I got lucky and was able to work a deal for this neon sign... new in box! I bought it from Lorenzo (of LFS racing, the TB guy). He had had it in his possession for many years and made a comment on a facebook post about another one that was up for sale that I missed that he had one he was considering selling but it would have to be a really good offer because he went through a lot of work to get this and invested a lot in it.
I PM'd him immediately and he told me the story of how he bought it from a dealer in Indianapolis (Gramps, I'm sure this makes you mad.. so close to you!

) and he drove all the way out there to get it from WV because he shipped a neon sign before (not "neon" neon) and UPS broke it and would not cover the damage even though he paid extra to have them pack it and for insurance... they said they don't cover neon anything in their insurance... He lost $500 or so, so he won't ship anything neon anymore, too fragile.
I made an offer and we went back and forth until we came up with something we were both happy with. I'm super excited to finally have one... and new in box to boot!
