RadiatorEmblems

This page is dedicated to pre war car emblems and interesting post war emblems I want to present to you the most beautiful and the most rarest emblems on this page. To my knowledge the first enameled radiator emblem was on the Georges Richard1903. From this time on thousands of these nice artifacts were mounted on the radiator to identify the car. If you send me a picture from your favorite emblems I´ll post them with a comment. ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CARMAKERS.

Aug 25, 2013

DUESENBERG / USA

DUESENBERG radiator emblem - silver plated-

One of the most famous and most expensive cars were built by Frederick DUESENBERG, born in Germany in 1877. His family emigrated to the States and Fred built his first car in Indianapolis in 1920.
Here you see one of the most valuable Duesenberg emblems. It is from the Model A made in 1926.

Size	6.3 cm
Year	ca. 1926
Estimate

Of course the original emblem was silver plated. Here you see a German repro from GOEDE and of course not silver plated, only chromed. Please also compare the backsides.

reproduction made in Germany

Here you see both backsides: no doubt, the left emblem is the original !

For more emblems see older posts or top right (List of car makers).

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I started collecting radiator emblems 40 years ago. 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.

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	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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Aug 25, 2013

DUESENBERG / USA

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