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Coca-Cola litho sign, $6,000, Rich Penn
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Dec

Recent Auction Results from Near & Far
By Ken Hall

 

Coca-Cola litho sign, $6,000, Rich Penn
Coca-Cola litho sign,$6,000, Rich Penn

A Coca-Cola litho on cardboard “Prevent Forest Fires” sign, 33 inches by 39 inches, sold for $6,000 at an auction held July 23-26 by Rich Penn Auctions in Waterloo, IA. Also, an English Edwardian taxidermy diorama on a parlor stand fetched $5,225; a 19th century pair of Victorian English bird domes, each mounted with taxidermy birds, earned $5,220; and a Coca-Cola “Drink Coca-Cola” tin litho on metal sign, 11 inches by 35 inches, climbed to $4,930.

 

 

 

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