Morphy Auctions: Automobilia, Petroliana, & Advertising, 21726, Denver

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 17, 2026 - February 19, 2026

Page Size: 750 items in 30 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1026	BOURNVILLE COCOA MADE BY CADBURY PORCELAIN SIGN WITH ORIGINAL FRAME	C.1920s	USD 600.00 - 1,800.00	USD 960.00
1027	LUBRICATION TWO PIECE PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 960.00
1028	FLYING A GASOLINE PORCELAIN SIGN	C.1950s	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,176.00
1029	LYON'S COFFEE AND CHICORY EXTRACT PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,088.00
1030	WILLARD STORAGE BATTERIES PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,408.00
1031	CLEAN REST ROOMS THREE PIECE PORCELAIN SERVICE STATION SIGN	-18	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,088.00
1032	VEEDOL MOTOR OIL PORCELAIN SIGN W/ COOKIE CUTTER EDGE	-11	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,816.00
1033	FLYING A GASOLINE PORCELAIN PUMP PLATE SIGN	C.1950s	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	USD 4,096.00
1034	WILLARD STORAGE BATTERIES PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,792.00
1035	FIRESTONE TIRES PORCELAIN FLANGE SIGN	-16	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,408.00
1036	FLYING A GASOLINE PORCELAIN PUMP PLATE SIGN	C.1950s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,792.00
1037	SPITTING ON SIDEWALK STRICTLY FORBIDDEN BY CITY ORDINANCE PORCELAIN SIGN	C.1930s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,816.00
1038	ASSOCIATED GASOLINE PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
1039	TYDOL CHAIN INC. PORCELAIN SIGN.	C.1930'S	USD 300.00 - 900.00	USD 1,280.00
1040	TIDEWATER OIL CO. "DANGER" PORCELAIN SIGN W/ FLYING A GRAPHIC	C.1950s	USD 300.00 - 900.00	USD 1,408.00
1041	MOBILGAS DEALER PORCELAIN REST ROOM SHIELD SIGN	C.1930s	USD 300.00 - 900.00	USD 960.00
1042	TYDOL FLYING A GASOLINE PORCELAIN PUMP PLATE SIGN	C.1950s	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 1,792.00
1043	LYONS TEA PORCELAIN FLANGE SIGN	-15	USD 300.00 - 800.00	USD 352.00
1044	ASSOCIATED CERTIFIED "CLEAN, COMFORT STATIONS" TIN REST ROOM SIGN	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,216.00
1045	DAYTON THOROBRED TIRES EMBOSSED TIN SIGN	1959	USD 500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,048.00
1046	VEEDOL MOTOR OIL "THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MOTOR OIL" SELF-FRAMED TIN SIGN	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 4,096.00
1049	EVINRUDE OUTBOARD MOTORS AUTHORIZED AGENCY TIN FLANGE SIGN W/ BOAT GRAPHIC	C.1940s	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,328.00
1050	HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES EMBOSSED TIN SIGN FOR BUSH MOTORCYCLE SERVICE.	N/A	USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,096.00
1051	UNIQUE & RARE PEPSI BOTTLE-SHAPED DOUBLE-SIDED NEON SIGN ON METAL STAND	N/A	USD 5,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 11,520.00
1052	RED HAT MOTOR OIL TIN FLANGE SIGN W/ TOP HAT GRAPHIC	N/A	USD 3,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 33,280.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.