• From the Editor: The Signs Are Everywhere

    From the Editor: The Signs Are Everywhere
    Vintage Harley-Davidson Broken Wing Patch. Image: WorthPoint.When people think about advertising collectibles, they probably picture vintage neon signs or a box of pencils imprinted with some long-forgotten business from the 1940s. I think of motorcycle patches.Long before I knew there was a name for advertising memorabilia, my family produced and sold it.My father spent much of my childhood on the road, traveling from one motorcycle shop to the next with display boards filled with embroidered p
  • The Colonel Comes to Auction: The Personal Treasures of Harland Sanders Hit the Block

    The Colonel Comes to Auction: The Personal Treasures of Harland Sanders Hit the Block
    Molded plastic display bucket for Kentucky Fried Chicken with Colonel Sanders portrait, slogans “So Tender So Tasty,” “North America’s Hospitality Dish,” and “It’s finger lickin’ good,” 1954 Harland Sanders copyright notice, $4,025.Colonel Sanders wasn’t just the face of Kentucky Fried Chicken; he was its founder. For the first time, a collection of his personal artifacts, given directly to the previous owners by the Sanders family, cam

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