“I picked up this old Shell gasoline globe from an antique dealer (Mr. Phai) on “antique street” (Le Cong Kieu) in Saigon in 2006. I have purchased many items from him over the years and he has become ...

KEARNEY, MO.? A black and white photograph of then 3-year-old Gary Porter clad in a white service station uniform and hat with a Clark gasoline logo speaks volumes about his collection of antique gas ...

Objects from the past always have tales to tell, and this month’s collectibles bring stories of how transportation, home life and the society at large have changed over the past 150-plus years. Q.

Collectors of priceless automotive antiquities often go to great lengths in obtaining new treasures for their home-based exhibits. And while their real-life adventures may not equal those of Indiana ...

It could be a mirage, a phantom filling station visible only in summer dusk: a stand of vintage gas pumps glowing with names that fuel America’s macadam memories — Sunoco, Sinclair, Esso, Texaco Fire ...

Years and years ago, before high-tech took over the world, utilitarian things such as gas pumps exhibited extreme workmanship and even savoir faire. For sure, they were workhorses, but these pumps ...

Morphy Auctions held an amusement-themed auction series from May 11-15. The five-day sale included rare antique and vintage items, from 19th century railroad memorabilia and coin-op machines to ...

Pick a date -- in this case, July 14, 1936 -- and pretend that an alien spacecraft plucked a gas station from somewhere in Los Angeles, held it suspended in time and then dropped it back to Earth in ...

He's sanded and bead-blasted her body, smoothed the rough edges, and banished the rust. He's caressed on so many coats of paint she glimmers in the sun. He's carefully rebuilt her from the ground up, ...