large Big Bear Lake California Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very cool vintage California freeway sign showing the way to Big Bear Lake. Iconic location in
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
1959 California Highway 'Signal Ahead' Sign with Reflectors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare 'Signal Ahead' yellow sign from a California Highway. Letters are made of reflectors. Stamped
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Vintage 1950s American Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
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Kansas US Route 69 Highway Reflective Sign
Located in Orange, CA
U.S. Route 69 is a major north–south United States highway. This is a smaller sign so normally
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Metal
Early 20th C Signed Dorothy Sweet Etchings, “London’s Highway”, ”Tower of London”
Located in Billerica, MA
Early 20th C Signed Dorothy Sweet Etchings, “London’s Highway” and ”Tower of London” sold as a pair
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Early 20th Century English Victorian Drawings
Materials
Paper
H 12 in W 16 in D 1 in
Antique Rand McNally & Company Schoolmap. Ancient Oriental Empires. Historical
By Rand McNally & Co.
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
creating maps with numbered roads, Rand McNally also erected many of the actual roadside highway signs
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Vintage 1920s American American Classical Maps
Materials
Fabric, Paper
H 43.31 in W 64.18 in D 1.19 in
A 17th c. Dutch oil painting
By Eise Aetes Ruytenbach
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Eise Aetes Ruytenbach, A highway robbery, signed and dated 'F. Ruytenbach/1687' (lower right), oil
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large 'Scenic Route' California Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very cool vintage California freeway sign reading "scenic route" with a snow-capped mountain in the
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Vintage 1970s American Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage 'Buckle Up' Road Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and great patina. Reverse side is "Entering Highway" sign with yellow background.
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Vintage 1980s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Burma Shave Highway Advertising Signs
By Burma-Vita
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold and graphic painted Burma-Shave highway advertising signs in red and white.
The Burma
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Vintage 1950s American Signs
Materials
Wood
Set of Three c. 1928 Burma-Shave Highway Advertising Signs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold and graphic painted Burma-Shave highway advertising signs in yellow and black.
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Early 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Wood
Vintage Reflective Firetruck Road Sign
Located in Burton, TX
a street sign to inform motorist of firetrucks entering and exiting the highway, this sign presents
Category
Late 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
1961 California Highway 'Not A Through Street" Sign with Reflectors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare 'Not A Throught Street"' yellow sign from a California highway. Letters are made of reflectors
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Vintage 1960s American Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Allan D'Arcangelo Acrylic on Canvas Painting "Moon" Signed En Verso, NYC, 1963
By Allan D'Arcangelo 1
Located in New York, NY
D'Arcangello was an American artist and printmaker, best known for his paintings of highways and
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Vintage 1960s American Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 12 in W 14 in D 1 in
"Landscape" Acrylic on Canvas, 1967 by Allan D'Arcangelo
By Allan D'Arcangelo 1
Located in New York, NY
paintings of American highways and signs. Signed, titled, and dated verso: A. D'Arcangelo / NYC 1967
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Vintage 1960s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
California 'Dumping Prohibited' Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'Dumping Prohibited' California highway sign. Excellent condition. Stamped 'State of
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Wildflowers Metal Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage highway sign that reads Wildflowers Do Not Mow. Reflective gray sign with black
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Do Not Pick Up Hitch Hikers Vintage Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage highway sign from the southern United States. Sign says "Do not pick up hitch hikers
Category
Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Do Not Pick Up Hitch Hikers Vintage Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage highway sign from the southern United States. Sign says "Do not pick up hitch hikers
Category
Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Monumental BRIDGE OUT Wood Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super cool vintage wood BRIDGE OUT sign from the East Coast. 4 feet wide. Wood sign with white
Category
Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Wood
Large 'Scenic Route' California Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very cool vintage California freeway sign reading "scenic route" with a snow-capped mountain in the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Rare and Historical Colored Tourist Highway Sign
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This rare historical sign was found in the South Carolina beaches area believed to date from the
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Vintage Highway Carpool Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage highway sign depicting a family in a car. Used for the carpool Lane. Great black and
Category
1990s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Highway Metal Market Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare blue and white metal sign taken down from a US highway. Sign shows images of an egg, carton of
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage California Highway Watch Your Speed Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage California highway sign. Sign reads - Watch Your Speed We Do featuring a police
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Vintage 1970s American Signs
Materials
Steel
California Highway Patrol Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage California "HIGHWAY PATROL" road sign from Los Angeles. Engraved State of California on the
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Vintage 1980s American Signs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Black and White Highway One Road Sign, Enamel on Metal, Oversize
By US Government Printing Office
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage American road sign for Highway One has a striking graphic impact in look, texture and size
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20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Enamel, Sheet Metal
Vintage Holland Lincoln Tunnels Highway Enamel Sign, circa 1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original enamel highway sign for the Holland Lincoln Tunnels, framed in a later red painted wood
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage Highway 101 Sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
1960's vintage California 101 enameled highway sign.
Category
20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Beautiful "Indian Lake" Road Sign
Located in North Beninngton, VT
, "N.Y. Highway Department". I think this sign must date to the 20's or earlier. All original paint
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Early 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Iron
Enormous Mobile Pegasus Sign, circa 1954
Located in Portland, OR
that they were easy to see from nearby highways. These signs are often known as "cookie cutters
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Vintage 1950s Industrial Signs
Ronald Wohlauer Vintage Photograph
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful vintage photograph by Ronald Wohlauer, titled "highway 1, Big Sur, California." Signed
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Vintage 1970s American Photography
Old Enamel Sign, N India, circa 1940s
Located in By Appointment Only, CA
highways of India. The sign is asking for an auto behind it to use the Horn when passing it.
The
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Signs
Materials
Steel
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Vintage Wooden Bike Route Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wood bike route signs from Berlin, CT. Scratches and signs of use. Very unusual to find this sign in wood as opposed to metal. From the parks and recreations department. Good...
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Vintage 1960s American Signs
Materials
Wood
Hand Painted Keep Off Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wooden Keep Off sign. Hand painted with red background and white lettering on thin wood board. Great colors and graphics. Great vintage condition. Cool piece of wall art.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Signs
Materials
Wood
1920's -30's Hand Painted "DRUGS" wood sign
Located in Buffalo, NY
1920's -30's Hand Painted "DRUGS" wood sign ... Great old sign,, Tons of character,, Retains original finish / patina..
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Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Los Angeles 'DEAD END' Embossed Street Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Los Angeles street sign. Embossed sign, circa 1960s. Reads 'DEAD END.' Tons of patina, good condition.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Signs
Materials
Steel
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Used Highway Signs For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of used highway signs for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct used highway signs — often made from metal, steel and plastic — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of used highway signs available, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Folk Art and Mid-Century Modern used highway signs are consistently popular styles. Many used highway signs are appealing in their simplicity, but Burma-Vita produced popular used highway signs that are worth a look.
How Much are Used Highway Signs?
Used highway signs can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $645, while the lowest priced sells for $325 and the highest can go for as much as $4,200.
Questions About Used Highway Signs
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The font used on London street signs is usually Univers Bold Condensed. However, local councils have the freedom to choose their own fonts, so you may see variations from the usual typeface in some places. You'll find a large collection of typographic art on 1stDibs.