The Bo & Susan Franks Collection Auction

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Burley Auction Gallery is proud to present the lifetime collection of Bo & Susan Franks, owners of the Original Round Top Antiques Fair. Bo & Susan have spent their lives collecting & promoting antique shows together. Bo has traveled the world for 37 years as merchandising director for Willie Nelson, searching for antiques in his travels. Together, they have amassed a fine collection featuring: Early Advertising & Signs, Antique Toys, Buffalo Bill & 101 Ranch Wild West Show Collection, Antique Guns, Colts & Winchesters, Gun Advertising, Ad Topperwein Collection, Guns used in Red Headed Stranger & other Willie Nelson Movies, Spurs, Woolly Chaps, Bohlin & King Ranch Saddles, Early Texas Beer Signs, Country Store, Salesman Samples, Texana, Sam Houston & Stephen F. Austin signed documents, Plus Rockola Jukeboxes, Seeburg Coin Operated Player Piano, Gold Coins & Estate Jewelry, and Much More! 15%BP R. Burley TX#15184 Full Color Catalog Available. Complete online catalog available at BurleyAuction.com.
All items sold as is where is. See photos for condition or call 830-629-9280 (Prior to sale day) if you have specific condition questions.
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Cast Iron Turtle Saloon Spittoon41 - Cast Iron Turtle Saloon Spittoon
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Marked Royal Chicago 15" L.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Nutwood Whiskey Saloon Sign Max Selliger & Co.42 - Nutwood Whiskey Saloon Sign Max Selliger & Co.
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Reverse painted glass, measures 23 1/2'' x 17 1/2''.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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Teddy Roosevelt Moxie Nerve Tonic Sign43 - Teddy Roosevelt Moxie Nerve Tonic Sign
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Frame measures 32 1/2" wide x 26 1/2" tall, advertising measures 28" wide x 22" tall.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00) = 1,200.00
 
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Theodore Roosevelt 1905 Austin Texas Photograph44 - Theodore Roosevelt 1905 Austin Texas Photograph
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"Theodore Roosevelt - Austin, Texas April 6,1905 Photographer: Emil Risse Roosevelt became president after McKinley was assassinated in Septemb...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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Golden West Coffee Cowgirl Advertising Sign45 - Golden West Coffee Cowgirl Advertising Sign
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27" x 38".
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,950.00) = 1,950.00
 
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San Antonio Drug Co. Counter Top Display Case46 - San Antonio Drug Co. Counter Top Display Case
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With brass plate: "San Antonio Drug Company, San Antonio, Texas". 23-1/2" x 21" x 35".
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (450.00) = 450.00
 
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Merrick's Spool Cabinet47 - Merrick's Spool Cabinet
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Brass plate on top reads "Pat. July 20, 1898". 20" H.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (2,600.00) = 2,600.00
 
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Clark's Spool Cabinet48 - Clark's Spool Cabinet
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6 Drawer. Original water labels. 26" x 23" x 23-1/2" H.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00) = 1,200.00
 
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Studebaker Junior Child's Wagon48A - Studebaker Junior Child's Wagon
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27" wide x 45" long x 29 1/2" tall. Pull measures 40" long.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (850.00) = 850.00
 
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Child's Barber Chair With Carousel Horse Head49 - Child's Barber Chair With Carousel Horse Head
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Theo. A. Kochs Co. Chicago. 43-1/2" H.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,250.00) = 3,250.00
 
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Ad Topperwein Winchester Exhibition Poster 192750 - Ad Topperwein Winchester Exhibition Poster 1927
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At King's Field north west Hondo, Texas Nov 21 1927, 3pm to 5pm. Frame measures 11 1/4" wide x 19 1/4" tall, poster measures 10 1/4&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (8,250.00) = 8,250.00
 
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Ad Topperwein Uncle Sam Shootout Winchester51 - Ad Topperwein Uncle Sam Shootout Winchester
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Signed "Shot by Ad Topperwein with 22 Winchester rifle May 21 / 35" written on top of shootout in wax pencil. The frame measures 22 3/4...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (6,000.00) = 6,000.00
 
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Ad Topperwein Indian Chief Shootout Winchester52 - Ad Topperwein Indian Chief Shootout Winchester
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Marked "Shot by Ad Topperwein with Winchester Rifle, Winchester ________ Ammunition. Nov. 21/27." 16" x 28".
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (4,000.00) = 4,000.00
 
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3 Original Ad Topperwein Photographs Winchester53 - 3 Original Ad Topperwein Photographs Winchester
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Photogrpahs showing Ad Topperwein working on Indian Head shootout, Ad standing with rifle, and Ad head shot Photo. Largest picture measures 24&q...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00) = 2,500.00
 
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Ad & Plinky Topperwein Poster & Photograph54 - Ad & Plinky Topperwein Poster & Photograph
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"Exhibition given at Gun Club Grounds Today at 3 P.M." Frame measures 12 1/4" wide x 16" tall, poster measures 11 1/2" wi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Ad & Plinky Topperwein Winchester Collection55 - Ad & Plinky Topperwein Winchester Collection
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Includes Exhibition brochures, photos and two Winchester Tokens.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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Winchester 1885 Low Wall .22 Rifle FFL56 - Winchester 1885 Low Wall .22 Rifle FFL
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FFL In excellent unfired original condition. Mint bore. 95%+ Finish. Bright case hardening. Serial #118055. Manuf. 1913.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,750.00) = 2,750.00
 
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Winchester Low Wall .38-5556A - Winchester Low Wall .38-55
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30" barrel, adjustable trigger, Flip up peep hole sighting system. Leather rear stock cover, signed on underside of barrel in front of forward ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,700.00) = 1,700.00
 
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Winchester 1876 SRC57 - Winchester 1876 SRC
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Ser. #9048. 22" barrel. Traces of silver wash finish.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,750.00) = 3,750.00
 
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UMC Bulls Eye Cartridges Die Cut Flange Sign58 - UMC Bulls Eye Cartridges Die Cut Flange Sign
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26-3/4" x 18-1/2". With over-paint.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00) = 3,000.00
 
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