antique trade signs

An antique trade sign shows what the trader or craftsman is doing in his shop or workshop. They are at the moment very collectable and highly decorative.

nice brass antique trade sign of two sissors

Artikelnummer: 2225     Prijs:€550

Lovely good key of a trade sign of a lock smith or lock trader in a very good condition

Artikelnummer: 2215     Prijs:€450

An antique ytrade sign of a clockmaker or trader of clocks, in the clock is movement who needs cleaning.

Artikelnummer: 2211     Prijs:€1950

 An original antique trade sign of a pawn broker in an fantastic original condition and lovely proportion.

 

 It is now well established that the three golden balls, which have for so long been the trade sign of the pawnbroker, were originally the symbol medieval Lombard merchants hung up in front of their houses, and not, as has often been suggested, the arms of the Medici family.

Afbeeldingsresultaat voor wapen van de familie medici

 

 

 

 

 

A pawnbroker is an individual or business (pawnshop or pawn shop) that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as collateral. The items having been pawned to the broker are themselves called pledges or pawns, or simply the collateral. While many items can be pawned, pawnshops typically accept jewelry, musical instruments, home audio equipment, computers, video game systems, coins, gold, silver, televisions, cameras, power tools, firearms, and other relatively valuable items as collateral.

 
A London shop displays the traditional pawnbroker's sign.

Nice and in a very good an original condition, trade sign of a pawn broker, date circa 1870, made in the Uk, cupper ball's and in nice proportion.

 

 

 

If an item is pawned for a loan (colloquially "hocked" or "popped"[1]), within a certain contractual period of time the pawner may redeem it for the amount of the loan plus some agreed-upon amount for interest. The amount of time, and rate of interest, is governed by law and by the pawnbroker's policies. If the loan is not paid (or extended, if applicable) within the time period, the pawned item will be offered for sale to other customers by the pawnbroker. Unlike other lenders, the pawnbroker does not report the defaulted loan on the customer's credit report, since the pawnbroker has physical possession of the item and may recoup the loan value through outright sale of the item. The pawnbroker also sells items that have been sold outright to them by customers. Some pawnshops are willing to trade items in their shop for items brought to them by customers.

Artikelnummer: 2209     Prijs:€1750
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