my antique mall find..

yesterday i went roaming around in the antique mall and found a pretty good sized batch or decent unrestored license plates...

most of the plates were from massechusettes..

there were several pairs and singles..
they started at 1922 and went up to the 60s..some colorado plates some connecticut plates and a nice batch of 50s texas plates..
they were all reasonably priced so if any of you out there need some plates of those years from those states ket me know...
maybe i can see if they have what your looking for and get a hold of them for you...

 

Check to see if you have Mass. plate from 1928. It should have a cod-fish stamped near the bottom facing away from the word Mass. It was apparently the first time any sort of graphic was used on a plate. Story goes that fishermen in the state complained that it shouldn't depict fish swimming "away" from Mass. so next year (1929) had the fish facing the other way, swimming "toward" Mass. I've got a pretty decent set that my neighbor found at a landfill.

 

that fish story is true!

 

i know there were some 1928 plates but i cant say i remember a fish..i will go back and take a look and get a price for you if your interested...

 

How 'bout:

'54 TX pass car
'49 TX truck or farm truck

....lemme know, thnx. g

* pics plz if ya got 'em sir........... lastg-man@hotmail.com

 

Look for a 1940 Californey pair in the stack.... unlikely but who knows?

 

I already have a set and some other years of Mass. plates. If you find them, pick 'em up and hold onto them. I think the 1928 plates with the fish are fairly hard to find.......Don.

 

i have a pair of matched 23 mass plates no fishes on them though , just black with white numbers very plain

 

How about 1947 Tx truck Plates?

 

The story about the fish is mostly true. The fish faces the same direction on both years However, "MASS" is moved to the opposite side for '29, so the fish is swimming towards "MASS."

I have a set of 1931 Mass plates that have never been on a car. They were in a brown envelope with tissue paper between them when I bought the pair for $15. Absolutely mint.

 

How about Mass 1956?

 

Well ,any Mass 1956??

 

Found a few shoeboxs at this Antique Mall in RI

 

I think 23 was before 28 ...ummm so there is NO FISH. That is if 28 WAS the first year.

 

actually, it was the superstitious nature of fisherman that started this. 1928 was a horrible year for cod fishing and the fisherman blamed it on the license plate.