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
1217	FLYING A GASOLINE EMBOSSED PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 3,072.00
1218	RARE SHELL MEN & LADIES PORCELAIN SERVICE STATION REST ROOM DOOR SIGNS	C.1930s	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,280.00
1219	AUTO CLUB CARS LEFT HERE AT OWNERS RISK PORCELAIN SIGN.	C.1920's	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,280.00
1220	RARE ASSOCIATED SERVICE STATION REST ROOM INSPECTION PORCELAIN SIGN WITH ADJUSTABLE DIAL	C.1930s	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 960.00
1221	TIDE WATER APPROVED DEALER PORCELAIN SIGN W/ ORIGINAL IRON FRAME	C.1940s	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 960.00
1222	UNITED MOTORS SERVICE PORCELAIN NEON SKIN SIGN	C.1930s	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,096.00
1223	COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA PORCELAIN MUNICIPAL SIGN	N/A	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 960.00
1224	BUY VEEDOL MOTOR OILS PORCELAIN SIGN.	C.1930's	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 704.00
1225	TYDOL COMPOUNDED MOTOR OIL PORCELAIN SIGN W/ FLYING A GRAPHIC	C.1940s	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 896.00
1226	GOODYEAR TIRES PORCELAIN FLANGE SIGN	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,088.00
1227	GREYHOUND BUS LINES FIGURAL DOG SIGN	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 832.00
1228	CHAMPLIN HI-V-I MOTOR OIL PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 640.00
1229	WESTERN MOTOR OIL PORCELAIN SIGN	C.1960s	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 832.00
1232	SHAMROCK CLOUD MASTER PREMIUM PORCELAIN PUMP PLATE SIGN	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 480.00
1233	GOODRICH SAFETY FIRST RAILROAD GUIDE POST PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 704.00
1234	TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY "OUR CREED" PORCELAIN SIGN	C.1950s	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	USD 384.00
1235	TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY "OUR CREED" PORCELAIN SIGN	C.1950s	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	USD 384.00
1236	TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY PORCELAIN SIGN	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,024.00
1237	US ROUTE 395 REFLECTIVE METAL SIGN.	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
1238	ROUTE 75 REFLECTIVE HIGHWAY METAL SHIELD SIGN W/ REFLECTORS.	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 192.00
1239	EVERYEADY PRESTONE ANTI-FREEZE TIN CHALKBOARD SIGN / EASEL BACK	N/A	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 416.00
1240	TYDOL ENGINEER FIGURAL TIN TOPPER SIGN	C.1930s	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 1,536.00
1241	VEEDOL FORZOL MOTOR OIL EMBOSSED TIN SIGN	C.1930s	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 1,280.00
1242	TYDOL MOTOR OIL 25C/ A QUART EMBOSSED TIN SIGN	C.1930s	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 2,048.00
1243	VEEDOL 10-30 MOTOR OIL "IMPROVED PROTECTION" TIN SIGN	1959	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 768.00

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.