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Advertising & General Store

Coin-op and antique advertising collectors chart a course for Las Vegas and fresh-to-market discoveries at Morphy’s Oct. 16-18 auction

Featured: Rare circa-1911 Mills 5¢ floor model Totem token gum-vending trade stimulator, $100K-$200K; 1906 Victor Novelty Works musical upright slot machine, $30K-$60K   LAS VEGAS – Sourcing rare, fresh-to-the-market coin-op machines and antique advertising is a year-round mission for the team at Morphy Auctions. While their decades-long tradition of holding coin-op and advertising specialty sales […]

Firearms

Rare and historically important weapons united in a powerful show of force at Morphy’s $7.5M Firearms & Militaria Auction

Top lots: factory-engraved Colt 1911A1, $102K; original Thompson Ramo Woodridge (TRW) M1-14 machine gun, $88,560; WWII German MG42 machine gun, $84K; 1628 cannon, $61,660   DENVER, Pa. – At Morphy’s September 9-11, 2025 Firearms & Militaria Auction, some of the finest and most important firearms ever to appear for public sale flew past their high […]

Automobilia & Petroliana

All signs point to success at Morphy’s Oct. 4-5 Automobilia & Petroliana Advertising Auction

1,100 lots include OK Used Cars bullnose neon sign, Chevrolet Super Service neon sign, Sinclair signs for Aircraft Gasoline & Pennsylvania Motor Oil with ‘Dino’ mascot; Mack bulldog, Tiger Gasoline globe lens   DENVER, Pa. – Collectors will be “pedal to the metal” on October 4-5 when bidding opens on 1,100 top-notch lots of automobilia […]

Advertising & General Store

Ever competitive, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola signage and ephemera topped the list of fizzy favorites at Morphy’s $2.4M Soda Pop & Advertising Auction

Circa-1880s bottle for Pemberton’s French Wine Coca, a forerunner to Coca-Cola, served up a $31,980 top bid, while circa-1920s Pepsi-Cola fountain syrup jug went 4x estimate at $27,060   DENVER, Pa. – Elusive signage from the earliest days of the American soft drink industry delivered an effervescent $2.4-million result at Morphy’s August 18-20 Soda Pop, […]

Firearms

Morphy’s Sept. 9-11 Firearms & Militaria Auction revisits Little Bighorn and Custer’s Last Stand with 7th Cavalry Colt Six-Shooter and forensically-ID’d Springfield Carbine

Also Featured: Exceptionally rare Fully Transferable World War II-era machine guns; Geo. H.W. Bush Winchester presentation shotgun, Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s iconic Korean War parka   DENVER, Pa. – Some of the finest and most important firearms ever to be offered for public sale will cross the auction block September 9-11 at Morphy’s. The 1,285-lot selection […]

Advertising & General Store

Take a break and refresh your collection at Morphy’s Soda Pop, Advertising & General Store Auction, Aug. 18-20

Featured: Premium-quality soda fountain and soda pop signage plus the largest-ever offering of extremely rare Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola bottles, including prototypes and unique examples   DENVER, Pa. – On August 18-20, Morphy’s will serve up the latest edition of a perennial collector favorite: their colorful Soda Pop, Advertising & General Store Auction. With a production […]

Toy & Doll

Old Toy Soldier Auctions, beloved for decades by collectors of miniature figures, will march forward as part of Morphy’s Toys & General Collectibles auctions

Old Toy Soldier Auctions’ consignors will now be served by Morphy’s team of specialists, starting with a Nov. 12-14 toy sale, per the wishes of OTSA’s founder, the late Ray Haradin   DENVER, Pa. – With the recent passing of Ray Haradin, the visionary founder of Old Toy Soldier Auctions (OTSA), the antique toy hobby […]

Morphy’s appoints Kim Martindale, 50-year veteran in the field of Western and Native American art-show production, to the position of chief event consultant

Martindale brings vast, specific experience to his new role and will focus on astutely developing Morphy’s Old West Show & Auction series held in Las Vegas and Santa Fe   DENVER, Pa. – Dan Morphy, founder and president of Morphy Auctions, today announced the appointment of renowned Western art and antique show promoter Kim Martindale […]