Automobile, Racing, Gasoline & Oil Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Beautiful circa 1930 advertising enameled watch fob for State Farm Mutual auto insurance company & the subsidiary life insurance company. The oval shaped, double-sided red and black enameled fob. On one side the center shows a cornucopia in...

ARTIFACT: Great 1910's - 1920's Lynn, Massachusetts key fob for Steeves Motor Co. The front of the oval fob reads: "STEEVES MOTOR CO. MACK TRUCKS LYNN 5 - 5300" and the reverse: "RETURN TO STEEVES MOTOR CO. CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH LYNN 5 - 5300" in embossed...

ARTIFACT: This is a bronze auto badge from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard featuring an eagle. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 3-15/16" height and 3-15/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronze with areas of black paint. ATTACHMENT: Screw post...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1950s large format photograph of World War II veteran United States Navy pilot Orville Dennison. Dennison, a native of Maine, is here shown with a determined visage at the wheel of his Midget racer (number 9)...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 published history of the USS Sangamon CVE-26, originally an Esso (Standard Oil Company) tanker. Launched November 4, 1939 as Esso Trenton, the oiler was converted into an escort carrier and renamed. She served in the Pacific...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 20th century advertising lapel pin for the Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois. G & J gained their fame making Rambler Bicycles in the late 1800's, then Jeffery split off and went on to produce...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified knight's helmet armor topper, possibly related to automobiles or trucking, or maybe even is a sports or school mascot. It appears to dates to the 1920s-1930s. The knight is in nickeled brass. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is an automobile badge for the Reserve Officers Association of the United States. The badge is in red and blue enamel and shows a rifleman at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1920's. SIZE: Approximately 5-1/16" height and 4" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Indiana Lions' Club badge from their 1971 convention in Las Vegas. The badge is enameled with a pendant hanging from the dual chains in the shape of an Indianapolis 500 race car. The badge was made in Canada. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1930's Royal Italian Automobile Club member auto badge. The round badge resembles a spoke or gearwheel with a diamond-shaped enameled center that shows a royal eagle bearing a red shield with a white cross on its chest and is centered...

ARTIFACT: Great 1910's – 1920's Keystone Auto Club #'d and named key fob with screwdriver at bottom. The center shows a keystone centered in a spoked wheel and surrounding it reads: "KEYSTONE AUTOMOBILE CLUB" in raised lettering. The reverse is...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1950s Virgin Mary statuette originally meant for attaching to an automobile dashboard for physical and spiritual protection. The figure is in plastic and has its original suction cup, although the cup no longer works...