RARE - ONE-OF-A-KIND, HAND-PAINTED "LATE MODEL CARS" SIGN - MANHEIM AUTO AUCTION

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MANHEIM AUTO AUCTION
MANHEIM, PA (EST. 1945)
RARE - ONE-OF-A-KIND -
HAND-PAINTED
"LATE MODEL CARS"
ANNOUNCEMENT SIGN
HUNG IN THE
LANES AT THE ORIGINAL BUILDING!
SIGN WAS OBTAINED WHEN THE ORIGINAL
BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN CIRCA. 2010.
THE SIGN MEASURES 29 1/2" WIDE BY 22 1/2" TALL.
IT IS PAINTED ON HEAVY SHEET METAL.
ABOUT 3 LBS.
SOLD IN AS IS CONDITION.
JUST LIKE LANE 1 CARS!
A FANTASTIC RARE PIECE OF
AUTOMOBILE AMERICANA FOR
YOUR
MAN CAVE, WORKSHOP, OR GARAGE!
BUYER WILL PAY THE EXACT SHIPPING COST.
OUR UPS STORE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT IT COULD COST FROM
ON THE EAST COAST TO ON THE WEST COAST.
HOWEVER, I SOLD A SLIGHTLY SMALLER SIGN RECENTLY, AND WITH THE
25%
eBAY DISCOUNT, THE BUYER ONLY HAD TO PAY TO SHIP TO GEORGIA.
USE THAT AS A REFERENCE FOR YOUR LOCATION.
SHIPPING MUST BE PAID BEFORE THE SIGN WILL BE SHIPPED.
FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
Early History
(From Wikipedia)
In 1945, Benjamin Z. Mellinger, a Ford dealer in New Holland, Pennsylvania, and Arthur F. Walters, a Firestone tire dealer in Manheim, met to discuss the idea of auctioning cars after watching a farm equipment auction. They with Jacob "Jake" H. Ruhl, Paul H. Stern, and Robert Schreiber formed a partnership, each contributing 00, and then, purchased a decrepit building along with its seven acres just south of Manheim to form the Manheim Auto Auction, Inc.. Their first sale ran three cars and sold just one to the general public.
By 1947, the new building with four lanes to auction vehicles opened and soon the partners realized the general public was purchasing their vehicles at the auction instead of their dealership franchises. This action prompted the partners to make Manheim Auto Auction a dealer-only enterprise, making Manheim the largest auto exchange in 1959.
By 1966, Manheim Auto Auction established itself as the world's volume leader, selling off 45 vehicles per hour or 700 cars/trucks on a given Friday night at the 16-laned auction. Adding closed-circuit television, the dealers and wholesalers watched the auction from the new cafeteria in its expanded building. In 1965, Manheim Auto Auction purchased the National Auto Dealers Exchange in Bordentown, New Jersey, and then in 1967, it purchased the Fredericksburg Auto Exchange in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Thus, the partners made Manheim attractive for a potential buyer.