Can it really be called a hobby? Addiction might be more like it, but what a great addiction it is. Supporting the cause, the Rockabilly Auction Company is hosting a sale this weekend beginning April 1 with a spectacular array of advertising, automotive, gas & oil, and food & beverage items coming up for sale. A number of the signs have captured my attention, such as a vintage double-sided porcelain Vespa sign in less-than-awesome condition, but riddled with charm and patina, perfect for any environment. Another great one, in my opinion, is the single-sided porcelain Fiat sign – I’m hugely biased having long loved the Fiat brand, so this one really speaks to me. Currently the bidding is at $350, and it is identified as an original, vintage sign, which is terrific in many regards, but I wouldn’t overlook it if it were a reproduction. Nicely, the vast majority of these items are original, so the investment potential is there too. I hope you’ll join me in supporting the addiction we all love and partake in the Rockabilly sale this weekend! See some of the highlighted pieces below! Register to bid here and have fun!
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This will be an outstanding Advertising and Americana Auction! Nearly 500 lots. The live gallery auction takes place on April 1st at 10am in Hartwell, GA. Doors open at 8am. Online bidding is currently available at rockabillyauction.com.
Items will include porcelain, tin, metal, cardboard, and masonite signs. Sallie and Richard Roebuck folk art, gas pumps, Wurlitzer 1015 Jukebox, and an Antique Apparatus Gazelle jukebox, Coca Cola vending machine and policeman sign, Neon signs, Service station oil display cabinets. Thermometers, light up clocks, vintage microphones, 1899 Spalding #1 Moline boxing platform, flange signs, country store spool cabinet, Lance jars with display rack, Hires syrup dispenser, Toledo country store scale, 1930’s Dizzy Dean cardboard advertising, Large 6ft Pepsi Cola bottling plant bottle cap sign, large die cut bottle signs, Pin-up girl painted airplane fuel tank, Mercury Rocket outboard boat motor, restored service station rage cans, plus much more.
Lot 42 - De Soto Plymouth Porcelain Dealership Neon Sign TAC
Porcelain sign with bright colors. The left end has been repainted and has touch ups on the bottom and on the right side. There are touch ups where the neon is mounted to the sign. The sign is mounted to a wood frame. Sign displays very well with 2 color neon. 70.5" x 28" x 3.75"d , TAC #041896.
Lot 76 - OK Used Cars Chevrolet Authorized Dealer Sign TAC
Double sided porcelain sign with metal can. Signs show bright colors and high gloss with minor porcelain chips on each side and on the bullnose. One side has a dent with porcelain loss. This sign is compete with both Chevrolet bowtie porcelain signs at the bottom of each side. 52" x 43" x 6", TAC #015184, TAC #015182, TAC #015185, TAC #015183.
Lot 51 - Huge Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant Bottle Cap Sign TAC
Embossed metal sign with bright colors, high gloss, shallow bends at the top, light scuffs and scratches the field and on the outer border, a touch up in the lettering, scratch near the top. Sign comes with a custom made iron stand. Made by Stout Sign Co. Mo 1-66, 65"d, TAC #042219, Rated 8.25.
Lot 52 - 1946 Wurlitzer 1015 Bubbler 78 RPM Jukebox
A beautiful example of this original 24 select 1946 Wurlitzer jukebox. The jukebox looks and sounds great with an older restoration. Bubble tubes work. One of the tubes needs adjusting, it has settled a little under the viewing window in the plastic but is still visible. Minor pitting on the chrome with a small hole in the chrome under the coin slots from the screw on the back side being tightened too much. There is some flaking on the inside right side plastics resulting from a broken bubble tube at some point. The cabinet shows minor scuffs and scratches. Overall the jukebox displays very well and is set on free play.
Lot 41 - De Soto Plymouth Approved Service Porcelain Sign TAC
DSP porcelain sign has good color and moderate gloss. Display side has tiny chips in the field with some surface wear and scratches. The perimeter has chips along the edges and there's small chips at mount holes. This side has areas of lower gloss in the blue. The reverse has larger chips in the field, surface wear and staining and lower gloss in the blue. There's chips at the mount holes and around the edges of the sign. This iconic sign displays very well. 44.5" x 41.5", TAC #042206, 8.25/7.9.
Lot 89 - 60" Approved Packard Service Porcelain Sign TAC
Double sided porcelain sign with excellent color and gloss, minor porcelain chips in the field. Marked Burdick, Chi on the lower edge. 60"d, TAC #042211, Rated 8.25/8.0.
Lot 56 - Kaiser Frazer Double Sided Porcelain Neon Sign TAC
Two SSP porcelain neon signs mounted on original metal can. Signs have moderate color and lower gloss. Display has a chip to the left of the "K" in Kaiser with stains, scuffs, scratches and chips around the perimeter. The reverse has similar wear. Neon works 100%. 78" x 42" x 17". This neon has been crated and is ready to transport. Crate measures 95" x 27" x 48". TAC #006455. Rated 7.
