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Auction House:
Cordy's
Number of lots recorded:31
Lots with images:31
Prices available:31
Category:
Signage
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** 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 vintage enamelled tin sign, 'Phillips Cycles Ltd, Birmingham, England', minor distress to the edging. 47 cm x 73 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,… ***
*** 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 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 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. ***
*** 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 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 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 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 ***
*** 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 vintage enamelled tin sign, 'Aspinall's Varnishes', some distress. 46 cm x 82 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 framed print of Highway 61 road sign, purchased by Midge Marsden in the USA. 67 x 67 cm. Provenance: Midge Marsden (see lot 45). ***