RadiatorEmblems: AUSTIN / USA

Dec 6, 2013

AUSTIN / USA

original AUSTIN radiator emblem

The American AUSTIN was known as the Highway King.
Despite an output of 50 cars or less units per year it was something of a pioneer in a number of ways [Georgano].
This company lived from 1903 to 1920 [Kimes, Clark].
The model "Highway King" was offered from 1916 to 1920. Just 10 Austins were produced in 1920. About 1,000 cars were made altogether [Georgano], so you have to look years for this nice emblem.

Dimensions	7.5cm x 5.5 cm
Year	1917 - 1920
Estimate

As it is so rare there is a repro made by Harry Pulfer in the sixties (please look to my extra label Harry Pulfer). The original emblem is from the Lee Roy Hartung collection that was up for auction in 2011.

Only if you see both emblems it is easy to recognize the original: the size and the colors are different:

left: original right repro

No makers marks on both emblems.

left: original right: repro

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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