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Past Auction Highlights

Highlights from past AP saleroom auctions — a mixed selection of the signs, globes, cans and show cards that have passed through the room, with the prices they achieved.

Wincarnis pictorial enamel advertising sign showing an Edwardian lady raising a glass of the wine tonic — Wincarnis pictorial enamel sign — sold for £5,200 against a £4,000–£5,500 estimate.

Shell Motor Oil glass pump globe glowing on a red petrol pump — Shell Motor Oil globe on its red pump — sold for £5,000.

Rare green pyramid-shaped Cooler Motor Oils tin oil can — The Cooler Motor Oils pyramid tin by Theo. Phillips, Son & Co. — £3,600, more than double its top estimate.

Day and Martin 'Just Out' boot polish showcard with an Edwardian lady in a red gown and feather boa — Day & Martin’s ‘Just Out’ boot polish showcard — £320 from a £100–£200 estimate.

From single-sided shop fronts to double-sided forecourt giants, glass pump globes, oil cans and pourers, through to point-of-sale show cards — every lot is catalogued for maker, dimensions, condition and any restoration history, so collectors know exactly what they are bidding on.

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