Country Store Advertising and Coin-Operated Machines Auction Nov 1-2
Published October 30th, 2008
Country Store, Advertising, Coin-Operated Machines, and related items will be offered at the Rich Penn Auction Event in Des Moines, Iowa, taking place at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on November 1 & 2.
Among the great toys selling are a half dozen German driving school models, several BO robots, (among them an excellent 1962 Horikawa Astronaut), Japanese racers, Lionel and Ives trains, Marx windup toys that include a Main-Street in the box, a Roy Rogers lamp, rifles, revolvers, and even a tent. Other character pieces include Popeye & Lone Ranger items, a BO Mickey Mouse drummer, a rare Mr. Peanut floor model cast-iron peanut roaster, and much more.
n addition to the toys, Penn has a diverse offering of country store items. There are display cases & cabinets, even two rare double tower tombstone counter cases. Penn always has a nice selection of spool & dye cabinets and soda fountain items, Coca-Cola signs, clocks and calendars. This auction also includes other advertising signs, gum & candy jars and displays, apothecary jars & show globes, ice cream dippers and syrup dispensers. Among the syrup dispensers are a number of very rare ones, about twenty.? Some of the rarest are: the Dixie-Flip, Cherri Bon, Cardinal Cherry, Indian Rock, Reddy Chocolate, Liberty Root Beer, and a very unusual Vernor’s Ginger Ale dispenser.
For the Breweriana collector, there are several extremely difficult to find pieces. Among the early Budweiser and Miller beer pieces are a rare large AB brewery outdoor neon sign from St. Louis, (it may have been a corner sign at the brewery), a pair of corner porcelain signs for Miller beer, and even two Paul Stanley mechanical pieces for Lone Star Beer. If you can’t spend enough at the auction, you can always put your money in the coin-operated machines. There are slots, vending and arcade pieces.
Other unusual pieces include the collection of German circa 1940’s driving school models. These pieces are all working scale models used to teach students how an automobile or a truck worked.
Preview is at noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, October 31. Saturday and Sunday sessions begin at 9 a.m., with preview at 8 a.m. until auction start. Penn is glad to accommodate absentee and telephone bidding. The auction will also be broadcast through LiveAuctioneers, live on eBay. And streaming video can be accessed from Penn’s Web site. Full color catalogs for this auction are available. To order one or to get a complimentary flyer, call 319-291-6688. Penn is a member of both the National Auctioneers Association and The Iowa Auctioneers Association.
