STARTS CLOSING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH at 11:00AM EST / 9:00AM MST
THE EASTCOTT COLLECTION RED DEER, ALBERTA THREE DAY ONLINE ONLY AUCTION FEATURING ONE OF CANADA’S FINEST GAS & OIL COLLECTIONS Selling an amazing 40 year collection for the estate of the late Garnet Eastcott and his son Wayne Eastcott. Collection is located at 6826 - 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4L1 STARTS CLOSING FEBRUARY 11TH, 12TH & 13TH, 2022 at 11:00AM EST / 9:00AM MST Over 4300 Lots Including 65 pristine restored gas pumps; 275 gas pump globes; 350 advertising signs; vintage boat motors; oil racks; OVER 3000 oil cans – no two cans are the same! Every can & sign was cleaned and waxed before being put on display. This collection is very, very impressive with many rare, hard to find items. Plan to participate. TERMS: Payment can be made Tuesday, February 15th to Saturday, February 19th from 9am to 5pm at 6826 - 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4L1by cash, Interac, wire transfer, e-transfer, certified cheque or bank draft. Credit cards will be accepted with a 3% surcharge. Seventeen percent buyer’s premium on all purchases. VIEWING: Saturday, February 5th from 9am to 5pm MST at 6826 - 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4L1 OR Sunday, February 6th from 9am to 3pm MST at 6826 - 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4L1 TAX: Alberta residents will be charged 5% GST on all sales. Buyers from out of Province who have their items shipped will be charged their home provinces HST/GST rate. Buyers from the USA who have their items shipped will not be charged any tax. PICK UP: Tuesday, February 15th to Saturday, February 19th from 9am to 5pm MST at 6826 - 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4L1. Please bring appropriate packaging materials. SHIPPING: Shipping will be available. Please reply to you invoice email following the auction to confirm address and make arrangements. All prices below are for packaging & labour only. Courier / Transport / Insurance charges are extra. CANS: - Handy Oiler.......$3 - Quart Can..........$5 - Gallon Can......$10 - 5 Gallon Can...$15 SIGNS (BOXED, CARDBOARD, BLANKET WRAPPED): - Up to 15”.........$25 - Up to 30”.........$50 - Up to 48”.......$100 - Up to 60”.......$150 - Crated sign...Time & Material GAS PUMP GLOBES: - Globe - double boxed with bubble wrap & peanuts...$75 SINGLE CLEAR VISION GAS PUMP (glass cannot be insured): - Skid, double boxed globe & cylinder, wrapped.........$400 DOUBLE CLEAR VISION GAS PUMP (glass cannot be insured): - Skid, double boxed globe & cylinder, wrapped.........$500 CURBSIDE PUMPS (glass cannot be insured): - Skid, double boxed globe, wrapped............................$300 In loving memory of Garnett Eastcott 1939 - 2018 By: Wayne Eastcott My dad, Garnet Eastcott, got his first fulltime job at a Texaco Service Station in Edmonton, AB around 1958. Remember service stations? That place where you could get your tank filled, oil checked and have your windshield cleaned all because you pulled in and said “Hi.”. If you were a regular customer, the nozzle would be in your tank before you could roll down your window. They could also replace wipers, brakes or tires at the very same place on the spot with a face-to-face appointment. I miss those simple days; it is still so vivid in my memory I remember how it smelled. Shortly after my dad started his first job he married a beautiful woman, who he had two sons with; one of which was me, Wayne. Sadly, his job at the service station did not pay enough to support his growing family, so he packed us up and headed south to Red Deer to work for an oil and gas business. Within a year he asked the owner of the company if he could buy the business from him. The owner said yes and gave him a year to pay for it. Dad being the hard worker that he was paid that personal business loan off in six months. He became quite successful and as they say, “The rest is history”. Both my dad and I loved old cars, so it was natural that we started to collect them and display them. This hobby was funded by a company we started together agreeing that all the profits would go toward fun and family only. It quickly became clear that the constant maintenance and space required by this “hobby” was becoming more work than fun. Our car displays were staged with old signs and a few dozen quarts cans that coincided with the era the cars were from. This in itself started a collection of its own. We then decided to sell the cars we had collected, as they took up so much space and required a lot of maintenance. We decided to continue our Petrolina collection because we thought it would require less space, however, we were wrong. Most collectors are constantly dealing with space and storage issues and we were no exception. This dance with available space went on for 40 years. My dad and I traveled a lot on the road in the 80’s and 90’s, and this is how we expanded our collection in the beginning. Then came swap meets and live auctions, this is where we met many other collectors and began building connections in the Petrolina world. Finally, the internet came along and with it we welcomed Ebay and virtual auctions. My dad thought he had died and gone to heaven with how easy it became. When a Sackrider/Shackelton brochure for an upcoming Petroliana auction came in the mail, my dad was like a kid at Christmas going through a catalogue. “What do I want, what do I need?” Immediately he would be physically checking our collection with the brochure in one hand and pen in the other. When the items became available on their websites, he would print the catalogue and peruse every single lot, whether we had it or not. Always with the consideration of an upgrade to our collection. As technology changed and improved, we would have our museum director/caretaker and best friend, Don Hnidy, hit the internet in search of current prices on items we were interested in. Come sale day dad would use his office, which is connected to the museum, with Don and an IT person. Don was there because he knew the museum like the back of his hand and the IT person was there to fix any computer glitches that came about during the sale. These sale days with lunch, beers, a couple friends, and a few good buys was my dad’s idea of a perfect Saturday. He absolutely loved it! These are the memories I have and will hold onto dearly. The time has come to sell our 40-year collection. Dad passed a few years back; Don’s legs are giving out and my interest left when my dad did. It was the special thing we did together and now its time to find other things to enjoy. And if we’re being honest, I could use the space! I hope this auction brings to you all the same joy and excitement that it did to my dad over the years. Wayne Eastcott