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Vintage Toys, Advertising Signs & Automobilia from SFO Museum

  • Turner Auctions & Appraisals 461 Littlefield Avenue South San Francisco, CA, 94080 United States (map)

Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Vintage Toys, Advertising Signs & Automobilia from SFO Museum on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at 10:30 am PDT. Part of SFO Museum’s Deaccession Project, the sale offers 80 lots, mostly from the early 1900s to the 1960s.

Vintage toys focus on motor vehicles from the U.S., England, Japan and Germany; lots include cars, motorcycles, trucks, buses, limousines, fire trucks, delivery vans and carts, and a petrol tanker. There is also an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile coin bank and a tin Lincoln Tunnel model. Highlights include a German Lehmann Echo Motorcycle #725 and a Japanese Masudaya Atom tin motorcycle and rider. Two child’s pedal cars are also featured in the sale: a British Austin J40 and a Russian model, circa 1950.

Vintage advertising signs come from the U.S. and U.K., mostly circa 1930s. They include AC Plugs, Motor BP Spirit, and BSA Bicycle. Also in the auction are two petrol pump globes, including Shell Economy, and an original Avery Hardoll petrol pump. Completing the sale are automobilia lots featuring several hood ornaments – Rolls-Royce and Lalique among them.

Earlier Event: April 12
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