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
3383	SELDOM SEEN WHISTLE/VESS BEVERAGES FRAMED ADVERTISEMENT	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
3384	ROYAL CROWN COLA EMBOSSED TIN BOTTLE SIGN	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 768.00
3385	HOWEL'S ROOT BEER EMBOSSED BOTTLE TIN SIGN	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 416.00
3386	PAIR OF SODA ADVERTISING SIGNS	N/A	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 416.00
3387	TIN ADVERTISING SIGN FOR WELCH JUNIORS GRAPE JUICE	1931	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 768.00
3388	TRIPLE A ROOTBEER EMBOSSED TIN SIGN W/ BOTTLE GRAPHIC.	N/A	USD 200.00 - 800.00	USD 288.00
3392	NUGRAPE SODAS 5C/ FRAMED STAIN GLASS SIGN.	N/A	USD 100.00 - 500.00	USD 192.00
3394	DRINK DELICIOUS DELAWARE PUNCH EMBOSSED TIN SIGN W/ BOTTLE GRAPHIC	C.1930s	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 288.00
3398	ENJOY TAB "TASTES BETTER THAN ANY DIET COLA" SIGN	N/A	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 704.00
3399	VESS SOFT DRINK CHALK WALL SIGN	N/A	USD 100.00 - 500.00	USD 96.00
3400	KEEP OREGON GREEN EMBOSSED TIN SIGN	N/A	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 288.00
3402	5C/ "PLAY" A THIRST QUENCHER EMBOSSED TIN SIGN W/ BOTTLE GRAPHIC	C.1940s	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 480.00
3422	COLLECTION OF 7: VEEDOL & FLYING A SERVICE STATION LUBRICATION GUIDES.	1950s	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 256.00
3424	LARGE COLLECTION OF VEEDOL SAFETY CHECK & LUBRICATION GUIDE SERVICE STATION MANUALS.	1940s	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 352.00
3425	COLLECTION OF 75 PHILLIPS 66 UNITED STATES ROAD MAPS WITH CUSTOM CASE	1960s	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 288.00
3449	FRAMED PAPER POSTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 1,792.00
3450	FRAMED CARDBOARD ADVERTISEMENT FOR DUKE'S MIXTURE	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 640.00
3451	WOOD PAINTED SPEED LIMIT SIGN	N/A	USD 200.00 - 600.00	USD 416.00
3452	FRAMED ADVERTISEMENT FOR SWIFT'S PREMIUM HAMS & BACON	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 192.00
3453	FRAMED PAPER ADVERTISEMENT FOR HANNA'S LUSTRO-FINISH PAINT	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 224.00
3454	DIE-CUT CARDSTOCK ADVERTISING FOR LYDIA PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
3455	TIN SWIFT'S PRIDE SOAP ADVERTISING SIGN	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 704.00
3456	TIN SIGN ADVERTISING COAL OIL FOR 5C/ GAL	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 192.00
3457	EARLY TIN SIGN ADVERTISING FRIEDMANN & LAUTERJUNGS ELECTRIC RAZORS	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 896.00
3458	TIN 5C/ DEVILISH GOOD CIGAR SIGN	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 448.00

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.