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
1244	TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED "CREDIT CARDS WELCOME" TIN SIGN W/ FLYING A GRAPHIC	C.1950s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,664.00
1245	WILLARD BATTERIES TIN SERVICE STATION SIGN	1952	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,152.00
1246	WILLARD SAFETY-FILL BATTERIES & CHARGING SERVICE TIN SIGN	C.1950s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,408.00
1247	VEEDOL FORZOL "THE ECONOMY OIL FOR FORDS" TIN SIGN W/ ORIGINAL WOOD FRAME	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,840.00
1248	VEEDOL MOTOR OIL TIN SIGN W/ SKATER GIRL GRAPHIC	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,048.00
1250	BSA MOTORCYCLE DEALER EMBOSSED TIN BUBBLE SIGN.	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 3,328.00
1251	TIN ADVERTISING SIGN FOR CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS	N/A	USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,560.00
1252	VEEDOL "THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MOTOR OIL" TIN SIGN	N/A	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,072.00
1253	COLLECTION OF 2: NEW OLD STOCK TEXACO MARFAK LUBRICATION SIGNS W/ ORIGINAL CRATE	N/A	USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,608.00
1254	RARE EMBOSSED TIN MOXIE ADVERTISING SIGN	N/A	USD 3,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 7,680.00
1255	HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES SALES & SERVICE EMBOSSED TIN SIGN FOR HUNDLEY MOTORCYCLE CO.	N/A	USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,608.00
1256	RARE ACE HIGH MOTOR OIL EMBOSSED TIN SIGN W/ CAR & AIRPLANE GRAPHIC AGS 88	N/A	USD 15,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 43,520.00
1257	TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES SALES & SERVICE EMBOSSED TIN SIGN	N/A	USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 3,584.00
1259	DILL TIRE VALVE TIN STORE DISPLAY SIGN W/ TIRE GRAPHIC	C.1920s	USD 600.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,792.00
1261	VEEDOL MOTOR OILS EMBOSSED TIN SIGN W/ ORIGINAL WOOD BACKING	N/A	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,176.00
1262	VEEDOL MOTOR OIL TIN SIGN W/ SKATING GIRL GRAPHIC	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,216.00
1263	PHILLIPS 66 MOTOR OIL FRAMED TIN SIGN	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 960.00
1264	CERTIFIED MOBIL LUBRICATION TIN SIGN W/ PEGASUS GRAPHIC	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,304.00
1265	STECKLEY'S CORN SEED TIN FLANGE SIGN	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 576.00
1266	MEN & LADIES NEW OLD STOCK TIN REST ROOM FLANGE SIGNS	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 576.00
1267	WAGNER AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE PRODUCTS FRANCHISED DEALER EMBOSSED SIGN	N/A	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 288.00
1272	SIGNAL OUT OF ORDER PAINTED WOOD SIGN	N/A	USD 300.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
1273	INDIAN MOTORCYCLES "THERE'S MAGIC IN THE NAME" PAPER POSTER	N/A	USD 300.00 - 900.00	USD 1,792.00
1274	HARLEY DAVIDSON GUNK MOTORCYCLE CLEANER LIGHT-UP STORE DISPLAY SIGN	N/A	USD 500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,024.00
1277	TOURISTS LIGHT-UP SIGN W/ ORIGINAL IRON HANGER & WOODEN FRAMING	C.1920s	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,920.00

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.