Automobile, Racing, Gasoline & Oil Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s advertising cigar box from Neal Motor Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The box is dated March 20, 1936 and on the inside of the lid reveals this message: WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS WE ARE AFTER MORE OF IT. The box is...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of 1977-1980 issue New Hampshire State Police license plates. They are issued by the department of Safety and numbered 308 in red. VINTAGE: Circa 1977-1980. SIZE: Approximately 6" in height 12-1/16" width (each). CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: This is an early Illinois Special Automobile Investigator badge. The badge reads ILLINOIS 1916 SPECIAL AUTOMOBILE INVESTIGATOR 1079 SECRETARY OF STATE and shows the State of Illinois seal at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1916. SIZE: 2-3/16" height...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s advertising celluloid pin for Studebaker, from their pre-automobile production days. Founded in 1852, the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company of Fort Bend, Indiana started by making wagons for military, civilian and...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1930s United States Marine Corps "China Marine" automobile grille badge. The badge is a large eagle, globe and anchor with that salty look. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 4-5/8" in height and 4-1/4" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a factory engraved Zippo for the Champion Company, showing their logo on front. At the top of the logo it says America's Favorite and at the bottom of the logo it says Spark Plugs. VINTAGE: 1952 SIZE: This is a full size Zippo: 2-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a factory engraved Zippo for Leadolene Klingfast. This type lighter was given to customers of the Brooks Oil Company Cleveland, Ohio. The Brooks Oil Company was founded in 1876 in Cleveland producing gasoline and lubricants. In the...

ARTIFACT: This is a factory-engraved Zippo advertising lighter for the General Motors Corporation's gasoline and diesel trucks. It shows the company's early logo on the front. VINTAGE: 1952 SIZE: This is a full size Zippo: 2-1/4" H x 1-1/2" W x " D...

ARTIFACT: This is a 7-color factory engraved advertising Zippo lighter made for the Gateway Tire Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The lighter has its original insert and shows a caricature of an old, bearded Confederate soldier still carrying his Rebel flag...

ARTIFACT: This is a large, rare and wonderful tinnie for Gautag Ost-Hannover 193The tinnie shows a Vokswagen at the top, at the time called a KdF-Wagen: the KdF stood for Kraft durch Freude (strength through joy). Volkswagen at the time was a fledgling...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce sport shirt patch for the NSKK (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps), or the German National Socialist Motor Corps. A Nazi Party organization, the NSKK was organized primarily for the education of both automobile and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s one year member pin for the National Hot Road Association. Around since 1951, NHRA was established to oversee drag racing. The pin is shaped like a slice of pie, shows a car at center and reads DEDICATED TO SAFETY...