THIRTY YEAR PETROLIANA COLLECTION TO MOTOR ACROSS THE BLOCK AT FRANK`S

IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2007 FRANK S ANTIQUES AND AUCTION HILLIARD, FL Sale August 17,18,19, 2007 HILLIARD, FL Veteran Florida auctioneer Frank Speal, owner of Frank s Antiques and Auction in Hilliard, Fl, will offer an inventory of major gas station collectibles from the thirty year collection of a dedicated North Carolina enthusiast. Speal has known of the collection for many years and the collector was a customer of Speal s in his early auction career. Now that it is time to lighten up the load he asked Speal to handle the sale of his lifetime accomplishment. The collection has a heavy emphasis on items relating to Texaco stations and products and features gas pumps, globes, air pumps, oil cans, porcelain signs, Texaco airplanes and die cast trucks. The sale will also feature antique advertising, thermometers and hundreds of signs including a Lone Ranger Merita Bread sign, a Maury s Paint sign and a 6 ft diameter Texaco sign on an 18 ft tall stand. The 1,500 lot three day event will also feature a wide selection of country store items including a rare museum quality round ribbon and lace cabinet, circa 1872, a large spool cabinet and several glass front display cases plus tobacco cutters, some vintage cigar jars and a Tom s Toasted Peanuts jar. Among the gas pumps featured in the sale is a Fry ten gallon visible pump, 30 in diameter by 110in tall, topped by a Texaco globe. A Fry five gallon visible pump, 28 in diameter by 101in tall, carries a Gulf globe. Also included will be an Indian Gasoline enclosed pump from the 1930s and an Art Deco style bright orange Gulf pump from the 1940s as well as an analogue Texaco Sky Chief pump. More than fifty gasoline globes will cross the block including some rarely seen models from Rocor, American, White Flash, National White Rose, Derby, Hygrade, Kant-Nock, Hudson, Hornet, Dixie Oils and Crown as well as vintage globes for Standard, Essolene, Sinclair Power-X, Spur and Pure among many others. Gasoline and oil signs include a wide variety for Texaco products plus Wolf s Head, Essolube, Pure Premium, Atlantic, Pennzoil and Quaker State plus many more. Oil containers include those from Sinclair Tenol, Skelly Tagolene, Ranger Motor Oil, Hi-torque, Red Indian, Transport, Thrift-Lube, Sinclair Palene and Super Galena. For a sale this large refreshment will be in order and a 300 lot Coca-Cola collection will be offered to serve up the Pause That Refreshes. The collection includes 1927 and 1928 Soda Jerk trays along with many other style trays and a wide selection of clocks, thermometers, signs and picnic coolers. For a little entertainment to go with the refreshment, a completely restored 1946 Wurlitzer 1015 jukebox will find a new home and several vintage slot machines, including a 25 cent Watermelon and a Watling Blue Seal slot, will be available to help balance the budget. The sale will be held without reserves on August 17,18 and 19 in the Frank s Auction facility located at 551625 US Hwy 1 in Hilliard, FL 32046. The Friday August 17 portion will begin at 4:00PM and the Saturday and Sunday sessions each begin at 10:00AM. Preview will be the week before the sale from 9:30AM-5:30PM Monday through Thursday, Friday at 10:00AM and Saturday and Sunday beginning at 8:00AM. For more information and to view the inventory and bid online visit the website at www.franksauctions.com or call (800) 481-6825. Seating reservations can be made by email at franksauct@aol.com or by phone at (904) 845-2570.

Source: Express-Press-Release.com

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