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Can we ship to other addresses?
Getting a gift? Yes, we can ship it there. Here's how --
Nov 15, 20231 min read


How We Store and Protect Our License Plate Collection
Collectors have developed many systems for organizing, storing and protecting their license plate collections. There are no right or...
Feb 15, 20233 min read


Time Crunch Forces Hand Silk-screened License Plates
The first 600 numbers of the license plate sets created to celebrate the Chicago Bulls Championship win in 1993 were hand silk-screened, not machine-printed. There have been hundreds of special event license plates issued over the years but some are more special than normal. If you have one of these, you have an unusual special event license plate. The top license plate was hand silk-screened. The lower plate was machine printed. The Chicago Bulls won their first “three-peat”
Jul 19, 20214 min read


Honeybee License Plate
Honeybee License Plates
Feb 15, 20211 min read


Celebrating the Chicago Bulls NBA Basketball Team
These are genuine license plates issued when the Chicago Bulls basketball team won the NBA championship 3 years in a row. This was the Micheal Jordan / Scottie Pippen era. They are stamped with the year 1993 because this was the year of the Bull's "Three-peat" win. The plates are official and were issued by the state of Illinois. All original and in like-new condition. The design on these are great for unique sports decor. They look great scattered about your rec room or man
Apr 21, 20201 min read


WWII Trench Art Inherited From Father
Trench Art is art or craft work created by service members while serving in a war zone. Indeed, it is work executed by the artist while...
Aug 12, 20192 min read


It won’t hurt our feelings if you take off our label
Don’t you hate it when you can’t get a price or name sticker off of the item that you just purchased, like a vintage license plate or...
Jun 30, 20191 min read


Color History of Illinois Vintage License Plates
Do you ever wonder why the Illinois 1964 license plate is purple? Or, why the 1975 plate is yellow? Illinois has some of the brightest and most varied colors in its license plate past. Unlike many other states, throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the colors of the Illinois license plates changed each year. It fell to the Secretary of the State to select the colors. For many of those years, the colors were purposeful and significant. They include the colors of universities
Apr 24, 20192 min read


Don’t worry - Here’s how we pack your plate for the mail
When you purchase online, do you worry about your vintage license plates surviving their trip through the mail? We don’t blame you. You...
Mar 22, 20192 min read


Illinois Special Event License Plates — an Introduction to Collecting
Special Event license plates are actual license plates issued by a state or country in connection with an event celebration such as a festival, county fair or significant national event such as a presidential inauguration. In many cases, they are used as fundraisers for causes such as the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) or the Shriners. Special event plates are colorful, have fun graphics and have entertaining messages. They are usually in very good or like new condition
May 20, 20182 min read
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