Morphy Auctions Las Vegas – Automobilia & Petroliana
FEBRUARY 21 & 22, 2025
4520 Arville Sreet Las Vegas, NV 89103 | 877-968-8880
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LAS VEGAS — Motorheads won’t be disappointed at the February 21-22 edition of Morphy Auction’s popular series of automobilia and petroliana sales, which will be conducted at the company’s Las Vegas gallery. The 830-lot selection of rarities will leave them wondering whose elite garage or man cave Dan Morphy and his team have visited lately. Let’s lift the hood and take a look at some of the top entries in Morphy’s first gas- and oil-related advertising sale of the new year.

Colorful neon signs will cast a warm glow over the proceedings. This category is growing by leaps and bounds, and, as always, collectors want rarity and condition. They’ll find both in a circa 1950s double-sided porcelain neon sign for OK Used Cars Authorized Dealer. It would be difficult to fault this example, which retains its original bullnose edges and shines on both sides. The 111-inch-wide sign is expected to sell for $20/40,000.

Another coveted sign is a circa 1930s double-sided porcelain neon example advertising a Pontiac dealership. The focal point is the car manufacturer’s iconic company logo, which shows the Eighteenth Century Ottawa tribe’s war chief Pontiac in profile. The sign illuminates and has its original bullnose. Its crated size is 83 by 29 by 51 inches, and its estimate is $12/20,000.

Andy Warhol might have described a striking circa 1930s single-sided porcelain Shell Service neon sign as “Pop Art.” It makes a statement with its extra-vivid color, high gloss and strong 9.0 condition. The sign has a newly added transformer and electrical componentry, so it’s ready to light up its new owner’s collection. The crated size is 58 inches long by 58½ inches high and 13 inches deep ($10/20,000).

Vintage gas pumps and globes are at the center of any serious petroliana collection, and the February 21-22 sale has some excellent suggestions for collectors looking for either. A highlight among the 53 pumps to be offered is a restored circa 1910s American brand five-gallon visible Model #201.

Displaying brilliant color throughout, it has hand-painted lettering, brass fixtures, and a glass cylinder. It is 105 inches tall and could command $15/25,000.

A selection of 91 gas pump globes and lenses includes many favorites. Watch the crowd react with approval when a circa 1920s Gilmore (Los Angeles) Blu-Green Gasoline lens is introduced. With its roaring-lion image, this rare 15-inch-diameter example is glossy and colorful ($15/20,000).

For the many collectors who actively pursue aviation-fuel items, there’s a circa 1930s one-piece baked globe advertising Sinclair Aircraft petroleum. With rich red coloration on both sides and a graphic of a vintage single-prop airplane, this globe is estimated $10/20,000.

A selection of signs, 567 in all, includes a number of desirable items, like a seldom-encountered circa 1930s Flying A die-cut single-sided porcelain truck-door sign. With deep scarlet coloration and lustrous surface, this 66-inch-wide by 28-inch-high rarity is entered with a $15/30,000 estimate.

A circa 1920s Wyeth Tires (Saint Joseph, Mo.) single-sided porcelain corner sign features a graphic of a young boy in motoring attire, with goggles pushed back on a visored cap, sitting inside a stack of tires. It measures 16 by 22 inches ($12/24,000).

It’s not every day that a collector runs across a circa 1930s Use Associated Gasoline four-color porcelain sign. Single-sided and measuring 24 inches in diameter, with an orange-peel texture and “More Miles To The Gallon” pouring-can logo, this rare advertising treasure carries a $10/20,000 estimate.

Nearly two dozen gas- and oil-related advertising thermometers will cross the auction block. The star of the group is a circa 1930s Approved Red Hat Motor Oil single-sided porcelain example with bold and colorful advertising and Red Hat company-logo imagery on the face ($7,5/15,000).

The auction list is rounded out by point-of-purchase display racks and cabinets; 43 motor oil and other product cans; and a wide variety of miscellanea, including advertising clocks, a pair of Gilmore Gasoline Red Lion license plate toppers, fare boxes and other railroad items. A unique, all-original circa 1930s Mobil Pegasus weather vane is 84 inches tall on its custom stand and comes to auction with a $6/12,000 estimate.

Morphy’s satellite venue is at 4520 Arville Street, #1. The auction start time is 9 am. Previews are Monday through Thursday, February 17-20 from 9 am-4 pm; or on auction days from 8-9 am. All forms of remote bidding will be available, including absentee, by phone (please reserve line in advance), or online through Morphy Live. For condition reports or other questions, 877-968-8880, info@morphyauctions.com or www.morphyauctions.com.

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