3-DAY ANTIQUE AUCTION

Auction Date:

March 27, 2025 | 4:00 pm

Auction Location / Nearest City:

890 South Van Buren Street, Shipshewana, IN, USA

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Auction Description:

3-DAY ANTIQUE AUCTION
Date: March 27-29, 2025
Held at the Chupp Auction Center, 1 mile north of the US 20 & SR 5 junction in Shipshewana, IN
ADDRESS: 890 S Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN 46565

• THURSDAY, MARCH 27 •
  12:00 PM – UNCATALOGED LOTS
  500+ Lots including advertising, country store, signs, farm primitives & more! NO online bidding available!
  4:00 PM – BLACKSMITH & WRENCH COLLECTION
  Online bidding available!
• FRIDAY, MARCH 28 •
  Online bidding available all day!
  9:00 AM – ANTIQUES
  4:30 PM – ANTIQUES
• SATURDAY, MARCH 29 •
  Online bidding available!
  9:00 AM – ANTIQUES

THURSDAY CATALOGED SESSION – 4:00 PM
Don Ervin’s Wrench & Blacksmith Collection
300+ WRENCHES: McFarland screw adjust monkey wrench patent in 1874; Star combination monkey/pipe wrench patent 1894 by S. Friede; Coes Key Model screw adjust monkey wrench with Coes logo & Key Model logo; Key Model wedge adjust wrench; Robinson Lawless adjustable buggy wrench; Remington screw adjust buggy wrench; tire bolt wrench; S.J. Johnston unusual-style combination jack wrench including claw & hammer with patent 1898 & marked 20th Century, WOW! Only one known!; implement wrenches include Bradley’s Wonder, Dain Mfg, Firman L. Carswell Mfg, LaCross Plow Co, Copp Bros Co, Ames cut-out, Verity cut-out, plus more; other wrenches include monkey, Perfect Handle, combination, bicycle, crescent-style, ratchet, quick adjust, buggy and more!
BLACKSMITH TOOLS: Anvils; hand-crank tire roller; forge with blower; swage blocks; vises; hardies; tongs; hammers; (2) cone anvils; jewelers swage block; punches; tinner’s plate; plus more!
FRIDAY AM SESSION – 9:00 AM
SALESMAN SAMPLES: HORSE DRAWN SAMPLES: very detailed reaper; Iron Age cultivator; corn stalk cutter; BF Avery walking plow; Lane Field & Co. dump rake; disc; OTHER SAMPLES: buggy pole; extension ladder; Acme grain & seed bin; cow stanchion; ABC clothes wringer washer; Puffer Hubbard silo; Flint & Walling “Star” windmill; (3) Home Comfort kitchen ranges; variety of granite bowls; various wood clothes washers; variety of child-size stoves; Gatling Gun & Limber model; Farmers Favorite stalk cutter; various models of hit & miss engines; Maytag wringer wash machine;
ADVERTISING SIGNS: Case ‘eagle’ neon sign -WOW! Reverse-painted on glass South Bend Plows! FARM: early Case Quality Machines; Minneapolis Moline Dealer; Deering Binders & Mowers; The Field Self-Discharging Rake paper litho; various Purina framed dealer posters; Deering Harvesting Machines: Sharples Cream Separators; Deere & Co. print in John Deere frame; red & green DeLaval Cream Separator signs in DeLaval frames; box of (25) NOS DeLaval Cream Separator signs in box; International Trucks & Farm Equipment; Oliver Farm Machinery; Janesville Implements; Black Angus & Black Breed Cattle framed signs; wooden Oliver Plows; OTHERS: early wood & sandstone A.J. Carll & Co. Livery Boarding and Sale Stable -WOW!; early wooden Dr A.C. Daniels Horse & Dog Medicines; porcelain die-cut Lawson’s Milk, Ice Cream, Bread & Candy; Hood’s Ice Cream; wooden Stables, No Smoking; Diamond Horseshoes & Calks; Champion Mobile Homes; (2) different Johnson Boat Motors; Wolf Lake Lumber; early wooden horseshoe trade sign; Lee Rider Jeans with bracket; bull head butcher trade sign;
ARCADE COFFEE GRINDERS • KITCHEN PRIMITIVES: (2) Salesman sample Arcade coffee grinder displays; Arcade “The Bell”, “Telephone”, “Juvenile” and “Our Baby” coffee grinders; other misc. Arcade items; Dazey glass churns; variety of mixers including E-Z, Ladd, Keystone, Standard, Hutchinson & RARE water-powered; hand-crank Christy Knife; Dover & Holt beaters; Everitt raisin seeder & chocolate grater; variety of graniteware including salesman sample bowls; collection of all kinds of irons & trivets; Hero pea sheller; variety of Griswold skillets; Y.E.N. Maxam apple peeler; wood & cast iron Gardners Rapid Mixer; fish-shaped food graters;
5 VETERINARY CABINETS: Dr. Daniels, Dr. Lesures, Dr. Claris, Dr. A.C. Daniels and Dents Dog Remedies veterinary cabinets; all kinds of vet product containers full with product; Blackman’s Salt Brick product stand with product; great collection of cattle spray tins;
TRAPS: Triumph High Grip traps including #415-X, #415, #315-X, #315, #215, #215-X, #115-X and #115; Sargent #24; Newhouse #4½; Sargent #3;
1/8 SCALE TRACTORS • TOYS: (10) Assorted 1/8 scale tractors; Vindex cast iron John Deere manure spreader with team of horses! WOW!; Wilkens Motor Truck wagon; Mobo pedal horse; various pedal tractors; horse-drawn custom John Deere grain binder; McCormick Deering thrashing machine by Pauley; Ertl Case steam engine;
MISC ITEMS: New York Central locomotive & coal tender car model, WOW!; custom built steam engine & saw mill model, WOW!; early L.D. Barret Fish & Oysters delivery buggy; Woodhouse Mfg. horse-drawn fire hose reel cart; working model of a crawler/dozer with gas engine; school bell with RARE swan head design on rope pull; goat-size milk wagon; (3) early wooden rocking horses; Slayter Hdw. Argos, IN box wagon seat; RARE Evinrude Boat Motors tip tray; cast iron Hayes Farm Tools display stand; McConnell Douglas model jet; excellent red Coleman lanterns; RARE mouse traps; early Peerless wash machine; (5) silver Morgan dollars; beautifully decorated “Saddle King” leather saddle; Round Oak Model SB14T stove; Boy Scout machine gun; (2) Maytag engines; L.E. Waterman pencil sharpener; Chicago wooden feed mill scale;
FRIDAY PM SESSION – 4:30 PM
WEATHERVANES: Early 20th century E.G. Washburne Texas longhorn bull, WOW!; R.H. & National wraparound weathervanes;
ANVILS: 32 lb. Hay Budden; 38 lb. Peter Wright; 46 lb. Lakeside; 35 lb. S&H; 52 lb. double horn Soderfors;
WINDMILL WEIGHTS: Star; heart; Eclipse;
CAST IRON SEATS: RARE Starling with repair; (5) round planter seats; Peerless; Deere & Co.; Hapgood Plow Co.; Vulcan Plow; variety of plain seats; collection of (50+) miniature seats; J.I. Case;
HOG OILERS: RARE OHC hog post; Shores; Utility; Sipe cut-out; Hog Joy; Nu-Way; regular and “high top” Ball; Oil-Rite; Wilson; Lennox; RARE concrete; more
HAY CARRIERS: The Eagle; unmarked wooden; (3) The Goshen;
CORN SHELLERS: RARE W.J. Ludlow hand sheller; W.A. Middleton hand sheller; (2) hand crank nubbers; Bailey box-type; C.P. Ferrier floor model;
SIGNS • 30+ LICENSE PLATE TOPPERS: Seed corn, feed, and dog food signs & thermometers; (30+) license plate toppers; Purina dealer posters; original Dennis’s Pig Powders; Wana Feeds; Hayes Corn Planters;
SALESMAN SAMPLES • MISC: Salesman sample grain drill; (2) salesman sample farm gates; tabletop seed cleaner; Pratt’s wire store display rack; all kinds of primitive wooden hay forks;
SATURDAY SESSION – 9:00 AM
ADVERTISING SIGNS: PETROLEUM: large porcelain left-facing Pegasus horse; 42” Gulf; Waverly Motor Oil; Mobiloil; Wolf’s Head; Chicago Motor Club; US Royal Tires; HyVis Oil; United States Tires; Beacon Penn Motor Oil; Blue Sunoco; Sinclair; lighted Blue Sunoco; plus more; SODA & DRINK: all kinds of great thermometers; Orange Crush; excellent Coca Cola signs including (3) different RARE flange signs & more; Triple AAA Root Beer; collection of great Pepsi signs; Up Town Beverage; Royal Crown Cola; Hire’s; Birely’s Drink; Double Cola; Sun Crest; Anheuser Busch with Indians on raft; 16 oz. Lotta Cola; COUNTRY STORE: early wooden Gurnsey Bros. Crackers, Candy, Tobacco & Cigars; die-cut Devoe Paints; die-cut Sherwin Williams Paints; great bread signs including Merita, Sunbeam & Bunny; early wooden Tea, Coffee, Spices, Pork, Lard, Ham; (4) different Ex-Lax thermometers; Red Rose Food Stores; Blue Bell Tobacco; 5-panel Winchester school supplies; Tom Moore 10-cent Cigar; Indian Tobacco; early wooden 3 Bros. Trings Cigars; London Life Cigarettes; reverse painted on glass Cinco Cigars; MISC: Interlux Marine Finishes; neon Hamel Rowe Hardware Furniture; 70” neon Kelvinator NOS in crate!; early wooden train station sign; Harper Whiskey; lighted Tetley Ales; early wooden Dr. Hervey Dentist; lighted Dairy Queen; Evinrude Outboards;
GAS PUMPS • OIL CANS • PETROLEUM: PUMPS: Red Seal Model 855; (2) Wayne Model 505; Bowser Model 22; 1947 Tokheim; Wayne Model 70K; (2) Wayne Model 70; OIL CANS: 5-qt & 1-qt Welch; 5-gal Nourse NOS in unopened cardboard box!; 2-gal Sturdy; 1-gal Sears Cross Country; 1-gal Simplex; 1-gal Pennsylvania; 2-gal FilmX; MISC: (8) Mobiloil Arctic bottles with carry case; Grizzly brake products cabinet; (7) orig. NOS Phillips 66 gas globe inserts in box; AutoLite parts cabinet;
COUNTRY STORE: (3) Octagon spinning bolt cabinets; 7’ wood & nickel double steeple showcase; seed counter; various floor model showcases; Luxury coffee bin; various spool cabinets including 36-drawer; Rochester & Wilburs Horse & Cattle Food bins; all kinds of floor model & countertop display cases; many countertop spice & seed boxes; ribbon cabinets; RARE Moxie Nerve Food countertop bottle-shaped product cabinet; various coffee grinders; 1-cent Illinois Vending Co. match vendor; wooden Zeno 1-cent chewing gum vendor; 5-cent Standard hot peanut vendor; Fry’s Chocolate showcase; Fowlers Cherry Smash syrup dispenser; Rx glass apothecary dispenser; Mishler’s Herb Bitters clock; 6-gal Brady & Ryan crock butter churn; fall-front 2-pc secretary desk; rotating pastry display cabinet; 1-cent Pulver Chewing Gum vendor;
PEDAL CARS: Steelcraft 1928 Cadillac Roadster; Garton 1935 Pontiac Roadster; Steelcraft Chrysler; USAF Jeep; Murray Tee Bird; Garton Ball Bearing Speedster; BMC race car;
GUNS: 1873 Winchester .32-20 WCF rifle with fancy site, serial #454997; Colt .44-40 Army revolver with ivory grips & buffalo engraving, serial #231805 (1902), WOW!; 14-pc pewter Colt’s Story miniature gun display set;
COCA COLA • PEPSI: All kinds of RARE signs; 10-cent floor model bottle cooler pop machine; cast iron factory bottle mold; salesman sample pop cooler; plastic toy dispensers; hanging light; pop coolers; door pull; door pushes; fountain dispenser; Pepsi toy dispensers; Pepsi fountain-shaped radio; all kinds of small Coca Cola collectables;
MISC: (2) Floor model Chevrolet dealership projector lights; Stereographic library “Tour of the World” with viewer; oversized Rapala store display fishing lures; Challenger table-top shooting game; Rock-ola Mystic Model 478 juke box; automotive cabinet restored to Dairy Queen; much more!

TERMS & CONDITIONS: 7% Sales tax will be charged. This auction is held in a heated building with seating available. Food will be available. Cash, check or credit card accepted. All items advertised to the best of our knowledge. Please inspect items before bidding. Any announcements made day of auction take precedence over printed matter. Not responsible for accidents.
BUYER PREMIUMS:
20% Online Bidders
15% Absentee & Phone Bidders
10% In-House Bidders paying with cash or check
3% Fee on credit or debit card for In-House Bidders
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