ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The lifetime country store and advertising collection of Tom and Mary Lou Slike and the impressive coin-op collection of Deke and Joanie Richards, will share top billing in a weekend-long auction staged by Showtime Auction Services at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds on April 1-3.
Quality investment-grade merchandise from over 50 other advanced collectors will also be sold. Nearly 2,000 lots will come up for bid.
The sale will also feature a large collection of over 50 rare clocks, some of them from the early 19th century. “Our auctions do not often contain clocks, but when this fine collection presented itself, I just had to include it,” said Mike Eckles of Showtime Auction Services. An example is the elaborate 8-foot regulator wall clock by William E. Harpur of Philadelphia.
Advertising signs will feature a 1914 self-framed Coca-Cola sign (above) in excellent condition, and a two-piece tin die-cut window display for Buster Brown Shoes (below).
Other items will include a hard-to-find Buckley “Bones” 5-cent dice slot machine (below) and a “single W” Winchester bullet board from the 1890s.
Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
For details contact Showtime Auction Services at 951-453-2415 email Eckles at mike@showtimeauctions.com.
