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
2286	ARAL MOTOROEL TIN SERVICE STATION SIGN	N/A	USD 100.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
2287	AAA DRIVER EDUCATION CAR TIN SIGN	N/A	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 64.00
2288	GREATER SERVICE BATTERIES TIN RACK SIGN	N/A	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 224.00
2289	VEEDOL MOTOR OIL TIN OIL CAN RACK SIGN	C.1950s	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 576.00
2290	BUILDING CARRIAGE ROOM TIN DIRECTIONAL SIGN	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 160.00
2291	PRESTONE ANTI-FREEZE "DOES NOT BOIL AWAY" EMBOSSED TIN RACK SIGN	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 160.00
2292	COLLECTION OF TW0: BUICK EMBOSSED TIN & CAST IRON SIGN	N/A	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 192.00
2293	1915 VACUUM OIL COMPANY FRAMED ADVERTISING CALENDAR.	N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 128.00
2294	NO PARKING HAND PAINTED CURB SIGN WITH ORIGINAL CAST IRON BASE.	N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 352.00
2295	WILLARD BATTERIES LIGHT UP SERVICE STATION DISPLAY SIGN.	N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 1,216.00
2296	WILLARD BATTERIES CARD STOCK SIGN W/ BANDED METAL EDGE	N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 640.00
2298	PROPERTY OF OKLAHOMA CITY SIGN DEPARTMENT CAST IRON BASE & POLE	N/A	USD 100.00 - 400.00	USD 192.00
2304	BURMASHAVE THAT HALF A BUCK BUYS HALF A POUND PAINTED WOOD HIGHWAY SIGN	C.1930s	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 128.00
2305	VEEDOL MOTOR OIL FRAMED PAPER POSTER	N/A	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
2308	PENNSYLVANIA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS DETOUR PAINTED WOOD SIGN	C.1920s	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 448.00
2309	REPAIR SHOP HAND-PAINTED WOOD SIGN	C.1930s	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 192.00
2310	SPARTON MOTOR HORNS PAPER ADVERTISING SIGN ON WOOD	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 576.00
2311	SHELL GASOLINE TO PACE THE FINE NEW CARS PAPER ADVERTISING POSTER	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 320.00
2328	SIGNAL PREMIUM HEAVY DUTY MOTOR OIL ONE- QUART CAN W/ BLACK STOPLIGHT GRAPHIC	C.1940s	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 192.00
2360	PHENOMENAL NATURE'S REMEDY CORNER FLANGE LIGHT-UP REVERSE GLASS SIGN	N/A	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,664.00
2361	MAYO'S PLUG TOBACCO PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 5,632.00
2362	HOOD SHOE REBUILDING AUTHORIZED DEALER TIN SIGN W/ FLAGMAN GRAPHIC	C.1930s	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,304.00
2366	SHIREYS TOURIST CAMP PAINTED WOOD SIGN	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
2367	FIRST AID HAND PAINTED WOOD ARROW SIGN.	1930s	USD 200.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
2368	SMALTZ PAINTED WOOD SIGN ADVERTISING FARMER'S MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 320.00

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.