Antiques & Vintage Collectibles

The lifetime collection of Don and Diane Sayrizi – advanced collectors in many categories, but especially antique advertising – plus consignments from over 100 other advanced collectors from all over the country will be offered Oct. 4-6 by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, located at 5055 Ann Arbor/Saline Road.

“By far this is the best collection of antique advertising we have ever had the privilege of selling,” said Mike Eckles of Showtime Auction Services, based in Woodhaven, Mich. “We’ve held big auctions in the past, many of which featured advertising items, but never like this. The antique signs, in particular, are highly desirable and would be fine additions to any collection.”

Thanks to J.C. Leyendecker, we all know that sex sells. 

  You might not recognize his name, but a hundred years ago the American public celebrated his images of sleek muscle-men, whose glistening homo-eroticism adorned endless magazine covers. Rockwell was just an 11-year old kid when Leyendecker created the legendary “Arrow Collar Man,” one of America’s first recognizable sex symbols.    To top things off, Leyendecker’s boys were often modeled after his lover and lifetime companion, Charles Beach, making their secret romance a front-page feature across the U.S.