Spomer Classics 2-Day Sign & Advertising Auction
Friday April 21st & Saturday April 22nd, 10:00 a.m. each day—Doors open at 8am each day! Open House: Thursday April 20th 10am to 7pm. Located: Spomer Classics Museum, 322 Oxford St, Worthington, Minnesota Marv & Jeanine Spomer have closed their doors on their remarkable museum and will be offering over 700 lots of premium Automobilia & Farm Advertising through this LIVE Auction! 7 Classic Cars will be included in this auction too! Vehicles will sell on Saturday April 22nd at 1:00 p.m. 1955 Chevy Bel-Air Convertible, 265 V8, Powerglide, partial restoration 30+ years ago, power top, fender skirts, looks great! 1955 Chevy 150 2-door Sedan, 235 6cyl, Powerglide, original paint & interior, 1-owner car; 1969 Buick LaSabre 400 2dr Hardtop w/ 13K act miles! 350, auto, vinyl top, chrome rims, super original paint & interior, very nice! 1958 Pontiac Star Chief 4-Door Sedan, 370 V8 4bbl, auto, very good original interior, 30+ year old repaint, believe the 65K miles is original, 1-owner car; 1957 Pontiac Star Chief 2-door Hardtop, 347 V8 4bbl, auto, PS, PB, solid & clean project car; 1957 Pontiac Star Chief 4-door Hardtop, 347 V8, Tri-Power, not running, solid project car 1987 Pontiac Fiero GT w/ 43K act miles, 6cyl, auto, AC, sold new at Spomer Motors! Approximately 350 Lots will be offered each day! Friday’s Auction—Day 1: Day 1 will feature Coca-Cola, soda advertising, many gas/oil/tire/spark plug signs, Chevy OK Used Car memorabilia, Ice Cream memorabilia, clocks, lighted signs, drug store & soda fountain items, displays, thermometers, pump plates, tin tackers, smaller signs & so much more! Saturday’s Auction—Day 2: Day 2 will be the PREMIUM AUCTION! This will include over 30 Large Porcelain/Neon Signs including Automobile & Farm Equipment, large porcelain & tin signs, gas pumps, gas globes, neon clocks, skeleton neon signs, high-quality gas, oil & tire signs, banners, posters, pedal cars, coaster wagons, dozens of mannequins & more! Nearly all neon signs have all been professionally restored with new glass tubing, transformers, & restored cans. Photos are a small sampling of what to expect! To see exactly what will be selling each day, please see the full catalogs at www.GirardBid.com. Full catalogs will be posted on or before April 3rd. The quality of this collection is truly world-class! The Spomer’s are retired GM Dealers, so their focus is very heavy on GM products and advertising—predominantly Chevy, Pontiac & Buick! Also includes some amazing Ford, MOPAR, and orphan & early company pieces too! If it’s automotive related--it’s here! This will be a live auction with live, online bidding through www.GirardBid.com! Terms: 15% Buyer’s Premium charged in person, online, phone & absentee. Cash or Good Check accepted; Visa/MasterCard with 3% convenience fee applied. No sales tax onsite; online bidders having items shipped may be subject to their local sales tax rate. Loading Out: Most of the neon signs will be crated and ready for buyers to take after the auction. There will be a few very large signs that require special equipment to remove and will not be available to immediately take after the auction. Smaller pieces will be available to pickup during & after the auction. Please bring your own packing supplies; we will have loading assistance for larger pieces. We will be open on Sunday following the auction from 9am to 2pm for pickup for both onsite & online buyers at the auction location. Delivery Service: We will be offering a “White Glove”, door to door delivery service on fragile & hard to ship items. This is not a free service, but a paid service with a safer way to move some of the fragile and awkward pieces. Some of the really large signs will be sold with delivery included! Worthington Hotels: Super 8 (507) 295-0746; AmericInn (507) 376-4500; Days Inn: (507) 376-6155; Holiday Inn Express: (507) 372-2333; Norwood Inn (507) 237-0560; Comfort Inn: (507) 295-9185 Marv & Jeanine Spomer, Owners If you have specific questions on an item, please call Marv at (507) 360-9557 Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. Ken Girard, CAI, AARE; Mike Girard, CAI; Scott Moore; (605) 267-2421 Toll Free: 1-866-531-6186 www.GirardAuction.com www.GirardBid.com In cooperation with Matthews Auction, Dan Matthews (217) 259-7059 and Musser Brothers Auctions, Scott Musser (509) 521-3300 & Jake Musser Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.
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