MARCH 9
Three neon Route 66 signs were part of a huge auction next week.
Michael Brown of Arlington, Texas, liquified his huge collection of neon signs March 16-19. It included more than 180 items, most of which were neon.
The Route 66 signs were the Alamo Liquor sign from Carthage, Missouri, the Frontier Motel from Miami, Oklahoma and one sign saying "Hotel" from southern Illinois, its exact location still undetermined but known to be on Route 66.
The auction is being put on by Mecum Auctions.
They said the Alamo Liquor sign was a single-sided neon one from the 1950s and that it rested in storage for 20 years before being carefully restored.
Hopefully some of the signs will go to places the general public can see them. You know how I feel about neon.
You Can Never Have Too Much Neon. --RoadNeon
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