The Jim Main Collection and other Selected Items

Packard Cable Paper Sign. Stunning image of girl perched upon a piling in the ocean. Framed under glass, mint condition. 15 X 22 inches image only.

Johnsons Log Cabin Coffee Store Bin in the shape of a log cabin. Another great advertising piece that crosses over into the Folk Art Category. This is

Running Horse Weather Vane mounted on Building Cupola, oxidized copper top with wood shutter base. Excellent original condition, great patina. Aprox.

Earl McPherson Pin Up Artist Original. 1949 cover for the MacPherson Sketch Book. Not Signed. Pastels. Comes with a copy of the original 1949 sketch b

The Diamond Wine Company Paper Sign, 1896, Sandusky, OH, some staining across the top, image 19 x 27 inches

Daniel M. Hain Wines and Liquors Paper Sign, Reading, PA, excellent condition, 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches.

Paul Garrett Special Day Champagne tin sign with original frame. Stunning color and subject matter. We sold one of these 2 auctions ago but is was not

Ruhstallers Gilt Edge Lager Tin Charger, Sacramento, California, excellent condition, 24 inch diameter.

Burnhams Beef Wine and Iron Cardboard sign, Some minor staining and tears around perimeter otherwise good condition 18 x 23 1/2 inches

Budweiser Girl Cardboard Sign, Original Frame, some stains and scratches mostly to the outside border and damage to Gesso on the Frame otherwise good

Extremely Rare Ell-Ell Whiskey Lemle Levy Inc. San Francisco, CA. Self framed tin sign. Fabulous Ship Dock image. The H.D. Beach Co. Coshocton, OH. Li

Clock Mirror for Roanoke Pure Rye Whiskey, Strouss Pritz and Co., Cincinnati, OH, Fair condition, 12 x 14 inches.

Bartholomay Brewing Company Cardboard Sign, Rochester, NY. In period gesso frame, some discoloration to the left side which appears to be mold, will p

1909 Monopole Champagne Self Framed Tin Sign showing the actual finish of Dry Monopole winning the first Brooklyn Handicap in 1887, some minor stainin

Old Dutch Beer Wood Store Display, three dimensional. Good condition. 18 X 12 X 6 inches.

Theo. Gier Co. Vineyards Tin Chain Hanger Sign, Oakland, CA. Some scuffs and stains otherwise good condition. 14 inch diameter.

Black and White Scotch Whiskey Store Display Figure depicting two Scotty Dogs. Hard rubber material. Excellent original condition. 33 x 20 x 12 inches

Pair of Gas Carriage Lanterns off an early hearse. Silver plated with beveled glass. Excellent original condition. 39 inches tall.

Brass Thermometer, Dolphin design with a man and eagle sitting on top. Excellent condition, works. 12 inches tall.

Oak and Glass Showcase by the Jos. Knittel Showcase Company, Quincy, IL. Excellent condition with two glass shelves. 26 X 30 1/2 X 12 inches.

Single Cathedral Bread Showcase. Good Original Condition. Approx. 32 x 28 x 36 inches.

Curved Glass Counter Top Showcase. Most of the nickel worn off otherwise good condition. Approx. 70 x 24 x 12 inches.

Great Floor Model Showcase with Base. Looks to be Walnut or Mahogany. Excellent Original Condition. 35 x 24 x 66 inches.

The Queen Washer Machine, Knoll Mfg. Co. Reading. PA. Dated 1909 with bicycle wringer. Very good original condition. 26 inch diameter X 43 inches tall

Large Oak Mirror with carved roman soldiers on top and beveled mirror. Excellent original condition. 37 1/2 X 66 inches.

Lake Breeze Alcohol Powered Fan. Comes with Resevoir. Excellent Condition. 42 inches tall with a 18 inch cage.

Double Cathedral Tower Showcase. Unusual Slant Front. Looks to be Original finish Walnut with Nickel Plated Brass Corners. Very Good Condition. Approx

Double Cathedral Tower Showcase. Curved Glass Front. Looks to be Original finish Walnut with Nickel Plated Brass Corners. Very Good Condition. Approx.

Keen Kutter Shears and Scissors Oak Showcase with etched glass. No center spindle otherwise excellent condition. 16 X 31 X 16 inches.

Ray-O-Lite French Flasher Wood Store Cabinet. French Battery and Carbon Company Madison, WI. Excellent condition. 18 X 30 1/2 X 12 inches.

Buster Brown Balloon Canister Costume. Fits over a tank of helium. Head sits on top to fill balloons. Excellent condition. Complete with fittings. Hat

Two Buster Brown Store Display Figures, plastic and rubber. Some cracking to the bases otherwise very good original condition. Aprox 30 inches tall.

Valley Brew Root Beer Tin Serving Tray, El Dorado Brewing Co., Stockton, California, some scratches and paint chips otherwise fair to good condition,

W.F. Dougherty and Sons Soda Fountain dispenser. Copper and Stoneware. Caramel, Chocolate and Strawberry. Excellent condition. 26 x 11 x 9

Horlicks Malted Milk Porcelain Dispenser. Excellent condition. 10 X 23 X 9 1/2 inches.

Checker and Backgammon Board in the shape of library books, when folded. Comes with 32 playing pieces. Mother of pearl inlaid checker board. Very good

Four Whiskey Pinch Bottles. Deer Run, Raywood, O.F.C. and Marshall, No chips or cracks, one stopper, Approx. 7 inches tall.

Four Malted Milk Canisters. One Kraft aluminum, one Carnation and two Bordens Malted Milk. All in Excellent condition. Approx. 9 inches tall, 6 1/2 di

To Be Announced

Grape Ola Embossed Tin Sign. W.F. Robertson Steel and Iron Co., Springfield, OH. Minor rust spots, otherwise excellent condition. 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inch

Hersheys Coin operated dispenser. Steel and chrome, patented in 1928. Comes with both keys. Excellent original condition. 5 x 33 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.

Walter Baker Chocolate and Cocoa Self Framed Tin Sign, a dent at 9:00 and wear on the bottom logo otherwise excellent condition, 16 1/2 x 22 1/2 inche

Stoneware Jug for S and H Root Beer Syrup. Small chip on the base otherwise excellent condition. 11 inches tall, 6 1/2 inch diameter.

Wood and Glass Showcase. Good original condition. 72 X 16 26 inches.

1906 Ceresota Flour Cardboard Calendar, Ishpeming Co-Operative Society, Ispeming, MI. Comes with original letterhead on back. Crease down center, no p

Rare Red Top Flour Curved Porcelain Sign. This is one of the most sought after porcelain signs. Some very minor edge ware otherwise excellent conditio

Comfy Slippers Tin Charger. A few surface scratches otherwise very good condition. 24 inch diameter.

Old Master Coffee Paper and Cardboard Sign, the Bour Co. Toledo, Kansas City. In period oak frame. Has small stain at 2:00 otherwise excellent conditi

Tabard Inn Whiskey Enameled Label Bottle. No chips or cracks. 11 inches tall x 3 1/2 inch diameter.

Silver Brook Enameled Label Bottle. No chips or cracks. 11 1/2 inches tall x 3 1/4 inch diameter.

Pennant Whiskey Enameled Label Bottle. No chips or cracks. 11 1/2 inches tall x 3 3/4 inch diameter.

Merrimac Valley Enameled Label Bottle. No chips or cracks. 11 1/2 inches tall x 3 3/4 inch diameter.

Kentucky Dew Enameled Label Bottle. No chips or cracks. 9 inches tall x 6 inches diameter.

Tucker Special Enameled Label Bottle. No chips or cracks. 9 inches tall x 6 inches diameter.

Masurys Paint Tin Sign. A few minor specs otherwise very good condition. 24 X 17 7/8 inches.

Keen Kutter Glass and Wood Display Case. Excellent original condition.

Two Oak Country Store Wall Units. Very good original condition. Each 76 inches wide and 80 inches tall.

King Size Chair Furniture Store Display. Excellent condition. 52 X 78 X 46 inches.

Wayne Dog Food Porcelain Sign. Near mint condition. 22 X 33 1/2 inches

Pacific Power and Light Company Porcelain Sign, one sided. Depicting Ready Kilowatt. Near mint condition. 48 X 24 inches.

Favorite Stoves and Ranges two side porcelain flange sign. Minor chip around edge otherwise excellent condition. 18 x 24 inches.

Phoenix Insurance Company Porcelain Sign, Hartford, CT. Near mint condition. 20 X 12 inches.

Evinrude, First in Outboards. Jack Nelson Motor Co. Miami, OK., embossed tin sign. Near mint condition. 25 1/2 X 14 1/2 inches.

Anderson Hardware Company Curved Glass Oak Showcase for Fine Pocket Knives, Atlanta, GA. Piece of wood broken off back left, otherwise good condition.

Nickel plated brass curved glass tower showcase by McCassy Brothers. Mirror in back is losing its silver otherwise good condition. 35 X 35 X 24 inches

Rare Whiting Cast Iron Still Bank, Bears Robbing the Bee Hive, Good original condition, 4 1/2 x 7 x 2 inches.

Figural Cigar Lighter, Bust of young man, Bronze, 3 1/2 x 7 inches.

Duquesne Bouquet Havana Cigar lighter and cutter, Quarter sawn Oak Cabinet, Exc. Condition. 8 1/2 x 16 x 8 1/2 inches.

Drummond Tobacco Co. Paper Co. sign, Makers of Horse Shoe Tobacco, Framed Under Glass, excellent condition, image only 22 x 28 inches.

Cast Iron Mechanical Bank Owl. Patented 1888 with glass eyes. Missing the bottom tin door, otherwise, excellent original condition. 7 1/2 inches tall.

Van Dyck Havanna Cigars Die Cut Tin Sign. Excellent condition. 13 1/2 X 9 1/2 inches.

Cast iron Bank Building still bank, dated 1895. Most original paint in tact, Excellent condition. 4 1/4 X 5 3/4 X 3 1/4 inches,

Beech-Nut Chewing Tobacco Porcelain Sign. Very good original condition. 22 x 10 1/2 inches.

Perry Pictures Reverse Glass Beveled Chain Hanger Sign. Very good condition. 16 X 6 inches.

Cast Iron Duck Lawn Sprinkler. Small amount of original paint, 13 1/2 x 5 x 7 inches.

Cast Iron Turtle Lawn Sprinkler. No cracks, but no paint. Excellent original condition. 10 1/2 inches long, 7 inches wide, 8 1/2 inches tall.

Cast Iron Alligator Lawn Sprinkler. No cracks, but no paint. 10 1/2 x 5 x 8 1/2 inches.

Reverse Glass Sign for a Sign Maker. Very early with mother of pearl lettering. Excellent condition. 25 1/2 X 12 1/2 inches.

Eye Glass Trade Sign, brass and glass. Excellent condition. 29 inches long.

Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Cardboard Sign, 1909, Original Frame, stains around the perimeter otherwise good condition, over all measurement 35 x 23 i

Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union Tin over cardboard Sign. Chain hanger excellent condition. 11 x 6 inches

Small Roulette Wheel. Wood and Brass. Very good original condition. 15 1/4 inch diameter.

Sterling Silver Match Safe with enameled roulette wheel. Excellent condition. 1 1/2 inches square.

Durham Cigar Clock, Cast Iron, Copper platted, Didn't wind the clock. Do not know if it works. Much of the copper missing otherwise good conditi...

Mayos Plug Tobacco Cloth Banner, some wear at 7:00 and 11:00 otherwise excellent condition, 18 x 30 inches.

General Electric Airplane Propeller Fan. Good original condition. Blade is 18 inches long.

Fragrant Vanity Fair Cigarette Paper Sign. Extremely early image of woman smoking in library. Small stain on her cheek, wrinkles and the possibility o

The Standard Fire Insurance Co. of New Jersey, wood sign. Minor scratch at top of building otherwise very good condition. 24 X 28 inches overall.

De Laval Cream Separator Store Cabinet, embossed tin front, no contents. Some minor scuffs and stains otherwise very good original condition. 17 1/2 X

Six Celluloid Pinbacks including for Sharples Tubular Cream Separators, all different. Excellent condition. 1 1/4 inch diameter.

Two Celluloid Pinbacks including Horlicks Malted Milk and Buster Brown Bread. Excellent condition. 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 inch diameters.

Three Celluloid Pinbacks advertising Buster Brown Hosiery and Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes. Excellent condition. Aprox. 1 inch diameter.

Three Celluloid Pinbacks advertising Buster Brown Shoe Club. Excellent condition. 2-1 inch and 1- 1 5/8 inches.

Two Celluloid Pinbacks and a Stick Pin advertising Sharples Cream Separators and Lilly Cream Special Delivery. Excellent condition. Aprox. 1 inch.

Three Celluloid Pocket Mirrors including Sterling Ranges, Rochester, NY, The Carborundum Company, Niagra Falls, NY and 20th Century Heating and Ventil

Two Celluloid Pocket Mirrors advertising Pacific Shoes, Friedman Shelby Shoe Company St. Louis, MO. Excellent condition. 2 1/4 inch diameter.

Two Celluloid Pocket Mirrors including Chicago Tailoring Company and Shawmut Rubbers, F.W. Hahn Company. Excellent condition. 2 3/4 X 1 3/4 inches.

Three Celluloid Pinbacks including Columbia Flour, Minneapolis, MN, Domestic Vacuum Sweeper Company Peoria, IL and Ceresota Flour. Excellent condition

Two Celluloid Pinbacks including Fishers Flour and Butter Krust Bread. Excellent condition. Approx. 1 1/2 inch diameter.

Three Celluloid Pocket Mirrors for the Bradley and Metcalf Shoe Company, Milwaukee, WI. Excellent condition. 1 3/4 inch diameter.