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Petroliana - Enamel signs, petrol pump globes, oil cans and early advertising
Live
Venue address
The Old Laundry
Ivy Road
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 1SB
United Kingdom
Petroliana - Enamel signs, petrol pump globes, oil cans and early advertising

Auction dates
05 Mar 2022 09:30 GMT
Lots: 1-600
Viewing dates
03 Mar 2022 10:00 - 18:00 GMT
04 Mar 2022 10:00 - 17:00 GMT
05 Mar 2022 08:30 - 15:00 GMT
Auction currency
GBP
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There are 542 lots within this auction
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A Raleigh 'The World's Most Wanted Bicycle' lightbox, 14" w x 10 1/2" h x 6 1/2" d.
190 GBP
180 - 250 GBP
Estimate
A Power Petrol enamel sign in near flawless condition, certainly the best example we've ever seen,
1,800 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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A Shell-Mex & BP Ltd cap badge, two BP enamelled lapel badges, a BP Super Plus badge and two BP
30 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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A Lodge Ford Plug spark plug tin in good condition, with contents, three further spark plug tins
50 GBP
40 - 60 GBP
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A rare surviving garage forecourt conical illuminated beacon, 38" tall.
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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An Essolube eight division crate containing eight correct Essolube quart bottles.
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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An ROP two gallon petrol can by Feaver, dated May 1928, with correct brass ROP cap.
70 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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A Lobitos conical glass oil bottle with moulded lettering to one side and a good label to the other,
110 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A Cooper's Motor Oils quart measure with a good label.
70 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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A Wakefield Dick Industrial Oils Ltd garage forecourt dispenser in restored condition.
0 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A B.S.A Motor Cycles Ltd bevel edged glass finger/door plate, mounted on timber for display, 3 x
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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A Velvene grease tin.
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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Two Pratts two gallon petrol cans, with correct Pratts brass caps.
45 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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A bronze double open ended spanner, 1/2" and 9/16", probably a fuel tank or pump spanner, as being
0 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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A BP shield shaped glass petrol pump globe, by Hailware, still in original packing crate and never
1,300 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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A James Cycles shield-shaped single sided enamel sign by Patent Enamel in excellent condition, 20
2,300 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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A framed and glazed early 20th Century pictorial advertisement for Gladiator cycles and
220 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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An early Carless, Capel & Leonard, Hope Chemical Works, petroleum spirit conical can.
50 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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A Shell pictorial postcard - 'Old King Cole...' no. 184.
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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A Shell pictorial postcard - '1st Unsuccessful Motorist', no. 78.
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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A Shell pictorial postcard - 'More Miles on ''Shell'' than any other', no. 146.
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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A Kaye's Patent half pint oiler, marked 1915.
40 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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A rare Clipper Motor Tyres pictorial showcard depicting three figures holding a tyre, in original
0 GBP
350 - 500 GBP
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A partial box of new NGK spark plugs, three empty spark plug tins and a tyre pressure gauge etc.
28 GBP
20 - 30 GBP
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A very rare enamel sign by Wood & Penfold, advertising the early motor vehicle manufacturer
2,000 GBP
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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A framed and glazed red AA flag with yellow emblem to the centre, 27 1/2 x 26".
15 GBP
25 - 40 GBP
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J.A. Marsden - a cut away study of a Frisky Sprint car, produced for the Autocar, highlighted in
0 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Brian Hatton - a cut away study of a Ford Cortina Mk.III, produced for The Motor, annotated to the
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Brian Hatton - a cut away study of a 1962 Ford Zodiac Mk.III, produced for The Motor, annotated to
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Brian Hatton - a cut away study of a 1972 Lancia Beta, produced for The Motor, annotated to the
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Gordon Horner - an original artwork depicting a single seater pre-war racing car at believed to be
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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A B.F. Goodrich pictorial advertising poster, circa late 1960s/early 1970s, 53 x 35 1/2".
0 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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A French blue and white circular enamel parking sign, 28" diameter.
60 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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A rare pair of motoring maps on linen - North and South Sections, the sleeve advertising Perrier.
0 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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A highly pictorial Esso branded advertising teaching aid, German, 34 1/2 x 47 3/4".
80 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A highly pictorial Esso branded advertising teaching aid, German, 34 1/2 x 47 3/4".
80 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A highly pictorial Esso branded advertising teaching aid, German, 34 1/2 x 47 3/4".
80 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A highly pictorial Esso branded advertising teaching aid, German, 34 1/2 x 47 3/4".
80 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A highly pictorial Esso branded advertising teaching aid, German, 34 1/2 x 47 3/4".
80 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A rare Desmo garage distributor/retailer's single door cabinet, 24" w x 36" h x 7 1/2" d.
0 GBP
700 - 900 GBP
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An Essolube eight division crate containing an assortment of Esso quart and pint oil bottles.
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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An enamel sign advertising The Motor Union 'Special Caution', in excellent condition, 26 x 22".
300 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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An unusual Irish crossroads cast iron sign, 12 x 26 1/2".
110 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A selection of Castrol oil measures.
60 GBP
40 - 60 GBP
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A slender brass oiler, a Castrol grease tin, a Lucas battery filler and two oil cans.
18 GBP
20 - 30 GBP
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A Shell promotional blue glass centrepiece engraved with the Shell logo, made by Dartington,
110 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Seven two gallon petrol can caps including AAOC and MEX.
45 GBP
20 - 30 GBP
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An unusual and rare Hi-Speedol circular double sided enamel sign with excellent gloss, 24" diameter.
0 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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An early and rare RAC rectangular enamel sign with central emblem to both sides, British version
340 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Eight two gallon petrol can caps including Redline and AAOC.
50 GBP
20 - 30 GBP
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An early Pratts embossed aluminium lozenge shaped advertising sign, 27 x 27".
120 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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A brass petrol filler, a small copper funnel and a Ruston Hornsby oval brass information plate.
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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Three Michelin tyre pressure tin garage forecourt chart signs, the largest 28 3/4 x 34".
90 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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A rare and early Wakefield Motor Oil double sided enamel sign with an image of a can to both
300 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Three two gallon petrol cans including National Benzole Mixture.
40 GBP
40 - 60 GBP
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A rare Shell Motor Spirit advertising mirror in original frame bearing a brass plaque for British
0 GBP
650 - 800 GBP
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Two Eversure fuel cans, two Valor paraffin cans, a Gulf gallon can and a Royal Daylight Oil can.
30 GBP
40 - 60 GBP
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A Watts, Fincham & Co. wall mounted two gallon petrol pump, restored in Shell colours with hose
0 GBP
1,800 - 2,200 GBP
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An early poster advertising a pre-war Ariel 1000cc square four printed by The Baynard Press
110 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A War Department two gallon petrol cAn, dated 1944 and painted in camouflage colours, plus a GPO two
15 GBP
20 - 40 GBP
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