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
1081	TEXACO EMBOSSED PLASTIC SERVICE STATION SIGN	C.1990s	USD 500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 320.00
1082	ROOMS HAND-PAINTED WOOD HOTEL SIGN	1920s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 352.00
1083	NO PARKING POLICE ORDER CAST METAL CURB SIGN WITH ORIGINAL CAST IRON BASE	N/A	USD 300.00 - 900.00	USD 1,088.00
1084	MINNEAPOLIS AUTO CLUB CAST IRON DIRECTIONAL SIGN W/ REWARD PLAQUE	1910's	USD 300.00 - 900.00	USD 352.00
1087	FIRESTONE TIRES EMBOSSED PLASTIC LIGHT- UP SIGN	N/A	USD 300.00 - 700.00	USD 192.00
1090	PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BIRCH BEER "IT'S WONDERFUL GOOD" CELLULOID OVER CARD BOARD SIGN	C.1950s	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 224.00
1091	SODA FOUNTAIN CIGARS & TOBACCO EMBOSSED TIN SIGN	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,176.00
1092	DIET RITE COLA EMBOSSED TIN SIGN W/ BOTTLE GRAPHIC	N/A	USD 200.00 - 600.00	USD 288.00
1096	TRAFFIC SIGN & SIGNAL CO. CAST IRON SIGN BASE & POLE	N/A	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 128.00
1112	SIGNAL PREMIUM HEAVY DUTY MOTOR OIL ONE QUART CAN W/ STOP LIGHT GRAPHIC	C.1950s	USD 200.00 - 600.00	USD 160.00
1126	LARGE & OUTSTANDING PEUGEOT PAPER POSTER BY RENE VINCENT.	1925	USD 3,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 2,048.00
1149	ED COLE & SON FISHMONGER PAINTED WOOD SIGN W/ METAL FISH	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 512.00
1154	BEILS RABBITRY DRESSED RABBIT FOR SALE HAND-PAINTED FIGURAL METAL TRADE SIGN	C.1930s	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 640.00
1156	PORCELAIN ADVERTISING SIGN FOR BEECH-NUT CHEWING TOBACCO	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 704.00
1157	ROUND OAK STOVES RANGES & FURNACES EMBOSSED TIN SIGN	1905	USD 800.00 - 2,000.00	USD 544.00
1158	GLUE CHIP GLASS SIGN ADVERTISING CHICKERING PIANOS	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 640.00
1159	BEN SWAN PHOTOGRAPHER SAND PAINTED WOOD SIGN W/ ORIGINAL WOODEN FRAME	C.1910s	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,280.00
1165	TIN ROLLED EDGE ADVERTISING SIGN FOR SUNBEAM BREAD	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 640.00
1166	PAINTER & PAPERHANGER "E. SKYJACK" SAND PAINTED WOOD SIGN W/ ORIGINAL WOOD FRAME	C.1920s	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 640.00
1167	TIN ADVERTISING SIGN FOR VAN DAM CIGARS	13 - 3/4".	USD 800.00 - 1,600.00	USD 608.00
1169	SATIN CIGARETTES CHARGER SIGN	19" Dia.	USD 800.00 - 1,500.00	USD 832.00
1171	NO SMOKING HAND-PAINTED WOOD SERVICE STATION SIGN	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 576.00
1173	TIN EMBOSSED SIGN ADVERTISING BALL-BAND BOOT RUBBERS	N/A	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	USD 416.00
1174	TIN ADVERTISING SIGN FOR ROI-TAN PERFECT CIGARS	1915	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	USD 384.00
1182	EMBOSSED TIN ADVERTISING SIGN FOR PRIMROSE CREAM SEPARATOR	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	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.