RadiatorEmblems: ACME / USA

Jan 18, 2015

ACME / USA

James C. Reber founded the ACME Bicycle Manufacturing Company in 1892. In 1900 he built his first car named REBER. The REBER survived one year. Meanwhile he engaged the German engineer Victor Jacob from DAIMLER who designed cars of four cylinder and later six cylinders for him.
Their slogan was: " From steel bar to finished car ".
The first years there was a script only at the radiator.
Here you can see the radiator emblem of the last year. It is from the Lee Roy Hartung collection that was put up for auction in 2011. A very hard to find item.

Dimensions	6.4 cm
Year	1910 - 1911
Estimate

reverse with makers mark: THE GREEN DUCK CO CHICAGO

For more beautiful car emblems see top right ( 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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