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Past Auction Highlights

Highlights from past AP Saleroom auctions across enamel signs, petrol pumps and globes, oil cans and pourers, and show cards.

Enamel Signs

Vintage advertising signage from the petrol-station and motoring world.

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.

From single-sided shop fronts to double-sided forecourt giants, our enamel sign sales feature Shell, BP, Esso, Castrol, Pratts, Redline, Dunlop and the rest. We catalogue maker, dimensions, colour layers and any restoration history so collectors know exactly what they’re bidding on.

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Petrol Pumps and Globes

Forecourt pumps, glass globes and motoring petroliana — the showpieces of any collection.

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

Glass and acrylic pump globes, complete petrol pumps and forecourt furniture appear regularly in our sales. We grade for original glass, paintwork and mechanism completeness, and our cataloguing notes any reproduction parts so you can buy with confidence.

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Oil Cans and Pourers

Vintage oil cans, glass pourers and dispensers from the major petroleum brands.

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.

A natural complement to enamel signs and pump globes, vintage oil cans and pourers are some of the most affordable points of entry into the hobby. Highlights from past sales include Shell, Castrol, Esso and Mobiloil pourers, plus rare hand-decorated tins and quart cans.

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Show Cards

Cardboard and tin point-of-sale displays from across the decades.

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.

Show cards capture the graphic-design history of the high street — Fry’s Chocolate, Pearks, Cuticura, John Bull, Pratts and dozens more. We’ve sold counter-top stands, full-size easel cards and over-the-bar hangers from the 1900s through to the 1960s.

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