1920s VELLIE MOTORS CORP. MOLINE, IL. RADIATOR BADGE/EMBLEM- SHIPS4FREE2US!

Description: Vintage and Rare 1920 VELLE MOTORS CORP. Moline, IL Radiator Badge/Emblem from the Richard “Rick” Russell Pepsi Cola Collection. Hello all, Jamie G here…My stepdad (Richard "Rick" Russell) was an avid Pepsi-Cola Collector going back as FAR as I can remember to at least the early 1970's. He would take my mom, my younger sister and I to swap meet or flea market every Saturday and Sunday when we lived in Los Angeles. I remember all the Pepsi stuff we would obtain week-after-week as that was our focus. But, but, but... I totally forgot about all the other “stuff” that Rick and my mom collected. Rick passed-away going-on eight years ago and my mom stayed rather status quo, but then on day about three years ago, she called me totally out-of-the-blue and said, "Come and get this Pepsi Collection and other stuff or I am going to throw it all in dumpster somewhere!" I was driving up from ATL to Detroit the next weekend to start to curate, photograph and relocate all their “stuff" from Detroit to Atlanta, which is where my family and I reside.Let me be honest and upfront, it was not easy to empty a house of several decades of collected items, especially when you are a novice. I literally wince when I consider all the items that I thought were trash, that now (looking back) were ANYTHING BUT TRASH! This was a lesson I learned late in my life, and the lesson is "You never know what is of value to someone else!" Thankfully, Id id secure the lions-share of everything and over the last few years I have gone back and forth and back and forth and back and forth in a rented truck. I did not like it much then; it was a ton of work. BUT truth be told, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed going through ALL the Pepsi Cola Collectibles, taking copious photographs, collating, curating and then time-to-time stopping and pensively reflecting and remembering when and where we found an item.Rick would pay my sister and I a finder’s fee for anything we found Pepsi Cola branded with a double dot between the two words PEPSI and COLA (Pepsi Cola), as that meant it was from 1953 or earlier!) What we were paid the most to find were items that featured "Pepsi & Pete," which were two cartoon keystone cops that Pepsi Cola used in their advertising-starting in the late 1930s. These unique items brought us triple our finder’s fee AND a huge smile to Rick’s face!As I went through the Pepsi Cola Collection, what I totally forgot was the literal treasure-trove of other antique & vintage collectibles they amassed, it should have been obvious that Rick and my mom collected much more than just Pepsi Cola items. In their words, they collected items that Rick thought was “Trick!" But my mom is more old-school Californian, and she would have said, “Bitchin,” but I digress. They both loved collecting older items from 1900s - 1950's. I have uncovered a lot of automobile items; emblems, badges, lights, hood ornaments as well as: Old Comic books, WWII recruitment posters, vintage baseball cards, vintage magazines; Life, Collier’s, Saturday Evening Post, vintage ash trays, Blue Cornflower & Other Corning ware, old marbles, early; mason/ball canning jars, eye-glasses, razors, matchbooks, advertising ephemera, metal signs and trays, US & foreign currencies and on and on… and even Original Ty Beanie Baby’s circa 1992-1998, so lots to post! It took me a few years to curate and photograph the Pepsi Cola Collection, and I have now moved on to the other stuff, so be patient with me as I am a rather novice Seller on eBay and this is not my actual job or profession. That all just means that it takes me awhile to get items posted and as my wife likes to tell me (near daily), she tells that me I am WAY too verbose. But whatever, as Popeye said, "I am what I am... Agg, Agg, Agg!" A couple quick items about what kind of eBay Seller I am:(1)I will always accept a return from a buyer who is not delighted with their purchase. My stepfather was kind of an a-hole when it came to selling or trading to/with other people on what he collected. It was one of the few times that I (as a kid) thought my stepfather to be incredibly cruel. He relished the power he had over people who wanted something that he had. To be honest, I hated this about him and as such, I just do not do that. Furthermore, I will always negotiate the PRICE, as I do not want the price to be the determiner that kills a deal. I will always do my best to not allow you to walk away unhappy just because I want to gouge you for a few more dollars on an item. Truth is, I know how much fun and what a huge part of Rick’s life was spent Collecting, so I have decided to honor his memory by finding homes for his unique items with other collectors that are as passionate as he was about his collection(s).That said, I will obviously take your item back from you and provide a refund, IF YOU ARE NOT 100% satisfied & delighted with your purchase. I believe this is the way that professionals conduct themselves, I am from the school of “Treat Others as You Want to be Treated!” So don't fret, I only ask that you ship it back to me unscathed, just as you received it from me!(2)Should my listed price be too high, just take a moment and let me know and please feel free to make a counteroffer. I know the value of many of these items, but again, price is only one part of my selling process. In the past, I offered my items via Auctions on eBay, but those just seemed to drag on and on and on and on and on and on. Then I learned about Buy it Now and that seemed a much better and faster way for me to get items to people who wanted them without having to wait XX days for an auction to end etc. Again, I obviously want to make a few dollars selling all this cool stuff, but it is truly not my biggest objective. It seems very strange to say that in a post where I am selling an item, but it's true. I want these items to find a home like where I grew up, we had so many rooms filled with antiques and vintage advertising, it was just commonplace for me, but when new friends came over to my house for the first time, they were floored with the Pepsi Parlor (I will include a few old pictures, so you understand).(3)I forgot to express my abject hatred of other sellers who attempt to make up for their low listing price, by obviously gouging on shipping cost. This is the main reason that I almost always offer my items to include Free Shipping. This way you can calculate and know proof-positive exactly the REAL COST of what you are buying. I think it is the fair and reasonable way to conduct business.As an example, I many times list as such; Blah-Blah item for $18.75 with free shipping to continental USA, (The stupid 'sales tax' is now charged upfront on every item), so I point this out as I want to ensure nothing is left as a surprise! So for that Blah-Blah item I listed it at $18.75, knowing and telling you that you will pay $1.31 in sales tax, then in the description portion, I will net-net it all out for you and say, "This item will only cost you a TOTAL of $20.00to buy and receive the Blah-Blah item delivered to your door." I attempt to make it as easy as possible for you and others to do business with me! Therefore,today's example works out like this: Vintage & Rare 1920 VELLE MOTORS CORP. Moline, IL Radiator Badge / EmblemThe Listed price is only: $178.00 + $12.50 (eBay charge sales tax upfront, nothing I can do), so you will walk-away with this gorgeous vintage rare piece of Americana for a total price of $190.50 = Delivered Directly to your door as I pay the entire shipping costs! (4)Please know that I will review any offer that you make regarding any item I am currently selling. Please tell me YOUR story! Tell me why you want an item and let us work together to get you the item or items you want and need! Life is just too short and if I can make your day brighter or maybe bring a smile to your face by getting you an item for a price that is a bit better for you, well, I do that quite often as evidenced by my incredibly happy buyers. Please go checkout my feedback that has been provided! ...But hopefully my verbose explanation above will help you provide you sense of why Id o what I do and how I sell and why I sell. Plus, this is truly my side-hustle, I enjoy it, it's fun for me, and it makes a little extra money for my boy’s college fund, so I thank you for looking and if you like what you see - make me an offer you as you never know what mood I am in and what I will accept! Thankyou for looking!Jamie G

Price: 178 USD

Location: Cumming, Georgia

End Time: 2024-11-08T20:57:51.000Z

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