Iowa Gas is the premier petro collectible event consisting of a swap meet, two auctions, displays and more. This report is a partial cross section of the over 500 petro and automotive collectible items sold in the auctions.
A report on the August '96 annual petroleum collectors convention auction.
Iowa Gas is the premier petro collectible
event consisting of a swap meet, two auctions, displays and more. This
report is a partial cross section of the over 500 petro and automotive
collectible items sold in the auctions.
Globes - Signs -
Containers - Misc. -
Pumps
$ Bid - Description
1,100 - Imperial Premier, 1 piece glass
900 - Never-Nox Gasolene, 1 piece glass
750 - Magnolia Gasoline, Maximum Mileage, 16" metal band, 1 side only
600 - Gasolene, 1 piece glass
525 - White Eagle, 1 piece glass, cracked neck, base chipped
500 - Flashlike Ethyl, 15" metal band, Ethyl logo
450 - Filtered Gasoline, 1 piece glass, round ball
400 - Shell, 1 piece glass
375 - Sinclair, H-C Gasoline, 3 piece glass, wide
350 - Texaco Sky Chief, 3 piece glass, narrow body
325 - Gulf, 3 piece glass, small size
300 - Farmers Union Co-op, lens good on 1 side only
275 - Mobilgas Special, 3 piece glass, narrow w/metal base
250 - Richfield Premium, w/eagle logo, Capco body
225 - Standard Flame, 1 piece glass
200 - Standard White Crown, 1 piece glass
195 - Midland "M," gill
175 - DX Ethyl Lubricating Gasoline, red/black with tan background
150 - Sinclair Dino Supreme, red letters, red Capco body
125 - Travelers Aid, world map in center, Capco body
100 - Oriental Ethyl, Capco body
4,000 - Globe, The Universal Gasoline, round, flat, 30," 2 sides, pictures
of forms of transportation around the world
3,300 - Pure, with stand, round, neon, 36"
2,100 - Red Hat Gasoline, porcelain, round, 2 sided, 24"
1,750 - Conoco Minuteman Gasoline, porcelain, flange
1,550 - Texaco Sky Cheif, tin, round, driveway sign, 30"
1,400 - Waddams Tempered Motor Oil, tin, square, cut corners, 2 sides
900 - Penn-Drake Motor Oil, porcelain, rectangle, pump
750 - Mobil Pegasus, porcelain, die cut, large 6', touched up
625 - Power, pictures race horse jockey, porcelain, elliptical flat, 1 side
600 - Conoco Minuteman Gasoline, porcelain, round, 2 sided, 28"
575 - Frontier "Rarin' to Go," porcelain, keyhole, flat, cowboy on horse
525 - Chevrolet Sales Service, porcelain, rectangle, 2 sided, 2' x 3' cobalt
blue
425 - Invader Motor Oil, horse and river, wooded back frame, tin, embossed,
rectangle
375 - Shell, porcelain, flange, "Guaranteed Shell from the Pump"
350 - Phillips 66, (New Old Stock), shield, mint condition, porcelain, die
cut, 2 sided
325 - Dodge Plymouth Approved Service, round, porcelain
300 - Exide Battery Service, hanging driveway signs w/base, tin, rectangle
275 - Deep Rock Gasoline - Motor Oil, porcelain, round, 2 sided, 42"
250 - Greyhound, line oval w/dog, porcelain, die cut
225 - Veedol Motor Oils, swinging driveway sign, tin, die cut, arch shape,
NOS
200 - Ajax Alcohol Antifreeze, tin, flange
175 - Johnson Gasoline w/Ethyl, Time Tells, rough shape
160 - Ladies - Men Restroom signs, green on white, porcelain, flange
150 - Cities Service Oils, Once Always, porcelain, round, 42"
140 - Better Patch, "We Fix Flats," porcelain, rectangle, flange
125 - Whiteway Gas "Retail Gasoline Dealers Association" on bell, porcelain,
rectangl, 2 sides
110 - Iolzum Motor oil, tin, die cut, flat, triangular, 1 sided
100 - Valvoline Motor Oil, tin, round, 2 sided, 30"
1,000 - Eagle Castor Film Motor oil, eagle graphics, 1 qt.
900 - Shell bottles w/case (16 bottles)
825 - Airway Motor Oil w/airplane graphics, yellow & black, 1 qt.
800 - Triple "L" Long Life Lube Motor Oil w/plane & car graphics, 1 qt.
750 - Opaline Motor Oil, Sinclair Refining, 1 gal.
625 - Mona Motor Oil, For All Motor Vehicles, 1 gal.
550 - Chieftain "Chief" graphics, 1 qt.
500 - Tulane w/car graphic, 1 qt.
400 - Zeppelin w/dirigible & city skyline graphics, 2 gal.
335 - Standard Bulk 5 gallon measure can, "shiny" copper
260 - Mid Continent Oil bottles, (8 bottles in rack)
225 - Mobiloil Gargoyle "AF," indian design on borders, 5 qt. round
200 - Conoco oil rack
175 - Socony Light Medium, screen top, 1 gal.
160 - Husky Heavy Duty Oil, w/running husky, 1 qt.
140 - Oil bottle - Waddam, 1 qt.
125 - Enterprise Oil Co., Duplex Motor Oil, 1 gal.
120 - En-Ar-Co, 5 gal., tip can
100 - Havoline glass w/spout, Jay B. Rhodes Co., Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1 qt.
1,350 - Cast iron White Eagle
1,000 - Gargoyle Oil cabinet w/repro globe
650 - Penn-Royal Motor Oil, neon sign on metal
575 - Texaco Lube cart w/2 porcelain "Texaco Certified Lubrication" signs
525 - Texaco toy gasoline station, wood and composition, visible gas pumps
500 - DX neon clock, octagon face
425 - Highway sign, "Business 66," shield shape w/reflectors
375 - Pure-Pep National A-36 pump curved glass ad panel, pair
275 - Gulf Santa Claus mailbox
250 - Hastings Piston Rings, clock
200 - Home Oil wooden dip stick, model "A"
175 - Glass visible pump cylinder, blue tint
150 - Mobil Lubrication Chart for 1932, nice
135 - One Sinclair Ethyl lens, Ethyl logo, red background
115 - Erie Pump 1930 calendar, framed
1,000 - Phillips 66 Bennett, w/clock and repro Phillips globe, unrestored
890 - Mae West, visible, unrestored
575 - Wayne Mobilgas Special, molded glass name across top, meter
unrestored
500 - Service Station Equipment, clock, w/repro Buffalo globe, unrestored
400 - Wayne Mobilgas w/molded glass name across top, meter, unrestored
300 - Gilbarco Standard White Crown w/repro Texaco Globe, meter, unrestored
225 - Tokheim Texaco Fire Chief w/repro Fire Chief globe meter
175 - Bennett Sinclair w/repro Dino globe, meter, unrestored
A full report of all auction results is sent to registered participants of
Iowa Gas. For more information, visit the Iowa Gas
Web site
Online 5/26/97 by Jim Potts
