Press Release
New Hamburg, ON, Canada, March 14, 2025 — An Indian Motorcycles neon dealership sign, made in America in the 1930s or ‘40s, climbed to $112,100, a Texaco Marine Motor Oil double-sided porcelain sign from 1953 achieved $21,240, and a Canadian single-sided metal door push bar for Stubby Beverages hit $6,490 in auctions held Feb. 28-March 2 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.
All prices are in Canadian dollars and include an 18 percent buyer’s premium. All three days of auctions were online-only, with Internet bidding on LiveAuctioneers.com as well as the Miller & Miller website (MillerandMillerAuctions.com). Telephone and absentee bids were also accepted.
Things got going on February 28th, with a Soda Advertising & Push Bars auction, nicknamed ‘When push comes to shove’. It was a high-grade, fresh-to-market offering of over 100 push bars, door pushes and soda advertising. Most of the push bars came from the same 50-year collection. It included examples from Stubby, Co-op, Peer’s, Cloverdale and Lyons’ Tea.
Many of the higher-ticket items came up for bid on March 1st and 2nd, during the Petroliana & Advertising auction – nearly 600 lots in total. Saturday was called ‘a Bud thing’ because it contained the exclusive collection of the late Arthur ‘Bud’ Irving. Sunday featured petroliana, soda and county store advertising. Many items had been held by private collectors for decades.
To learn more about Miller & Miller Auctions and the firm’s calendar of upcoming auctions, visit www.MillerandMillerAuctions.com.
