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June 21, 2022

Going The Distance To “Stop By” For License Plates
…a few days ago we got an email from a gentleman who wanted to know if he could ‘stop by’ and pick up a few plates on the drive he and his wife were making from St. Augustine to St. Petersburg…apparently they were vacationing from Ireland (again!) and wanted to add to the collection of […] read more
June 7, 2022

The Dan Smith Taxi Cab License Plates Collection
In early April, as Spring was springing and we were shaking off some of the Covid-crazies, we received an email from Cynthia Kindgren in Rockford, Illinois…she asked if we’d be interested in her recently-deceased brother’s collection of taxi cab license plates…over the years we’ve had several folks describe their available collections to us, including military, […] read more

License Plates to Memorialize Important Dates
We recently provided Linda Speetzen with a 1940 California plate to complete her family’s game room decorations…she, her husband, and their two sons each have a license plate mounted from the state in which they were born and their year of birth…all celebrate California except the younger son, born in Schenectady, NY!…while the older son […] read more
May 23, 2022

Italy and Malta License Plate
…on our recent plate excursion to Italy and Malta, we not only enjoyed the beautiful Greek and Roman heritage sites, we saw LOTS of plates!…including the 111 and the 888 on May 18th…note the new plate size, the police plate, and even a taxi cab plate on a horse drawn carriage ( we only walked […] read more
March 15, 2022

License Plates To Estoinia
Over the years we’ve been fortunate to ‘electronically’ meet some very nice plate collectors around the world…one such gentleman is Margus K., President of the Official Corvette Club of Estonia!…not only does Margus love Corvettes, he is an avid plate enthusiast as well…just witness his garage wall in Estonia!…in these troubling times Margus can still […] read more
March 7, 2022

ALPCA Tennessee Show
Dolly Parton didn’t make it, but about 100 other serious plate collectors did…Ray Mauer from Kentucky and Cyndi McCabe (ALPCA President) had a chance to visit, while others simply wanted to troll the goods!…a well-run event on a beautiful weekend, with incredibly delicious homemade food provided by the local women’s auxiliary raised high school scholarship […] read more

Presidential License Plate? The License Plate Detectives on the Case!
Several years ago my wife and I attended an auction in Maine, at which a number of license plate collections were being offered…among other plates that caught our (my) eye was a DC porcelain #20047 alleged to have been solicited from and donated by President Woodrow Wilson to a high school class in the early […] read more
November 30, 2021

Marking Important Dates with License Plates
…one of our previous GAP BBs highlighted the Houghtlin Family license plate collection mounted on the porch rafter of their NC cabin…each member has a birth state and date plate of their own…and with the birth of Jack George Curtis, the family bumper now hosts 11 plates!…what a great tradition Mark and Chrisann have continued…we’re […] read more
November 15, 2021

ALPCA Meet: Porcelain License Plate and Specialty Plate Haul
Leaving on a balmy day in Florida, traveling to Leominster, MA for the Colonial Region’s ALPCA meet was a leap of faith, weather-wise…but we had three Cambridge-based stockholders who would not be denied!…even with a little bit of winter sleet to cool things down…the meet was a record-maker, complete with a museum collection sale, a […] read more
October 13, 2021

Hersey’s 100 License Plate Haul
This past week the Plate Princess and I traveled to Hershey, Pennsylvania to stroll through some of the 5,500 acres of the Hershey Fairgrounds property to enjoy the Classic Car Show and the Giant Automobile Parts Flea Market…she lasted about four hours worth of license plate scrounging, which is about what it took for us […] read more
September 1, 2021

Planes or License Plates
During the past 15 years we’ve had the pleasure of talking with many nice folks we’ve never even personally met…one such gentleman is Jon B., our newest friend from Fairport, NY….at 88 Jon decided to reduce his inventory of collectibles, choosing to give up his license plates instead of his personally restored MIG fighter jet…it […] read more
August 3, 2021

1956 VA License Plate for a 1956 MG
WOW!…meet Winburn’s 1956 MG…her Uncle Bob passed it on to her and she anxiously wanted a pair of 1956 VA plates to commemorate the gift…it took us a while to find a great set, but now her only problem is trying to figure out how to mount the front plate!…any suggestions would be welcomed! read more
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