Automobile, Racing, Gasoline & Oil Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950's Nash Ambassador (Automobile) automatic transmission enameled logo plate. This was removed from the column shifter. Nash Motors, founded in 1916 and based in Wisconsin, pioneered a few innovations that are used to this...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare circa 1926 Rolls-Royce of America factory issued key fob. This key fob has the chassis as well as the original owner's initials engraved wonderfully into the reverse, reading "D. D. Jr." The Rolls-Royce company was a...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool old circa late 1940s die cast race car by the Hubley Manufacturing Company, a popular maker of mid-century toys, particularly toy automobiles. The car is blue with a red driver and still has its original rubber wheels. The driver...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s advertising lighter for Dudlik Gasket of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania . It is a factory-engraved lighter by Park Lighter. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 2 1/4" high, 1 1/2", and 1/2" deep...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s UAW-CIO (United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations) Local #508 union guide badge from Detriot, Michigan. The badge is numbered 508 and shows a gear logo in blue and white enamel at its center...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old enameled race car lapel pin from the 1950s. The pin is a wonderfully detailed black racing car with red details and the number 2 on its side. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in height and 1-5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a NASCAR International lapel pin from 195The pin is enameled in vibrant red, white and blue and shows two cars nose to nose. VINTAGE: Circa 1958. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in height and in 11/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a gold-filled race car driver lapel pin from the United States Automobile Club, showing the USAC shield flanked by two winner's flags. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s-1950s. SIZE: 7/16" height and 5/8" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare 1920s numbered AAA race mechanic (or here called a "mechanician") license badge. AAA began in 1902 when a handful of motor clubs banded together to address the need for more accessible and safe roadways for...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s Seiberling Rubber Company lapel pin. Frank Seiberling, an Ohio native, founded the Goodyear Tire Company in 189After a post-war slow-down and reorganization of the company, Seiberling parted ways with Goodyear and started...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 licensed chauffeur badge from Minnesota numbered 16789. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in height and 1-3/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Steel (originally painted red). ATTACHMENT: Horizontal...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1942 licensed chauffeur badge from Illinois. The badge is triangular with Deco accents in the corners and is numbered 28071. VINTAGE: Circa 1942. SIZE: Approximately 1-9/16" in height and 1-3/4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...