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 WILL FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CARMAKERS.

Jan 5, 2014

SAMPSON / USA

SAMPSON / DETROIT / USA ( 1910 - 1912 )

The ALDEN - SAMPSON Mfg. Co, well known for trucks, lived from 1905 to 1912. In 1910 the factory was sold to the United States Motor Company. The United States Company decided to built cars and trucks. Both the SAMPSON car and the SAMPSON truck died with the collapse of UNITED`STATES Motor in 1912.

Please look at the incredible details of the man, called Atlas, carrying the whole world:

Original brass emblem without colors

Size	6.3 cm
Year	1910 - 1912
Estimate

backside without makers mark

The emblem is a very fine original and from the Lee Roy Hartung collection, that was put up for auction in November 2011. Pay attention there is repro with red enamel made by Harry Pulfer.

SAMPSON truck emblem with contemporary ad

contemporary car ad of the SAMPSON 35 built in 1912

For more information about the Lee Roy Hartung auction please click here !

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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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SAMPSON / USA

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