RadiatorEmblems: MONROE / USA

Dec 6, 2013

MONROE / USA

original MONROE radiator emblem

The MONROE (1914 -1923) was a fairly popular low - priced car that was powered by 4 - cylinder engine made by Mason or Sterling. " The car that convinces" was their slogan. All of the stockholders of the MONROE company were also stockholders of CHEVROLET {Kimes, Clark].
May be this is why the emblems of MONROE and CHEVROLET are showing the same colors these years. The best year of the company was 1920 with 2,653 cars sold. In 9 years they built less than 15,000 automobiles.

Dimensions	3.8 cm x 8,3 cm
Year	1915
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It is not known if Marilyn Monroe knew this car maker but she had the chance to drive a car with her own name on it !

MONROE emblem with contemporary ad from 1915

On the flat back of the emblem is a makers mark from D.L. AULD Columbus !

For more beautiful emblems 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.

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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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