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"WORLD S LARGEST COLLECTION OF SHELL PETROLIANA
TO BE OFFERED IN MONACO"

"In addition to a magnificent roster of motor cars, RM s inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco sale in May will present a diverse assortment of memorabilia, including the world s largest single-owner collection of Shell Petroliana. The result of over 30 years of judicious collecting by passionate Dutch collector and long-term Shell employee, Mr. Gilles Warning, the collection was amassed during Mr. Warning s 30-year career at Shell and his many travels around the world. Today, the impressive offering comprises of 1,000 different items, which will be sold as a single lot at the upcoming Monaco sale. From porcelain and enamel signs to oil cans and tins, glass pump globes and oil bottles, the collection spans Shell s history and global presence with many items displayed in English, Dutch, French and Arabic languages." - RM Auctions

http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCars.cfm?SaleCode=MC10&CarID=r044&fc=0

WOW, lots of globes there that I have never seen before.

Nice mix of US & foreign globes there

I checked back to see what the collection sold for. The complete lot went for 138,000 Euros or about 180k..This is chump change for the people attending the auction...given all the ferrari's that sold for 2-5 million a pop. I went to Monaco 2 years ago. I was there about 2 hours when I realized how poor I am in comparison to the people that live there...they are in a complete world of thir own. There was a condo development in the works..A shovel had yet to be put in the ground. The condo's were priced at 25-35 thousand euros PER SQUARE FOOT!...And best of all were compketely sold out.