Mobil Collector's Guide [Paperback]

Wayne Henderson (Author), Scott Benjamin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1998

This is a comprehensive collector''s guide wh ich includes a history of Mobil Oil and a chapter on each gr oup of collectibles, from banners and toys to attendants'' un iforms. Each illustration is accompanied by a detailed capti on. '

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks International (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076030534X
• ISBN-13: 978-0760305348
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,665,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Mobil Collector's Guide (Paperback)

Thanks to its famous flying red horse trademark, Mobile Oil Corporation, a descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, is the most distinctive gasoline and oil company ever to exist. Not surprisingly, Mobile's artifacts of yesteryear are valuable collector's items, and thousands of petroliana hobbyists are paying premium prices to own them.MOBILE COLLECTOR'S & PRICE GUIDE is your complete reference guide to the countless objects accociated with Mobile and its affiliates. Included here are gas pump globes, signs, oil cans, road maps, toys, trinkets and more from Mobile, Socony-Vacuum, Magnolia, White Eagle, General Petroleum, Lubrite, Wadhams, Gilmore, Metro, Bartles-McGuire, and Independent. Beautifully illustrated with 100 color photographs and 40 black and white pictures, this book contains company history, iten descriptions, dates, rarity ratings, and current market values.