Tins, Toys and Advertising Auction

ADVERTISING SIGNS, TINS, & TOYS

9:30 AM SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010

MERRILL’S AUCTION GALLERY

137 JAMES BROWN DRIVE, WILLISTON, VERMONT

DIRECTIONS:

From Interstate 89 exit 12, proceed north on Rte 2-A towards Essex Jct. for 2.5 miles, turn left by Shell station.

PREVIEW:

Friday, March 26th from 1:00- 5:00, & Saturday, March 27th from 8:00
am until sale time, or by prior appointment.

Duane Merrill & Co. is pleased to present a collection
of signs& advertising from Hardwick, Vermont, tobacco tins from estates in Stowe & Bakersfield, Vt., & toys from a Burlington lakefront home.

FOR FULL LISTING, PHOTOS, & INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT  WWW.MERRILLSAUCTION.COM

SIGNS:

Firestone Tires Most Miles Per Dollar 3 color enamel sign; lg King Edward Cigars 3 color enamel sign; lg Shell 3 color enamel sign; Pennzoil Sound Your Z oval steel sign; Old Gold Cigarettes Not a Cough in a Carload; Oakland Pontiac Sales Service blue & white enamel sign; Bell System rd enamel sign; Oldsmobile Service rd 4 color enamel sign; Ask for Seal’s Quality Beverages- Barre, Vt. soda co sign; Huyler’s Bonbons & Chocolates; School Drive Slowly dbl sided crossing guard; lg Texaco rd Gasoline Motor oil 4 color steel sign (unrestored); lg Gulf Dealer rd 3 color enamel sign (unrestored); lg Lubrication Service 3 color enamel sign (unrestored); Municipal Railroad blue & white enamel sign; E A Strout Farm Agency blue & white enamel sign; Mobiloil Gargoyle 3 color enamel bracket sign; lg Goodyear 3 color steel sign; 2 lg McCullouch Chain Saws 3 color steel signs; lg Pa. Dept. of Transportation Official Inspection Station keystone sign; huge Shell 3 color steel sign; lg Coca Cola convex rd 6 color steel sign; Willys Service blue & white enamel sign (unrestored); Chilton Paints- W S Soule, East Fairfield, Vt wooden sign; Stewart Stoves Riddle Bros- Johnson Vt wooden sign; Richardson & Boynton Perfect Furnaces & Ranges wooden sign; early Heath & Milligan Paint Carl N Robinson Pawlet (Vt) shadowed pt wooden sign; 8’ New Avenue Hotel sanded tin sign; Stihl Chain Saws Sales & Service; The Motor Court Approved steel sign; sm McCormick- Deering farm signs; Sister Kate’s Stowe, Vt nightclub signs- incl Irish Singalongs & Jokes, Comedy Songs, Piano pointing hand, Breakfast, Dinner & Lunch; 200’ to Schoolhouse wooden sign; Stop at the Island Villa Hotel- Grand Isle, Vt sign; installing Delco Heat- Cartmell’s- Middlebury, Vt sign; sm Gasoline sanded wooden sign; Last Stop Before Entering Canada wooden sign; Town Clerk’s Office wooden sign; sm Ox Heart Croquets enamel sign;

SALESMAN SAMPLE:

rare ca 1910 Sam Daniels- Hardwick, Vt traveling salesman’s sample wood furnace w/ wood &
wire bail handle;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: C.F. Martin and Co tenor ukulele; Silvertone archtop guitar in honeyburst w/original case; Cavalier silvered soprano saxophone; ca 1920 Rampone and Pazzani rotary valve French horn; Kay 12 string acoustic guitar; 1960’s Teisco bass; Monitor- Utica NY silvered mellophone; ca 1900 German violin, flute, other musical instruments;

TOBACCO & ADVERTISING TINS:

2 Yankee Boy pocket tins; Master Mason pocket tin; Forest & Stream canoe, fly fisherman pocket tins; Mayo’s Storekeeper Roly Poly tobacco tin; Stag, Red Jacket, Honey Moon, HiPlane pocket tins; Stag square tin; North Pole, Gold Shore, Dan Patch, Patterson’s Seal rect tins; Dixie Queen, Forest & Stream, Ojibwa rd tins; Epicure red, gold embossed tins; Twin Oaks embossed chest & pockets; Foiur Roses pocket; Bagley Game 48 5 cent store tin; 1 ld tins incl Check, Model, Red Tag, Buckingham, Plowboy; lunch pails incl Dixie Queen, Winner, Warnick & Brown, Tiger red & blue; Globe amber tobacco jar; Austrian portrait humidor; Dan Patch, Polar tobacco paper pouches; 70-20-4 cigar boxes & memorabilia; 1885 Enterprise tobacco cutter;

POSTERS & BROADSIDES:

International Stock Food Directum color horse poster; Cypher’s Poultry Supplies color rooster; Cypher’s Poultry Foods chick food; scarce Kendall’s Spavin Cure- Horsemen If You Want Sound Horses; B J Kendall’s Blackberry Balsam; Paine’s Green Mt Balm of Gilead; 1931 Tunbridge World’s Fair poster; Plattsburgh, NY wrestling poster- Gilles “The Fish” Poisson, Edouard Carpentier;

AUTOMOBILE ADV:

rare 1939 Gargoyle Mobilubrication disc chart; neat set of Shell lubrication instructions- 1937- 1950; Tydol Motor Oil service station display rack; Whiz Motor Rhythm counter display with old new stock; Firestone belt rack; Gates-Vulco belt racks; sm hygrade Line Carter Carburetor parts sign; Autolight Spark Plug cleaner; Mobiloil Gargoyle oil pump dispenser; Texaco, Shell oil pump dispensers; glass oil bottles & carriers; National Oil Seals service station cabinet; Genuine Quaker State Motor Oils shop display rack; Sorensen Ignition Parts counter display; Fram shop display; Vt Auto Dealer plaques;
collection of 1-2 gal oil cans;

BAR & SODA:

16’ bar formerly from Sister Kate’s in Stowe, Vt; Dorn’s (Burlington, Vt) ptd wooden ice cooler/ store display; Vess Cola store display rack; collection of Coca Cola adv trays- 1917 Elaine, 1923, 1929, 1937, 1938, 1940, 2-1942, 4-1950 Redhead, 2-1950 All Seasons, 1958 Garden Basket, 1961 Pansy Garden; 1951, 1954 Coca Cola French Canadian calendars; Coca Cola Vermont soda bottles; pyro soda bottles; cone top cans incl Old Topper Snappy, Genesee light ale, Gibbons, Esslinger,
Milwaukee Club; Pine Spring Water Co wooden box; Pabst blacksmith contest adv print; NuGrape Soda thermometer; coffee & food tins & boxes;

TOYS, BANKS, & TRUCKS:

Kingsbury Toy Mfg Co, Keene NH No 8823 Automatic Fire Station w/ original box & working bell; Keystone American Railway Express Truck; Stevens Jolly Nigger cast iron mechanical bank; German Magic Lantern with kaleidoscope; Wyandotte Truck Lines red & green streamlined tractor/ open trailer; Smith-Miller SMFD No 3 Hook & Ladder; Smith-Miller Blue Diamond Mack dump truck; Structo S.F.D. steel hook & ladder fire truck; Structo steam shovel; Ny-Lint rescue pumper, aerial hook & ladder, water cannon; Buddy L pumper; Schuco 4001 car w/ orig box; Schuco monkey drummer, clown juggler; SG German frog; Line Mar George the Climbing Fireman w/ orig box; 6” cast iron patrol truck; collection of cast iron & cast metal WWI soldiers; Elastolin & Lineol German soldiers; Lineol Indians; sev replica cast iron fire wagons & engines; Seaworthy Boats model speedboat (no engine); lg tricycle; Newell Ping Pong ball machine gun;

MODEL TRAINS & ACCESSORIES:

American Flyer 752 Automatic Seaboard Coaler; American Flyer 612 Station w/ Crane in orig box; Am Fler 322AC engine w/ tender- orig box; Ringling Bros lighted sign; Am flyer/ Gilbert Model 12B dual control transformer; HO scale Penn Line train set MIB in orig boxes; Aurora Model motoring race car set w/ converter pack;

BID IN PERSON, BY ABSENTEE BID, LIVE ONLINE, OR BY PHONE

TERMS: Visa,
Mastercard, cash, or approved check.

13% Buyers Premium
10% for cash or check Chairs Caterer

All Items Sold As Is
With No Implied Or Expressed Warranty.