Petroliana, Advertising & Music Machines 2023-09-16 Auction - 338 Price Results - Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. in Ontario
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1955 Ford Crown VictoriaDeCap Mechanical Treasures Band OrganPackard Approved Service 5' Dealer Sign
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New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada
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Petroliana, Advertising & Music Machines

An exciting offering of fresh-to-the-market, petroliana, advertising signs, neon, automated music machines, coin-op and vending machines, and related memorabilia from the 1890s to the 1970s. Petroliana includes a rare one-piece Fundy gas globe, a Red Indian ?Homoil? oiler tin, a rare line-up of porcelain automotive dealer signs including Buick, Cadillac, Studebaker, Packard, Ford, and others from the 1930s and 1940s, a Greyhound Ticket office porcelain sign, and a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria with 17,331 original miles. Automated music machines from the Bill and Marion McCleary Collection include a WW1 era Wurlitzer Band organ, a DeCap Mechanical Treasures Band Organ, and coin-operated Mills Novelty Company ?Violino Virtuoso?. There is also a rare lineup of RCA-Victor advertising signs originally from "A.J. Scott TV and Appliance? Ridgetown, Ontario including a bullnose dealer sign. This is most certainly a sale not to be missed.
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Esso Motor Oil "Oil Drop Girl" Sign: French. 1960s. Single-sided painted metal (SSPM), diecut. Adhesive on back, shallow creases through the middle (hip) and minor pinpoint impressions. Minor crazing and oxidation to the surface.
0001: Esso Motor Oil "Oil Drop Girl" SignEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Esso Motor Oil "Oil Drop Girl" Sign: French. 1960s. Single-sided tin (SST), diecut. Marked, "Chagnon Noisy-Le-Sec Seine FA 046 299 P 33/64", rear. Excellent condition. Probably new old stock. 15.5"H x 5.5"L.
0002: Esso Motor Oil "Oil Drop Girl" SignEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Veedol Motor Oil Ice Skater Sign: European. 1950s. Single-sided tin (SST), diecut. Marked, "L 1053", lower edge. Scattered surface scratches and added mounting holes. 17.75"H x 9"L.
0003: Veedol Motor Oil Ice Skater SignEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Veedol Skater Sign: European. 1960s. Single-sided tin (SST), die cut. Minor surface loss on either side of right wrist from adhesive. Minor edgewear and oxidation. Adhesive on reverse. 17.5"H x 9"L.
0004: Veedol Skater SignEst. CA$600-CA$800
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Dominion Royal Tires Sign: Canadian. 1950s. Single-sided tin (SST). Active surface flaking within lower margin. 11.5"H x 17.5"L.
0005: Dominion Royal Tires SignEst. CA$200-CA$300
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Dominion Royal Tires Sign: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). Interestingly, one side of this sign was re-purposed and used to advertise A&H Used Auto Parts in Oliver, British Columbia. Scattered minor porcelain
0006: Dominion Royal Tires SignEst. CA$900-CA$1,200
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Dominion Royal Tires Sign: Canadian. 1940s. Double-sided porcelain (DSP). Smaller version. Porcelain losses surrounding each of the hanging holes. Additional small scattered patches of loss within each of the fields. 22.5"H x
0007: Dominion Royal Tires SignEst. CA$1,200-CA$1,500
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Dominion Royal Farm Tires Sign: Canadian. 1940s. Double-sided painted metal. Large version. Marked, "S.T.M.S", lower edge. (St. Thomas Metal Signs, St. Thomas, Ontario). Scattered minor surface scratches and small patches of loss.
0008: Dominion Royal Farm Tires SignEst. CA$1,500-CA$2,000
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Gargoyle Mobiloils Motor Oil Flange Sign: American. 1940s. Double-sided porcelain flange (DSPF). Heavy porcelain losses from the flange, likely a result from being bent straight and reformed to its original position. Very minor porcelain
0010: Gargoyle Mobiloils Motor Oil Flange SignEst. CA$900-CA$1,200
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Firestone Tires Flange Sign: American. 1940s. Double-sided porcelain flange (DSPF). Heavy porcelain losses from the flange, likely a result from being bent straight and reformed to its original position. Very minor porcelain
0011: Firestone Tires Flange SignEst. CA$900-CA$1,200
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Veedol Motor Oil Flange Sign: French. 1950s. Double-sided porcelain flange (DSPF). Features logo for the Tidewater Oil Company. Major porcelain losses to flange. Additional porcelain losses and corrosion along top edge. Minor
0012: Veedol Motor Oil Flange SignEst. CA$1,200-CA$1,500
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Bowser Gasoline Pump Service Flange Sign: European. 1930s. Double-sided porcelain flange (DSPF). Marked, "Bruton, Palmers Green, N" beneath the word "Pump" on one side. Two areas of porcelain loss to the right and left of "Bowser", where the
0013: Bowser Gasoline Pump Service Flange SignEst. CA$1,200-CA$1,500
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Toronto Star Weekly "10c" Door Push Bar: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). Rarer "10c" price star variant. Minor porcelain losses at flanged mounting ends. 32"H x 2.75"L x 1.25"W. From the Al Bensmiller Collection.
0014: Toronto Star Weekly "10c" Door Push BarEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Toronto Star Weekly Door Push Bar: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). Star graphic variant. Moderate to heavy porcelain losses from each of the flanged mounting ends. Additional minor losses along the upper and lower edges
0015: Toronto Star Weekly Door Push BarEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Toronto Star Weekly Door Push Bar: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). No star graphic variant. Minor to heavy porcelain losses from the flanged mounting ends. 32"H x 2.75"L x 1.5"W. From the Al Bensmiller Collection.
0016: Toronto Star Weekly Door Push BarEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Toronto Star Weekly Door Push: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). Partial upper grommet. 10"H x 3"W. From the Al Bensmiller Collection.
0017: Toronto Star Weekly Door PushEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Toronto Star Weekly Newspaper Sign: Canadian. 1950s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). Porcelain losses surrounding the upper and lower mounting holes. Additional losses are found along the top and upper left edges. 24"H x 7.5"L. From the
0018: Toronto Star Weekly Newspaper SignEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Toronto Star Weekly Door Push: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). Touched up porcelain losses within the lower margin below the lower mounting hole. 11"H x 3"W. From the Al Bensmiller Collection.
0019: Toronto Star Weekly Door PushEst. CA$300-CA$500
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Toronto Star Weekly Horizontal Door Push: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). Rare horizontal variant. Porcelain losses surrounding right side grommet. Small chip at upper left edge. 3"H x 11"W. From the Al Bensmiller Collection.
0020: Toronto Star Weekly Horizontal Door PushEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Toronto Star Weekly Door Kick Sign: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). Red version. Extremely minor porcelain chip at extreme center lower edge. 8"H x 27.75"L. From the Al Bensmiller Collection.
0021: Toronto Star Weekly Door Kick SignEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Toronto Star Door Kick Sign: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). Blue version. Minor porcelain losses surrounding the upper mounting holes. 8"H x 27.75"L. From the Al Bensmiller Collection.
0022: Toronto Star Door Kick SignEst. CA$400-CA$600
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Toronto Star Weekly "10c" Door Kick Sign: Canadian. 1940s. Single-sided porcelain (SSP). 10c price version. Minor porcelain loss surrounding upper right grommet. 8"H x 27.75"L. From the Al Bensmiller Collection.
0023: Toronto Star Weekly "10c" Door Kick SignEst. CA$600-CA$900
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Toronto Star Weekly Newsboy Bicycle Sign: Canadian. 1940s. Double-sided porcelain (DSP). Rare. Designed to fit within the frame of newspaper delivery boy's bicycle. Light bend on right corner with touched up porcelain losses. 16"H x 20"L.
0024: Toronto Star Weekly Newsboy Bicycle SignEst. CA$600-CA$900
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