Vintage Canadian advertising signage earns top dollar at Miller & Miller

Supertest Service Station double-sided porcelain hanging sign, which sold for CA $21,240
Supertest Service Station double-sided porcelain hanging sign, which sold for CA $21,240
Supertest Service Station double-sided porcelain hanging sign, which sold for CA $21,240

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – Two Supertest Service Station double-sided porcelain hanging signs sold for a combined $41,300, and a Bennett 541 Supertest gas pump from the 1940s brought $20,060 in an online Petroliana & Advertising auction held May 15 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. The auction achieved an overall total of $341,905. Every lot sold, 66% of the lots met or exceeded their estimates, and 31 percent of the lots surpassed their high estimates. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars, and are inclusive of the buyer’s premium.

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