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Featuring the collection of lifelong coin-op enthusiast and bon vivant Tim LaGanke, our fall auction features arcade machines, carnival rides, automatons, animated window displays, and all manner of unusual mechanical novelties. Complementing these animatronic and coin-operated marvels are a host of vending and slot machines, gambling devices, masks, and unusual objects from days gone by.
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Lot 240

Pair of Fish Trade Signs. Seattle, WA: ca. mid-20th century.

Estimate: $300 - $500
Current Bid
$175

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Pair of Fish Trade Signs. Seattle, WA: ca. mid-20th century. Including:

McCallum-Legaz Fish Co. Trade Sign. Carved wooden fish sign for the restaurant advertising "Sea Foods of Quality / Pier 12 / Seattle, Wash." With two eyelet loops at top for hanging with metal wire. 6 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 3/4".

Along with Palace Fish & Oyster Company Trade Sign. Rectangular plant with stenciled fish and lettering: "Wholesale and Retail / Seattle, Wash." 7 1/2 x 30 x 3/4"

 

Condition

McCallum-Legaz Fish Co. with abrasions, scratches, surface dirt, natural cracking in wood, and bottom portion of tail missing. 

Palace Fish & Oyster Company with cracking in wood, surface dirt, and abrasions. 

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