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 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 /...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful 1921 New Hampshire licensed chauffeur badge #269The badge is diamond-shaped and looks like a new penny. 1921 is the first year that the state incorporated part of its seal into the design. VINTAGE: Circa 1921. SIZE: About...