Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs: Cool Harley Gear for Your Man Cave
We’re imagining a few of these hanging up in our garage.
We follow a lot of motorcycle auctions here at H-D Forums HQ. Usually, we’ve got our eyes on vintage bikes, rare prototypes, or celebrity-owned machines. This time, though, the auction we’re watching includes a ton of cool Harley-Davidson memorabilia.
As part of Mecum Auctions’ Eddie Vannoy Collection sale, which runs June 26 through June 30, tons of cool Harley-Davidson signs will cross the auction block. Here are five of our favorites.
First up is this cool, Art Deco-inspired Harley-Davidson Service sign. Like most of the signs on this list, it’s a light-up neon job. In our opinion, though, the classic Art Deco styling gives it a little something special that sets it apart from the others.
This one is our personal favorite. We’ve more or less already picked a spot on the wall where we’d want to display this. We might actually try to put in a bid on this one — wish us luck!
Next up is another neon sign, this time depicting the iconic Harley-Davidson bar and shield logo. The vibrant white and bright orange neon makes a very big statement when it’s lit up on the wall of the garage, bathing everything around it in neon. If you’re going to own just one Harley-Davidson neon sign, it should probably be this one.
The next neon sign on our list features the famous “Live to Ride, Ride to Live” eagle perched atop the bar and shield. There’s something we just love about the way neon signs are made. Complex forms like the eagle are, by necessity, simplified to their most basic, yet still easily recognizable form.
There’s one more neon sign on our list. This Harley-Davidson Authorized Service sign may not have the Art Deco panache of the first one we listed, but it’s cool in its own way. The round sign is pierced by an arrow, ostensibly pointing the viewer towards the service department. It’s an eye-catching design that we’d love to have on the wall.
The last sign on our list isn’t neon, it’s porcelain. This vintage-style bar and shield sign is a little over two feet wide. It would look great just about anywhere. This die-cut, enameled porcelain sign looks vintage, but it only dates back as far as the 1990s.
So there you have it, our top five signs from this upcoming auction. Which one is your favorite?
Photos: Mecum Auctions
