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
1053	HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES SALES & SERVICE EMBOSSED TIN SIGN FOR LEO N. HERRICK	N/A	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 6,400.00
1054	DU PONT DUCO-DULUX AUTOMOBILE PAINTING TIN SERVICE STATION SIGN	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,408.00
1055	TYDOL GASOLINE "FOR SAFE DRIVING" TIN SERVICE STATION SIGN	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,792.00
1056	CENPECO TRACTRUK OIL TIN SIGN W/ OIL BARREL GRAPHIC	C.1930s	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 480.00
1057	CYCOL MOTOR OILS AND GREASES TIN SERVICE STATION SIGN	C.1920s	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 4,096.00
1058	HOOD TIRES EMBOSSED TIN SERVICE STATION SIGN	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,176.00
1059	VEEDOL MOTOR OIL TIN SIGN W/ SKATING GIRL GRAPHIC	N/A	USD 400.00 - 1,200.00	USD 960.00
1060	MOBIL LUBRICATION "KEYED TO YOUR CAR" TIN SIGN W/ PEGASUS GRAPHIC	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 896.00
1061	FLYING A GASOLINE HYDROGEN TREATMENT TIN SIGN	C.1950s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 768.00
1062	VEEDOL & TYDOL "FOR YOUR PROTECTION IN TAMPER-PROOF CANS" TIN SIGN	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,408.00
1063	NO PARKING POLICE ORDER TIN CURB SIGN WITH ORIGINAL CAST IRON BASE	N/A	USD 300.00 - 900.00	USD 544.00
1065	PENNZOIL 100% PURE PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR OIL TIN SIGN W/ ORIGINAL STAND	N/A	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 1,280.00
1066	SERVICE STATION SAFETY REMINDERS TIN SIGN	C.1950s	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 352.00
1067	FLYING A SERVICE CONTEMPORARY NEON DISPLAY SIGN	N/A	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 320.00
1068	VEEDOL MOTOR OIL TIN TRIANGLE SIGN W/ CAN GRAPHIC	N/A	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 3,072.00
1069	PREST-O-LITE BATTERIES SALES & SERVICE TIN FLANGE SIGN	C.1950s	USD 300.00 - 700.00	USD 1,216.00
1070	FOR GOOD TASTE HAV-A-TAMPA CIGAR EMBOSSED TIN SIGN	1965	USD 200.00 - 600.00	USD 320.00
1071	CHAMPION DEPENDABLE SPARK PLUGS SERVICE TIN FLANGE SIGN	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 576.00
1072	VEEDOL MOTOR OILS TIN SERVICE STATION SIGN	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 2,176.00
1073	CARTER CARBURETER SERVICE TIN SIGN	C.1950s	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 896.00
1074	TYDOL ENGINEER FIGURAL TIN SIGN	C.1930s	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 1,280.00
1075	HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES N.O.S. DEALERSHIP HOUR CHART SIGN WITH ORIGINAL BOX	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,280.00
1078	TOURISTS ROOMS & BATHS REVERSE PAINTED GLASS LIGHT-UP SIGN W/ ORIGINAL WOODEN DISPLAY CAN	N/A	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,280.00
1079	HOLY FAMILY ATHLETIC FIELD HAND-PAINTED WOODEN SCOREBOARD SIGN WITH NATIVE AMERICAN GRAPHIC	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,304.00
1080	RARE SET OF SIX STANDARD OIL COMPANY EASEL BACK SERVICE STATION DISPLAY SIGNS	1931	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 960.00

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.