Collectors also seek items associated with regional oil company brands like Signal, Gilmore, and Wilshire. Not to mention an endless variety of giveaway promotional items like ice scrapers and plastic 'lollipop' thermometers featuring the names of these bygone oil and gas companies and service stations.
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Petroliana, or antiques related to gas stations and the oil business, is a collecting area focused on advertising, with key subcategories being gas pumps, gas pump globes, oil cans, road maps, signs, and major names like Mobil, Texaco, Standard Oil, Phillips 66, Shell, Sinclair, and Esso.
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Jim Potts on Vintage Petroliana
I became interested in Petroliana in a kind of roundabout way. I’ve been in the automotive repair business all my life, and have a… [more]
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Recent News: Petroliana
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Sale of a lifetime: Florida's Milhous brothers offer up their eclectic ...
AutoWeek, February 2ndAn eclectic stew of mechanics and aesthetics, their collection includes such items as petroliana (objects found around vintage gas stations, including porcelain signs, fuel pumps and the like), a custom-commissioned carousel and precision-detailed,...Read more
Pedal cars, toys, much more will cross the block Mar. 30-Apr. 1 at Showtime ...
EcommWire (press release), January 31st
Gas station collectibles (petroliana) will feature a Frontier Gasoline sign in excellent condition; a Lionel Gasoline sign, also in excellent shape; and a Union Gasoline Service Station porcelain and wood bench, one of only two known, in fine condition...Read more
'American Pickers' to feature Danville, Chatham visits
Chatham Star Tribune, January 23rdWhile he proves to be a tough negotiator, Doug's well-manicured property is a honey hole of petroliana. Henry's trailer homes are packed to the gills with unusual collectibles and he's ready to make a deal. But back at the shop, Frank has a tough time...Read more
'American Pickers,' 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' on tap tonight
New Philadelphia Times Reporter, January 23rdAlso tonight, a cold call pays off with a pink jukebox, the guys visit Doug's honey hole of petroliana and take a gander at Henry's trailers packed with unusual collectibles. And back to Danielle, she proves once again that she's got a picker's eye...Read more
Artist Robert Guthrie transforms a regular Mid-City gas station into a premium ...
NOLA.com, January 21st
"I've always liked automobilia and petroliana." Though neighborhood old-timers debate whether the station sold Esso or Texaco brand fuel, Guthrie sidestepped the question by painting the outside of the building in Sinclair green, to complement the...Read more
