Miller & Miller's online-only back-to-back auctions, September 16 & 17, are packed with collectibles

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario - Sept. 6, 2023 - PRLog -- Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. took most of the summer off, but will be back in early fall with back-to-back auctions, both online-only. A Petroliana, Advertising & Music Machines auction will be held on Saturday, September 16^th, while a General Store, Advertising & Breweriana auction is slated for the next day, September 17^th.

Internet bidding will be provided by MillerandMillerAuctions.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. The catalogs for both days are up and online now. Start times both days are 9 am Eastern time.

"We're excited to kick off our fall season with this two-day sale event," said Ethan Miller of Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. "The weekend includes a robust, fresh-to-the-market offering of petroliana, advertising, automated music machines, coin-op vending machines, general store advertising, soda advertisings and breweriana from the 1890s to the 1970s. Don't miss this one."

Petroliana pieces hitting the block on the 16^th include a rare one-piece Fundy gas globe, a Red Indian 'Homoil' oiler tin, a lineup of hard-to-find porcelain automotive dealer signs and more. The day's expected top lot is an all-original 1955 Ford Crown Victoria 'survivor' car, with the original tropical rose/snowshoe white paint and just 17,331 actual miles (est. $35,000-$40,000).

All estimates are in Canadian dollars.

Also coming to market on the 16^th is an assortment of fascinating automated music machines from the Bill and Marion McCleary collection, featuring a World War I-era Wurlitzer band organ, a coin-operated Mills Novelty Company 'Violano Virtuoso' (est. $30,000-$35,000); and a World War I Decap Mechanical Treasures band organ made in Belgium (est. $12,000-$15,000).

Petroliana signs will include a 1930s American Greyhound Coach Lines double-sided porcelain ticket office sign, marked "Baltimore Enamel 200 Fifth Ave. N.Y.", 30 inches by 25 inches (est. $9,000-$12,000); and a 1940s American Packard Approved Service double-sided porcelain sign, 60 inches diameter (est. $8,000-$10,000).

While these are Internet-only auctions, bidders can tune in to the live webcast on September 16^th and 17^th, to watch the lots close in real time. Here's a link to the September 16^th auction: https://live.millerandmillerauctions.com/auctions/4-AIAHUQ/petroliana-advertising-music-machines. Here's a link to the September 17^th auction: https://live.millerandmillerauctions.com/auctions/4-9WE1MS/general-store-advertising-breweriana-featuring-part-of-the-al-bensmiller-collection.

To learn more, please visit www.millerandmillerauctions.com.