RadiatorEmblems: HERFF BROOKS / USA

Nov 27, 2013

HERFF BROOKS / USA

HERFF BROOKS radiator emblem

The HERFF - BROOKS Corporation was a short - lived automobile manufacturer based in Indianapolis. It operated for about three years from 1914 to 1916. It was a successor of the failed MARATHON Motor Works of Nashville ( please look at my MARATHON page).
The name came from the HERFF Brothers and H.H. BROOKS.
It is believed that only one HERFF - BROOKS automobile survives today so the radiator emblem is as rare as the car.
This emblem is from the Lee Roy Hartung collection that was put up for auction in november 2011.

Dimensions	4.8 x 5.6
Year	1914 - 1916
Estimate

Original with makers mark from Bastian Bros. Rochester N.Y.

And yes, there is a reproduction from Harry Pulfer made in the sixties:

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flat repro, no makers mark

For more beautiful emblems see top right ofthis 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.

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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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