Early Photography, Advertising and Coin-Op
Updated September 21, 2026
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| Date | September 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | New England Auctions - Fred Giampietro |
| Location | Branford, Connecticut, 06405 · more auctions in Branford |
| Lots | 264 |
| Estimates | $200 – $6,000 |
What's in this auction
264 lots, mostly pottery, china & glass (17), coins & currency (8), antiques & furniture (7), firearms & militaria (6). 264 lots have photos and 260 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $200–$6,000 across 264 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.
Highest-estimated lots
- United Motors Service Porcelain Arrow Sign — est. $4,000–$6,000
- Poison the Rat Coin-Op Trade Simulator — est. $3,000–$5,000
- Grandmothers Predictions 5-Cent Fortune Teller Machine — est. $3,000–$5,000
- Good Year Truck Tires Porcelain Sign — est. $2,000–$3,000
- Sundrop Golden Girl Cola Coffee Cup Sign — est. $2,000–$3,000
From the auction house
September 17th, 10am EST, New England Auctions presents Early Photography, Advertising, Soda Fountain, and Coin Op. Curated by Mark Surowiecki, our in-house specialist in early photography and advertising. Nearly 100 lots of early photography covering Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, Tintype, and paper formats including Albumen; Dog Photography, Occupational, Military/Civil War Soldiers, Folk Art, Europe/Asia Travel, Outdoor Daguerreotype Views. Photographers of Note to include: Morris Moses, Jeremiah Gurney, George M. Silsbee, Oscar T. Higgins, William Henry Jackson, George Barker, James Wallace Black, ES Curtis, Antonio Beato, Felix Maison Bonfils, Dmitri Constantin. The sale continues with signs, advertising, coin operated machines, and soda fountain, with selections from the Collection of Paul and Dodi Algiers (Massachussetts, USA). Early Trade Signs, Rare Insurance Advertising Signs, Gas & Oil Signs including GoodYear and United Motors Service, Coin-Op Trade Simulators and Arcade Games, Nut Vendor Machines, Soda Fountain Syrup Dispensers, Coca-Cola Signage and Vendors, Soda Graphic Advertising and an RC Cola Coin-Op Scale, High-Grade Graphic Porcelain, Advertising Clocks and Neon, Coin-Op Slot Machines and Fortune Teller Machines, Early Store Displays and Figural Advertising, and much more to discover. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
In this auction (264 lots)
Categories: Pottery, China & Glass (17) · Coins & Currency (8) · Antiques & Furniture (7) · Firearms & Militaria (6) · Fine Art & Prints (5) · Electronics & Gaming (3)
- Lot 0300 — Fine Daguerreotype of a Dog
- Lot 0301 — Daguerreotype Portrait of a Dog
- Lot 0302 — Daguerreotype of a Boy with Dog
- Lot 0303 — Two Ambrotype Portraits of Dogs
- Lot 0304 — Four Cased Tintypes of Dogs
- Lot 0305 — Four Dog Tintypes
- Lot 0306 — Five Dog Tintypes
- Lot 0307 — Four Dog Tintype Portraits
- Lot 0308 — Four Ambrotypes of Dogs
- Lot 0309 — Whole Plate Tintype of a Farm Exterior
- Lot 0310 — Whole Plate Ambrotype of Niagara Falls
- Lot 0311 — Whole Plate Daguerreotype of a House
- Lot 0312 — Daguerreotype Exterior View of a Mill
- Lot 0313 — Half Plate Daguerreotype of a Long Island Family
- Lot 0314 — Multi-Image Daguerreotype Frame of a Boston Family
- Lot 0315 — Morris Moses - Daguerreotype Wall Frame
- Lot 0316 — Whole Plate Ambrotype of a Family Group
- Lot 0317 — George M. Silsbee - Half Plate Daguerreotype Family Group
- Lot 0318 — Occupational Ambrotype of Two Farriers
- Lot 0319 — Quarter Plate Occupational Daguerreotype with Wagon
- Lot 0320 — Daguerreotype Portrait of a Ship Captain
- Lot 0321 — Early Photo Album with US Military Generals and Surgeons
- Lot 0322 — Daguerreotype Portrait of Dr. Elias Peck Phelps
- Lot 0323 — Daguerreotype Portrait of an Identified Amputee
- Lot 0324 — Ambrotype of Two Men Playing Cards
- Lot 0325 — Daguerreotype of a Billiards Player
- Lot 0326 — Tintype of a Black Nanny and Infant
- Lot 0327 — Jeremiah Gurney - Daguerreotype Portrait of Ophelia d'Aubigne with Related Drawing
- Lot 0328 — Daguerreotype of a Thomas Sully Painting
- Lot 0329 — Folk Art Daguerreotype of a Prior-Hamblin School Portrait
- Lot 0330 — Pair of Daguerreotypes of Painted Portraits - Rufus Porter
- Lot 0331 — Pair of Daguerreotypes of Painted Folk Art Portraits
- Lot 0332 — Daguerreotype of a Folk Art Painted Portrait of a Man in Profile
- Lot 0333 — Daguerreotype of a Folk Art Painted Portrait - Man with Book
- Lot 0334 — Two Daguerreotypes of Folk Art Painted Portraits of Women
- Lot 0335 — Post Mortem Daguerreotype of a Woman in Coffin
- Lot 0336 — Oscar T. Higgins - Post Mortem Daguerreotype of a Girl
- Lot 0337 — Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of a Mother with Post Mortem Infant
- Lot 0338 — Fine Colored Ivorytype Portrait of a Girl with Doll
- Lot 0339 — Two Large Tintypes - Girl with Doll, and Memorial Wreath
- Lot 0340 — Photograph of Museum Exhibit - Human and Giant Bird Skeletons
- Lot 0341 — Daguerreotype of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Lot 0342 — Two Early Images of Female Musicians
- Lot 0343 — Set of Four Tintype Photographs of Hands
- Lot 0344 — John H. Ryder - Banjo Player with Pointing Man
- Lot 0345 — Early Albumen Photograph of a Baseball Team
- Lot 0346 — Wm. Henry Jackson - Great Rock Island Route Photochrome
- Lot 0347 — George Barker - Photographic View of Niagara Falls
- Lot 0348 — Large Albumen Photograph Men's String Band
- Lot 0349 — A. H. Folsom - Paddlewheel Steamer 'Cambridge' at Foster's Wharf
- Lot 0350 — Albumen Photograph of the New York 33rd Infantry, Civil War
- Lot 0351 — Mammoth Plate Tintype of a Man with Horse
- Lot 0352 — Mammoth Plate Tintype of a Union Soldier
- Lot 0353 — Two Large Framed Tintypes
- Lot 0354 — Portrait Engraving of Pennsylvania Soldier Richard Johnstone
- Lot 0355 — Three Early American Military-Related Photographs
- Lot 0356 — Quarter Plate Ambrotype of a Soldier with Sabre
- Lot 0356A — Quarter Plate Tintype of Two Armed Soldiers
- Lot 0357 — Four Civil War Era Cased Tintypes
- Lot 0358 — James Wallace Black - Galaxy of Heads
- Lot 0359 — Roger Fenton - Portrait of General Sir Frederick William Hamilton
- Lot 0360 — Mole & Thomas - The Human U.S. Shield and Machine Gun Training Center
- Lot 0361 — E. S. Curtis - In The Bad Lands
- Lot 0362 — E. S. Curtis - Portrait of Medicine Crow Apsaroke, 1908
- Lot 0363 — E. S. Curtis - Signed Platinum Photograph of Apache Jich Shiggie
- Lot 0364 — Three Real Photo Postcards of Native Americans
- Lot 0365 — Early Japan Photo Album - Fifty Albumen Views
- Lot 0366 — Group of Japanese Colored Albumen Views
- Lot 0367 — Two Circus Photo Albums
- Lot 0368 — James Valentine - Photo Album of London and the Thames
- Lot 0369 — Jeremiah Gurney - CDV Photograph of Buffalo Bill
- Lot 0370 — Antonio Beato - Collection of Albumen Prints of Egypt
- Lot 0371 — Five Albumen Prints of Egypt and India
- Lot 0372 — Twenty-Five Albumen Travel Photographs - Zangaki, Sommer, Bonfils
- Lot 0373 — Adelphoi Zangaki - No. 450 Le Sphinx Photographic Print
- Lot 0374 — Dmitri Constantin - View of Temple of Theseus
- Lot 0375 — Two Cased Images of Men in Hats
- Lot 0376 — Four Daguerreotypes of Children
- Lot 0377 — Three Tinted Daguerreotypes of Children
- Lot 0378 — Six Daguerreotypes of Girls
- Lot 0379 — Four Daguerreotype Portraits of Girls
- Lot 0380 — Four Cased Images of Paintings
- Lot 0381 — Four Half Plate Daguerreotypes
- Lot 0382 — Six Half Plate Dagurreotypes of Men
- Lot 0383 — Three Fine Daguerreotype Portraits of Men
- Lot 0384 — Group of Interesting Early Photography
- Lot 0385 — Tufts Hot Soda Apparatus Large Format Photograph
- Lot 0386 — Oregon Motor Car Rally Photograph
- Lot 0387 — Binghamton Motor Car Company Photo Album
- Lot 0388 — Cail-O-Scope Auto Stereo Viewer - The Lady of the Night
- Lot 0389 — Mills 1-Cent 'His Day of Rest' Stereo-Scope Viewer
- Lot 0390 — House Painter Trade Sign
- Lot 0391 — Norwood Inn Trade Sign
- Lot 0392 — Revere Liquid Paint Trade Sign
- Lot 0393 — Broadlawn Tavern Sign
- Lot 0394 — Early General Store Trade Sign
- Lot 0395 — Monumental Scroll-Form L. L. Brown Paper Co Trade Sign
- Lot 0396 — Early FW Woolworth Co Trade Sign
- Lot 0397 — Early Athletic Field Passageway Sign
- Lot 0398 — Connecticut Fire Insurance Company Graphic Celluloid Sign
- Lot 0399 — Continental Fire Insurance Company Paper Sign - Hatch Litho. Co.
- Lot 0400 — Two Insurance Company Flange Signs
- Lot 0401 — Sun Insurance Office Sign with Related Rare 1778 Insurance Policy
- Lot 0402 — Phoenix Insurance Company Dimensional Trade Sign
- Lot 0403 — Shamut Insurance Company Sign - Wells & Hope Co
- Lot 0404 — Saint Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company Sign
- Lot 0405 — Ohio Farmers Insurance Company Sign
- Lot 0406 — National Protective Legion Celluloid Sign
- Lot 0407 — United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company Insurance Sign
- Lot 0408 — United States Fire Insurance Company Trade Sign
- Lot 0409 — Two Early Glass Insurance Signs
- Lot 0410 — Four Graphic Glass Insurance Signs
- Lot 0411 — Two Providence Washington Insurance Company Signs
- Lot 0412 — Early Salesman Sample Leather License Plate - 'I Will Sell Em'
- Lot 0413 — Marathon Tires Tin Lithograph Sign
- Lot 0414 — Bendix Service Products Sign
- Lot 0415 — Wolf's Head Grease and Oil Sign
- Lot 0416 — Good Year Truck Tires Porcelain Sign
- Lot 0417 — United Motors Service Porcelain Arrow Sign
- Lot 0418 — Gulf Gulflex Registered Lubrication Porcelain Grease Gun Rack
- Lot 0419 — Spark Plugs Cleaned AC Method Sign
- Lot 0420 — Bond Truck Casters Flange Sign
- Lot 0421 — Atlantic Porcelain Service Station Sign
- Lot 0422 — Eastern States Cooperative Sign
- Lot 0423 — Boa Constrictor Car Horn
- Lot 0424 — Michelin Bibendum Air Compressor Figure
- Lot 0425 — Grizzly Brake Lining Countertop Display
- Lot 0426 — Poison the Rat Coin-Op Trade Simulator
- Lot 0427 — Rock-Ola 'Official Sweepstakes' One-Cent Horse Racing Trade Simulator
- Lot 0428 — Army Game Blackjack Coin-Op Trade Simulator
- Lot 0429 — 5-Cent 'See A View House' Peep Show Viewer
- Lot 0430 — Whiz Ball 1-Cent Arcade Trade Simulator
- Lot 0431 — Vest Pocket Basketball 1-Cent Trade Simulator
- Lot 0432 — Miniature Baseball World Champion 1-Cent Trade Simulator
- Lot 0433 — Pulver Chewing Gum One-Cent Dispenser
- Lot 0434 — Pulver 'Short Case' One Cent Chewing Gum Vendor
- Lot 0435 — Honey Moon Gum Figural Bronze Watch Holder
- Lot 0436 — The Challenger Deluxe Hot Nut Vendor
- Lot 0437 — Two Coin-Op Vending Machines
- Lot 0438 — Smilin Sam Coin-Op Peanut Vendor Machine
- Lot 0439 — Two Barback Syrup Bottles - Coca Cola and Cherry Smash
- Lot 0440 — Mission Grapefruitade Syrup Dispenser
- Lot 0441 — Cherry Smash Syrup Dispenser
- Lot 0442 — Buckeye Root Beer Syrup Dispenser
- Lot 0443 — Three Soda Fountain Dispensers
- Lot 0444 — Armour's Vigoral Dispenser with Four Glasses
- Lot 0445 — Pause Drink Coca Cola Sign
- Lot 0446 — Large Coca Cola Graphic Sign
- Lot 0447 — Coca Cola 'Sign of Good Taste' Porcelain Sign
- Lot 0448 — Coca Cola Drug Store Porcelain Sign
- … and 114 more lots
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