A report on the August '97 annual petroleum collectors convention auction.
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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 600 petro and automotive collectible
items sold in the auctions. Our 1997 auction brought the highest sales gross
in the 11 year history of Iowa Gas.
Globes - Signs -
Containers - Misc. -
Pumps
$ Bid - Description
1,200 - Phillips 66 globe, 15" metal
1,100 - Shell globe, 15" metal
1,000 - Red Crown globe, 16" glass
850 - Globe Gas globe, 3-piece glass
700 - Pennzip globe, 3-piece glass
600 - Moores Supreme globe
525 - White Flash globe, 15" metal
425 - Kanotex globe, 3-piece glass
375 - Deep Rock globe
300 - Mileage globe
250 - Gold Crown globe
175 - Champlin globe
5,500 - Ace High Gas & Oil sign, airplane, porcelain 2-sided
3,300 - Paul Parrot Shoes, neon porcelain sign
2,100 - Conoco Winter & Summer Grade, tin sign 2-sided
1,200 - Vico Motor Oil & Gasoline Pep, porcelain 2-sided
1,100 - Trop Artic Orange Motot Oil, Manhatten, 30" porcelain 2-sided
1,050 - Mobil Horse, 6' porcelain
900 - Texaco Marfak, porcelain 2-sided
850 - Polarine thermometer, porcelain
700 - Mohawk Tires sign, flanged
650 - Bell Telephone Office sign, porcelain
575 - Phillips sign, black& orange, 48" porcelain 2-sided
500 - Ford Parts sign, oval porcelain 2-sided
400 - Winthrop Oil Company Ladies Rest Room
375 - Goodyear sign
350 - Mobiloil Gargoyle sign
300 - Kendall lighted sign
1,600 - Imperial Ford Polarine, 1/2 gal.
1,300 - Aroway Airplane Oil, 1 qt.
1,100 - Blue Ribbon can, 5 qt.
900 - Opaline Motor Oil can, 1 gal.
875 - Shell bottle rack with 16 Shell bottles
800 - Standard Gas Engine Oil, 1 gal.
600 - Socony Parafine Oil, 1 gal.
550 - Koolmaster Cities Service, 1 qt.
500 - Beeline can, full 1 qt.
400 - Elephant Heavy Duty Reclaimed Oil
300 - Wil-Flo Oil can, 5 qt.
260 - Leonard & Ellis Valvoline Light Motor Oil
200 - Sunoco bottle
200 - Hudson Motor Oil, airplane & race cars, 1qt.
2,250 - Lubrite Gasoline toy truck
1,600 - Rebb toy pump
900 - Standard lamp
600 - Fisk Baby tire display stand
375 - Kendall clock
250 - Gargoyle ash tray
200 - Mobiloil chart from 1932
190 - Firestone toy station
150 - glass cylinder
135 - 3 gas nozzles
115 - Sinclair barometer, 1955
100 - Purol bottle rack
2,150 - Bouser pump with clock face, DX restored
1,650 - National A38 pump, DX restored
1,050 - Martin & Swartz pump, Sunoco restored
950 - Wayne pump, Sunoco restored
Closeup photos of 21 auction items
A full report of all auction results is sent to registered participants of
Iowa Gas. For more information, visit the Iowa Gas
Web site
Images copyright © 1997 by Jim Potts
Online 11/15/97 by Jim Potts
