RadiatorEmblems: ABBOTT DETROIT

May 28, 2013

ABBOTT DETROIT

ABBOTT Motor Detroit radiator badge emblem vintage

ABBOTT MOTOR Detroit radiator emblem

The ABBOTT - DETROIT lived from 1909 to 1916. It was a fashion to take the name of the town where made onto the car name. Their production peak was 1912 with 1,817 cars sold. On the back of the original emblem is a makers mark: S.D. CHILDS CHICAGO

This emblem is from the Lee Roy Hartung / Chicago collection put up for auction in 2011

Dimensions	11.3 cm x 4.9 cm
Year	1912
Estimate

ABBOTT emblem with contemporary ad

backside of an original emblem with makers mark from S.D. CHILDS

For more beautiful emblems from other automobiles see top right of this page ( list of car makers ).

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I started collecting radiator emblems in 1976. I remember this clearly because I had to give my first car to the local scrapyard. It was a still nice looking Volkswagen squareback. The scrapyard director was interested in my car and I was interested in the emblems of all cars in the field. So a deal was made. And I went home with a bucket full of emblems. Later I've been on swap meets all around the world. I started buying emblems on Ebay in 1999. From this time on prices became comparable for the first time. This made it possible for me to invent a five-star system to categorize emblems based on their rarity and value.

This table is applicable for original emblems in a good but not perfect shape. Not for reproductions.

	A common pre-war emblem from a mass producer like Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler etc. Value: 0$ - 50$
	Still a well known car but no high production quantities. Value: 50$ - 200$
	Here it starts with the highly collectible emblems. Value: 200$ - 500$
	A very rare and very desirable emblem. You have to look years to find one of these. Value: 500$ - 800$
	An ultra rare piece. Prices are sometimes 800$ and more.

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