If you want to own a piece of Albany’s cultural history, now’s your chance. Get your disposable income ready.
You could own a fish fry sign.
Collar City Auctions has consigned to auction off the entire contents of Bob and Ron’s Fish Fry, including tables, chairs, a couple of fryolators, serving trays, everything but the kitchen sink – oh wait, there are three lots that INCLUDE the kitchen sink.
Bids for all 115 lots in the Bob and Ron’s Fish Fry auction can be placed at Collar City Auction’s website, at the link listed above. Yeah, you can own everything from the countertops to the decorative signs, all you have to do is place a bid and, if you’re the winning bidder, pay the appropriate winning bid plus buyer’s premium.
And among all the lots for purchase is – you guessed it – Lot Number 114, the iconic Googie Architecture “Bob and Ron’s Fish Fry” sign that summoned generations of seafood enthusiasts.
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Wow. Just think. You could own that sign.
That sign would look so freakin’ awesome on your front lawn. So what if your neighbor tricks out his house with Christmas decorations? You can erect this big sign in front of your house and have that arrow point to your place!
Or maybe you would like to buy it and use it as the start of a Capital District classic signage museum… you buy this sign, put a down payment on the L-Ken’s sign in Colonie, maybe snag that polkadot NORGE globe from the top of that bridal place on Central, locate the gigantic Indian that decorated the Mohawk Drive-In screen…
Yeah, you know what I’m talking about, don’tcha?
Come on, you know you want this sign. Maybe you want to open your own fish fry place. You buy the sign, then you change your name to “Bob” or “Ron” or even “Bob and Ron” and you’re in business!
Heck, you could relocate this sign to the side of a trout pond. You catch ’em, you fry ’em, you eat ’em. Tartar sauce not included. 😀
Trust me. I’d buy the sign – I really would – but part of the rules of participating in the auction is that the winning bidder must disassemble and remove each winning lot. And there’s no way I can fit that sign in my car, I don’t care how much trunk space the Blackbird owns.
But hey, it’s happened before – a classic Capital District Googie Architecture sign was rescued and restored. That’s why there’s a Huck Finn’s Playland sign in the Warehouse District. Yeah, that and Huck Finn’s now has all the amusement park rides and whatnot.
But if Huck Finn’s was interested in adding a fish fry place to their growing empire…
Maybe?
Maybe? 😀
Chuck The Writer 
The last meal I ate with my dad before he passed was at Bob and Ron’s. Whenever I went back, I always sat on that stool. Doesn’t look like they’re auctioning those off..
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Jango – check lot numbers 001 through 008; perhaps those are the stools you remember?
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Ah yes, I see them Chuck. Thanks!
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The only reason Bob and Ron’s Fish Fry wins a prominent spot in the “Best Fish Fry” category every year is because of this SIGN! Maybe Ted’s Fish Fry can purchase it and FINALLY remove “Bob and Ron’s” from it! Then the sign will display the ONLY place to get the BEST fish fry!!
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so maybe we need an outside or under cover museum – Name of museum? Signs of the Capital District = don’t forget to buy L-Ken’s also – so many possiblities
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