Miller & Miller will Hold an Online-Only Advertising, Toys & Historic Objects Auction on Dec 12

2024-04-25 03:53:07 Art & Entertainment

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New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada, December 3, 2020 -- A made-in-Canada Black Cat Cigarettes porcelain sign from the 1940s, a Depression-era Pace?s Races 5-cent horse race slot machine, and an early 20th century C. Cretors & Co. floor model popcorn and nut machine are a few expected top lots in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.?s online-only Advertising, Toys & Historic Objects auction slated for Saturday, December 12th, starting at 9 am Eastern. Phone and absentee bids will be accepted.

The auction is packed with 677 lots of advertising signs, toys, breweriana, coin-ops, historic objects, general store, agricultural collectibles (including patent models and salesmen?s samples), telephones and more. ?Lovers of the rare, lovers of the unusual, lovers of those inspiring historic objects that pop up once-in-a-decade will delight in what we?re offering here,? said Ethan Miller of Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. ?It?s a rare opportunity to invest, collect and enjoy.?

The Black Cat Cigarettes porcelain sign, measuring 50 ? inches by 48 inches and boasting a pre-sale estimate of $9,000-$12,000, is seen as one of the most attractive porcelain signs in Canadian advertising history. A green-eyed black cat is shown with the statement, ?They taste better?. It?s marked ?St. Thomas Metal Signs? on the lower edge (all prices quoted are in Canadian dollars).

Also expected to cross the finish line at $9,000-$12,000 is the Paces Races 5-cent horse race slot machine, made in the U.S. ?When Paces Races debuted in 1934 it quickly became the fastest coin-operated money-maker of its day,? Miller said. ?The game is a riot, and this example is as good as it gets.? The machine has been professionally restored, mechanically and cosmetically.

The C. Cretors & Co. floor model popcorn and nut machine, made in America in the 1910s, is expected to fetch $4,000-$6,000. It features a steel frame case with wood trim doors set with beveled glass. It was professionally restored, to include refinished wood trim, repainted case and nickeled trim. The top has two electric lights and an animated clown that turns a glass cylinder.

Breweriana collectors will be amazed by rarities in the lifetime beer tray collection of Andy Cottrell. Toys from the Flynn collection are also worth paying attention to. ?The Cottrell breweriana collection has collectors reeling,? Miller remarked. ?Never before in the Canadian market have so many rare beer trays surfaced at a single time.? A few lots include:

- An oval Huether?s Lion Brewery tray, Canadian, circa 1890s. The 13 ? inch by 16 inch tray is marked, ?Standard Adv. Co. Coshocton. O.? lower inner rim (est. $4,000-$6,000).

- A rare ?Berlin? Lion Brewery tin litho sign, Canadian, 1901, the only example known, 14 inches by 19 inches (sight, less oak frame), the center depicting a lion?s head cartouche flanked with hop leaves. Scripted ?C.N. Huether, Prop.? at bottom (est. $4,000-$6,000).

- A Dawes Lachine Brewery single-sided porcelain sign, Canadian, circa 1890s. 30 inches by 19 inches, with excellent color and gloss. An early, pre-Dawes Black Horse Brewery sign, says ?Dawes Lachine Ales & Porter? with black horse graphic (est. $4,000-$6,000).

- A Kuntz?s Brewery ?Bologna Girl? beer tray, Canadian, 1900s. Lithographed steel and marked, ?Kaufmann & Strauss Co. NY 1277?. 13 inches diameter (est. $3,000-$5,000).

To learn more about Miller & Miller Auctions and the Advertising & Historic Objects online auction scheduled for Saturday, December 12th at 6 pm Eastern time, please visit www.MillerandMillerAuctions.com. Updates are posted frequently.