lifesize replica "Rick's Cafe Americain" NEON SIGN - Casablanca!

Micah Cohen
Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
edited June 2013 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
Hey, yeah, it's me, back on the boards! Hope y'all doing fine. Look:

I have a large 6ft x 8ft working neon sign replica of the sign over the door of Rick's bar in the film CASABLANCA: "Rick's Cafe Americain." I need to sell it!

Maybe you love the film CASABLANCA? Maybe you're building a CASABLANCA-themed home theater? Maybe you collect neon signs? Or movie memorabilia? This is a truly one-of-a-kind item!
  • Approx 6ft x 8ft, about 1ft deep, 2-level sheet metal structure.
  • Custom made for a single-location restaurant marquee, saved from demolition.
  • Interior steel struts removed for easy 2-man lifting. (Two struts remain for professional hanging.)
  • Custom-wired for home 120w electric use. (Industrial transformer has been removed.) Works!
  • Custom-cut, custom-installed Plexiglass protective shield.
  • Please note: This is the not the actual sign used in the film. This is merely a huge, custom-made working replica. Would look awesome in your home theater.

I'm now located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the sign is big, heavy, fragile (glass!) and can not be shipped. It can be carried away, though, in a truck with lots of padding. (That's how it got here, from Baltimore, many years ago.)

If you're interested, you can email me directly blue.parrot at yahoo dot com (that's "blue dot parrot at..."). I have pictures and an info sheet I can send you. If you know a CASABLANCA fanatic who would just plotz to have something like this, please bring us together!

Thank you!

Micah Cohen
Your Old Pal

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ultramicah@yahoo.com

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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2013
    Wow, that is too cool. Good luck on this very unique sale!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,495
    edited June 2013
    Price....you need to post a price.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    edited June 2013
    F1nut wrote: »
    Price....you need to post a price.

    Weren't there rules **** in Casablanca too? :cheesygrin:

    I keed! I keed! LOL. Nice unique sign. Wish I was rich and closer.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited June 2013
    Price, price... I dunno. What's it worth to ya?

    I need at least a few thousand dollars for it. But, you have to come and get it. So, I'm flexible.

    I need the garage space.

    Micah
    ultramicah@yahoo.com

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited June 2013
    No kidding, what do you want for it.....I'm within a reasonable distance.

    BDT
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    edited June 2013
    Price???
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2013
    That is a nice piece. But such a collector's item would be better served at an auction, or God forbid, ebay with a RESERVE price if you need a few thousand?


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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,495
    edited June 2013
    Hobbit Pimp wrote:
    Price, price... I dunno. What's it worth to ya?

    I don't want it, but you do need to list a price.

    Regards,
    The Rules ****.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited June 2013
    Good lord, The Rules ****.

    What have things come to?

    I need eight grand for the sign -- a bargain for a one-of-a-kind thing-a-ma-bob like this -- and you'll have to come and get it in Charlotte with two guys, a truck, a few dozen couch cushions and a way home that doesn't involve the washboard roadway of I-85 between Charlotte and Petersburg. Come an get it, boys!

    Happy now?

    "Shocking taste in undies. Heil, everyone!"

    MC
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    "There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight." - Lon Chaney
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,495
    edited June 2013
    Relax, I haven't changed a damn bit. Just trying to help you out and playing off of ZLTFUL's comment.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited June 2013
    Hobbit Pimp.

    Classic.

    HAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!

    BDT
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,043
    "Find a perfect home soon"?????

    This thread was made the same year "Casablanca" was originally released.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    Still available?
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,994
    Put me in line if Trey passes.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,876
    At $8,000, it might still be available!

    Brian

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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,268
    Viking64 wrote: »
    "Find a perfect home soon"?????

    This thread was made the same year "Casablanca" was originally released.

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,221
    edited March 1
    I am sure it still looks good in his garage..
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,394
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I am sure it still looks good in his garage..

    Or perhaps not. The broken neon would cost a small fortune to replace.
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