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Auction Name Coin-Op and Advertising - Las Vegas Total Sales (USD) 641,760.00
Auction Date May 03, 2025 - May 03, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 260,900.00
Sale Number #50325 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 560,600.00
Total Lots 410
Sold Lots 394.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 266,350.00
% of Lots Sold 96.10% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 572,000.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 112.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3193

OUTSTANDING KIMBALL & COMPANY CARRIAGE BUILDERS SIGN W/ HORSE & CARRIAGE GRAPHICS.

 c.1900 USD 4,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 56,320.00
3103

PHILADELPHIA AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE SIGN W/ CAR GRAPHIC.

 c.1920 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 35,840.00
3108

FRANCISCO AUTO HEATER TIN SIGN W/ AUTOMOBILE GRAPHIC

 c.1920s USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 21,760.00
3061

OUTSTANDING CAMPBELL'S SOUP CURVED PORCELAIN SIGN.

 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,920.00
3159

OLD SLEEPY EYE FLOUR SIGN W/ NATIVE AMERICAN GRAPHIC.

 c.1900 USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 17,920.00
3011

YUENGLING'S BEER, ALE & PORTER SIGN W/ EAGLE GRAPHIC.

 c.1900s USD 7,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 16,640.00
3064

KABO CORSETS SIGN W/ YOUNG LADY GRAPHIC.

 c.1900 USD 3,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 14,080.00
3063

SUCCESS MANURE SPREADER SIGN W/ PLOW LION GRAPHICS.

 c.1910 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 11,520.00
3160

SLEEPY EYE FLOUR SIGN W/ NATIVE AMERICAN GRAPHIC.

 c.1900 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,520.00
3250

PRINCE ALBERT TOBACCO SIGN W/ NATIVE AMERICAN GRAPHIC.

 c.1920s USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,240.00
3158

ONONDAGA CREAM SIGN W/ NATIVE AMERICAN GRAPHIC.

 c.1900 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,320.00
3002

SELF-FRAMED FREESTONE TENNESSEE WHISKEY ADVERTISEMENT

 c.1905 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 7,040.00
3023

BUDWEISER LAGER BEER SIGN W/ WOMAN HOLDING BOTTLE GRAPHIC.

 c.1900s-1910s USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,040.00
3105

OUTSTANDING SMITH'S KIDNEY PILLS SIGN W/ YOUNG BOY GRAPHIC.

 c.1910 USD 7,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 7,040.00
3166

STAR BRAND SHOES FLANGE SIGN

 c.1910 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 7,040.00
3225

BARBER SHOP POLE TRADE SIGN W/ ORIGINAL BRACKET

 c.1900 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,400.00
3051

J.I. CASE THRESHING MACHINE CO. SIGN W/ EAGLE & GLOBE GRAPHIC.

 c.1910s-1920s USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,888.00
3167

MOXIE NERVE FOOD SIGN W/ WOMAN GRAPHIC.

 c.1900 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 5,632.00
3234

"DESTROY THIS MAD BRUTE" LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER W/ GORILLA GRAPHIC

 c.1940s USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,632.00
3006

FALLS CITY BREWING CO. CURVED PORCELAIN SIGN W/ FACTORY GRAPHIC

 c.1910s USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,376.00
3239

HENRY GEORGE 5C/ CIGAR SIGN.

 c.1910s USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,120.00
3010

LIEBERMAN & SONS EAGLE BREWERY SIGN W/ EAGLE GRAPHIC.

 c.1910s-1920s USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,864.00
3163

PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER SIGN W/ BOTTLE GRAPHIC

 c.1880s USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,608.00
3022

ANHEISER-BUSCH'S MALT-NUTRINE SIGN W/ STORK GRAPHIC.

 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,352.00
3164

OLD SLEEPY EYE FLOUR SIGN W/ NATIVE AMERICAN GRAPHIC.

 c.1920s USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,352.00
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.