October is antique advertising month at Morphy`s
(Artdaily.org)

Sensational examples of antique advertising – from early enamel signs and gas pump globes to 19th-century soft drink rarities – are currently on view at Morphy Auctions’ Pennsylvania gallery. The colorful array of signage filling walls and showcases at the spacious venue offers visitors a preview of what’s coming in Morphy’s October Antique Advertising series featuring top-notch petroliana and the incomparable John and Charlotte Yarbrough Coca-Cola Collection. The Oct. 5-7 Automobilia & Petroliana sale offers 1,771 outstanding lots, while the October 17 Yarbrough Coca-Cola auction contains 465 prized lots from one of America’s most admired “soda pop” collections. As long as there is a fascination for motorcars, there will be collectors of automobilia and gas and oil-related advertising. Morphy’s is the ultimate pit stop for the finest, earliest examples from this genre. On Day 1 of