NEW HAMBURG, Canada – Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. has planned a pair of online auctions on back to back days: the first on Friday, June 9, dedicated entirely to toys, and the second on Saturday, June 10, featuring petroliana, advertising and coin-ops. All estimates quoted are in Canadian dollars. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
DENVER, Pa. – Morphy Auctions’ lively April 20-22 Coin-Op & Antique Advertising Auction delivered a fantastic selection of rare slot machines, amusements and early advertising to an eager audience of bidders, cashing out at just under $3.7 million. The multi-session sale featured dozens of sought-after categories, including country store memorabilia, which was represented by one of the largest collections of its type to reach the marketplace in decades.
NEW HAMBURG, Canada – The Ford brand will take center stage in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s online-only Petroliana & Advertising auction planned for Saturday, March 11 and beginning at 9 am Eastern time. The likely top two lots in the 309-lot sale are a 1951 Ford convertible in Carnival Red, an excellent survivor car; and a scarce 1940s Canadian Ford Monarch porcelain dealer sign. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.
NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A 1923 Willards Chocolates Babe Ruth baseball card was a hit for $23,600 and a cutaway model of a 1962 Vickers VC-10 BOAC jet plane soared to $18,880 in an online-only Advertising & Historic Objects auction held January 21 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. Both lots blasted through their $2,000-$3,000 estimates. Overall, the auction grossed $369,163. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.
NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A monumental four-by-eight-foot Coca-Cola sign from 1938 achieved $14,160, a single family-owned 1966 Ford Ranger 250 Custom Cab Camper Special pick-up truck with Avion camper sold for $82,600, and a 2006 Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe black cherry motorcycle roared off with $16,520 in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s online-only Petroliana & Advertising auction held on October 29. A total of 474 registered bidders placed 9,077 bids in an auction that grossed $534,215. In all, 90 percent of lots were sold and 60 percent of the top 50 lots exceeded their estimate. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.
NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A circa-1884 Winchester cartridge board – one of the most sought-after examples of American sporting advertising – hit the mark for $70,800 in an online-only Petroliana & Advertising Auction held April 23 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. The cartridge board was the top earner in a 482-lot auction that grossed $538,581. All prices are given in Canadian dollars.
NEW YORK – Manhattan’s newest full-service boutique auction house, La Belle Epoque Auction Gallery, held its premiere sale on Saturday, February 5. It featured a selection spanning fine and contemporary art, antiques, furniture, mid-century Modern, decorative items and collectibles from multiple estates.
NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A 1930s Canadian Eco Model 160 clockface gasoline pump and a circular Canadian 1946 McColl-Frontenac double-sided porcelain sign each sold for $35,400 in an online-only Petroliana, Advertising Signs & Memorabilia auction held December 4 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.
NEW YORK – On Thursday, September 23, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will offer a sale of Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art. As always, its 337 lots are curated by the stalwart Clifford Wallach, an expert in tramp art, folk art, and Americana. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.