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Auction House:
Cordy's
Number of lots recorded:66
Lots with images:66
Prices available:66
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*** A good vintage New Zealand tin sign for D.H. Brown & Son, Brookfield Roller Mills, Christchurch, lithographically printed in colours with the business name above, an image of their five storey brick building and associated 'Grain Store', steam train with… ***
*** A rare vintage New Zealand tin sign for D.H. Brown & Son, Brookfield Roller Mills, Christchurch, lithographically printed in colours with the business name above, an image of their five storey brick building and associated 'Grain Store', steam train with… ***
*** A rare vintage New Zealand Insurance Co. enamel sign, decorated with a portrait of Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao and inscribed 'New Zealand Insurance Company Limited Fire Marine and Accident, Capital £1,500,000'. 91 cm x 60 cm ***
*** A c.1900 large bar top 'J. & R. Harvey & Co. Ltd Special Scotch Whisky, Glasgow' glass whisky dispenser, details printed in gilt on the baluster body, the wide tapered lid with facet cuts and prism and facet ball finial, spreading circular base, original… ***
*** A scarce vintage New Zealand tin sign for D.H. Brown & Son, Brookfield Roller Mills, Christchurch, printed to the upper section with an image of their building, grain store and tall smoking chimney; the lower section relief pressed image of two women… ***
*** A vintage enamelled tin sign, 'Phillips Cycles Ltd, Birmingham, England', minor distress to the edging. 47 cm x 73 cm ***
*** A c.1900 'Irish Morton's Old Irish Whiskey' glass bar top dispenser, the ovoid body with engraved and gilded maker's details, domed faceted lid, old spreading turned wood base, large brass tap. Height 54.5 cm ***
*** A vintage enameled tin sign, 'Hellaby's Bovo Canned Meats & Soups', some chipping and fading. Diameter 66 cm. ***
*** A vintage enamel sign, Ridley & Son, Tea Growers & Importers. Head Office, Christchurch Estd. 1889', depicting four silhouetted lightly clad black women carrying baskets of various quality teas priced between 1/- to 1/- 9p., before an architectural sketch… ***
*** An old Maori chief decorated 'New Zealand Insurance Company Ltd' enamel sign, the red ground with black and white lettering, central plaque with portrait of a Maori chief with moko. Wellington maker's details to the base, some damage. 61 x 45.5 cm ***
*** A cast aluminium Liberty's of London shop sign, polychrome painted, armorial design, inscribed 'Agent For Liberty', with alternate hanging or counter top easel mounts to reverse. Height 55 cm ***
*** A vintage NZR railway crossing light set, with 'RAILWAY' sign above two red lights, all supported on red and white striped pole. Ex. Tirau area. 125 cm x 212 cm. ***
*** A vintage enamel advertising sign, 'Hancocks Imperial' featuring a bottle of stout and further Hancocks slogans, in wood frame, 37.5 x 59 cm ***
*** An early 20th century 'Goodrich Tires' enamel sign, long landscape form, the white lettering flanked by a 'G' within a wreath and flanked by diamonds in red on a deep ink blue ground, turquoise green border, 'Ing Rich Beaver Falls Ap' in small lettering… ***
*** A c.1900 enamelled large sign 'LONGINES', depicting a Longines pocket watch and with other French wording, rectangular convex form, white, black and yellow detail on red ground, some losses. 99.5 x 49 cm. Provenance: Ex. The estate of David Brown,… ***
*** An early 20th century 'Breadalbane Scotch Whisky' bar top clear glass dispenser, baluster form, the faceted domed lid with ball and prism finial showing some damage, a large brass tap to the lower body, red and white lettering, spreading circular base.… ***
*** A black and white enamelled Prison Visitor's Room sign, 'No Articles or Anything Whatsoever to be Passed Over the Dividing Barrier between Visitor & Inmate'. Penal Inst. Act 1954. By Order Supt. Mt Eden Prison. 36 cm x 92 cm ***
*** A c.1940s/1950s Rolex hanging glass shop sign, the bevelled rectangular panel with gold lettering 'Rolex Buy/Sell', trimmed with green and black, original suspension chain attached. 59.5 x 33 cm. ***
*** A vintage enamelled double sided wall sign 'Player's Please' tobacco, detailed 'It's the Tobacco that counts', red and black lettering on yellow, steel frame and bracket wall mount. 57 x 42 cm ***
*** A Victorian mahogany chiffonier, the upstand back, front and sides sign written with later 'Fry's Chocolate' advertising. 105 x 40 x 135 cm ***
*** A vintage enamel advertising sign, 'South British Insurance Company Ltd', with 'Britannia' type woman to the side holding the New Zealand flag, and slogans with insurance coverage, in wood frame, minor damage 87 x 58 cm ***
*** A pair of silver overlaid Haig's 'Pinch' whisky bottles, the overlays pierced and engraved with designs of dragons, bamboo and pagoda. Each with tall finial to cork stopper. Height 27 cm ***
*** A c.1990s Rolex stitched leather hard rubber and Perspex shop display sign, the clear rectangular Perspex panel with an applied stitched pale tan leather panel applied with gilt Rolex lettering and monogram, enlarged stylised rubber movement parts beside.… ***
*** A vintage double sided enamelled tin sign, 'Omega' (watch company), of lozenge form. 70 cm x 46 cm ***
*** A modern vintage Breitling shop sign, polished aluminium company logo above their name and fleet of 19 aeroplanes in sweeping formation on soft bright yellow leather panelled ground, the base stand for countertop display. 48.5 x 8 x 62.5 cm. ***
*** An Edwardian 'Breadalbane Scotch Whisky' bar top clear glass dispenser, baluster form, the faceted domed lid with ball and prism finial showing some damage, a large brass tap to the lower body, red and white lettering, spreading circular base. Chips to… ***
*** An Edwardian large bar top 'J. & R. Harvey & Co. Ltd Special Scotch Whisky, Glasgow' glass whisky dispenser, details printed in gilt on the baluster body, the wide tapered lid with facet cuts and prism and facet ball finial, spreading circular base,… ***
*** A vintage whisky advertising mirror, the bevelled mirror with Dunville's whisky in blue and gilt, in old oak frame, width 91 cm, height 70 cm. ***
*** A vintage 'Zig-Zag The Best Cigarette Paper' painted tinplate advertising thermometer, 48 x 17 cm. ***
*** A tin sign for the Australian jam Company advertising jam for the nursery painted with the nursery rhyme 'The cat and the fiddle'. Height 34 cm. Width 48 cm ***
*** A large 'Betty Boop' shop counter advertising figure, hand painted moulded plastic. Height 52 cm. ***
*** A c.1901 Huntley & Palmer row of bound books biscuit tin, lithographically printed and embossed as if with decorative period bindings including the titles 'History of England', 'Pilgrims Progress', etc., tin belt form strap binds the exterior, marbleized… ***
*** A Jim Beam 'Hongi Hika' decanter, with music box base. Repaired hand, height 34 cm. ***
*** A vintage Plume Motor Spirit enamel and metal sign, single sided on circular stand, with 'Property of Vacuum Oil Ltd Australasia' to underside of base, width 43 cm, height 19 cm. ***
*** A vintage cast aluminium Chiropractic sign, the traditional symbol of a standing figure with arms outstretched and holding up wings. 70 cm x 70 cm ***
*** A modern vintage Breitling countertop shop sign, in polished aluminium with the company name and fleet of eight cast aeroplanes in formation. 48.5 x 8.8 x 17.5 cm. ***
*** An early 20th century advertising theatre playbill in full colour, for ‘Carter The Great, Sawing a Live Woman in Halves’, together with two smaller coloured playbills, all three framed and ready to hang. Height 101 cm width 33 cm ***
*** A vintage Summit Shirts advertising photo, black and white, featuring Maori boys playing billiards with sticks upon a packing case. ***
*** A Jim Beam 'Hone Heke' decanter, with music box base, height 34.5 cm. ***
*** A 1960s Michelin Man promotional inflatable figure, originally from a Rangiora service station. Height 150 cm approx. ***
*** An old enamel sign, 'Nectar Tea', in the shape of a teacup and saucer. Printed mark 'Patent Enamel Co. Ltd, B'ham & London'. Width 53 cm ***
*** Two early 20th century 'Chemistry' and 'Physics' laboratory door signs, the individual pressed brass letters in sliding mount with mahogany panelled back, length 3.3 cm. Provenance: The Jack Thornton estate collection. ***
*** A Jim Beam 'Te Rauparaha' decanter, with music box base (Pokarekare ana), complete with taiaha, height 38.5 cm. ***
*** Old brass name plaque sign 'THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED', 30.5 cm x 60.5 cm. ***
*** An Edwardian period Buchanan's Black & White Whisky jug, by F. Beardmore & Co. Height 10.7 cm ***
*** A reverse painted glass sign, 'Consulting Hours' in gold leaf and black paint, in painted wooden frame. 24 cm x 44.5 cm ***
*** A vintage enamel advertising sign, 'The Dresden Piano co. Ltd', with piano to one side and further company slogans, some damage. 101 x 650 ***
*** An uncommon Crown Lynn advertising ashtray, for Beechey & Underwood. Modelled with an Art Deco salesman carrying a briefcase with the B&U monogram, the green glazed base with raised 'Beechey & Underwood Ltd' name; printed mark to base. 11.5 x 12.5 x 11 cm. ***
*** A vintage enamel sign, The Premier Insurance Company Ltd, Madras', minor chipping. 45.5 x 31 cm. ***
*** A vintage enamelled 'Cyma' sign, the red ground decorated with pocket watch above the word Cyma and a rectangular cased wrist watch, white, yellow, brown and other tones, 40 x 25 cm ***
*** A Worthington's Pale Ale pub mirror 70 x 96 cm overall. ***
*** A vintage enamelled tin sign, 'Aspinall's Varnishes', some distress. 46 cm x 82 cm ***
*** A vintage painted tin advertising sign 'British Sailor's Society Estd. 1818', also detailed 'In Service for The Sailor'. Circular with crown to the top, height 112 cm. ***
*** A vintage handmade tinplate London Transport trolley bus, with paintwork advertising Dewer's whisky and Bovril. Length 65 cm. ***
*** An 'Oris' Watches tin shop sign, lithographically printed with clock and two watches, c.1940s, details to base 'Made in Switzerland' and Gebr. Hoffmann Thun'. 37 x 25.5 cm. ***
*** A tin plate advertising desk top perpetual calendar for Kepler Cod Liver. A.F, height 19 cm ***
*** An early 1900s silver topped and crystal dressing table bottle, the body with wheel cut decoration, the silver screw top with a tortoise shell panel set with a small hand beaten silver kiwi. Birmingham 1913 by Spooner, Clowes & Co. Height 11 cm ***
*** A 19th century brass Fremlin's Brewery bar top advertising mascot, modelled as a disk displaying a circular advertising coaster, raised on the back of the trademark elephant from an oblong plinth base. Height 27 cm ***
*** An old bar whisky dispenser, in the form of a large whisky bottle, advertising Caledonian whisky, tap absent, glass stopper with some damage. Height 57 cm ***
*** A framed print of Highway 61 road sign, purchased by Midge Marsden in the USA. 67 x 67 cm. Provenance: Midge Marsden (see lot 45). ***
*** Charles Darrow 'Bulls and Bears' scarce stock exchange game by forerunner to 'Monopoly', includes 5 diecast armchair playing pieces, 2 Bakelite dice, 4 wooden playing pieces, cards, play money rules, and an advertising pamphlet. Cards and board are play… ***
*** Two early salt glaze Tui vinegar demijohns, with impressed Tui brand and logo to each shoulder, both stamped with A. Murdoch & Co. Proprietors, Dunedin. Height 34 cm ***
*** A vintage pub whisky dispenser, in the form of a giant bottle with advertising from Watson's, Dundee to the front, with cap. Damage and old repairs. Height 70 cm ***
*** 11 named china advertising plaques ***
*** A photographic still from the 1997 'Smokefree Rally N.Z.' video advertising campaign, Check It Out Two Moons! Smokefree Rally', printed in colours, entitled to front. 40 cm x 49 cm. ***
*** 2 Tin Tea Trays for WH Bond Tea by Alex Harvey Industries Auckland, both depict anthropomorphic animals, one 'Teddy Bear Air Tours' the other an amusing fishing scene, c.1960. Very good condition overall with one scratch to fishing scene, measures 30 cm x… ***