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Hoffman Country Store Auction
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Public Auction James Hoffman Country Store Auction Saturday, November 8th, 2025 9AM Live & Online 490 Colebrook Rd. Mount Joy, PA 17552 Hess Auction Group is pleased to offer the collection of the late James Hoffman of Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. James was an ironworker and welder who loved muscle cars, the Pittsburgh Steelers and collecting. He was a member of the local Vagabonds Car Club and the Elizabethtown Historical Society. His love for collecting was based on the idea that he was a caretaker of history. James collection is rich in local Lancaster County items and among the many hundreds of things being offered are local signs, advertising, ephemera and primitives. Highlights include: McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP Hit & Miss Engine, Rare Nissly Cocoa Sample Advertising Tin from Florin, PA, A 1930s Hersheys Advertising Sign, an early wood sign from the Garden Spot Restaurant advertising Chicken and Waffles, great selection of antique advertising signs & thermometers from Elizabethtown, Mt. Joy & Rheems, milk bottles & boxes from local Lancaster County dairies, beer bottles & labels from Bubes Brewery, Mt. Joy, large collection of E.S. & B Crocks, both doors with advertising from a Spicklers Dairy 1930s Delivery Truck, Historic Landmark Sign Eating Tree, Buch wheelbarrows, farm equipment and more! Hess Auction would like to thank Bonita, Dale and the Hoffman family for their willingness to share James collection and for entrusting Hess to sell his collection to the next caretakers of history. Auction For: James M. Hoffman Lead Auctioneer: Phil Nissley 10% Buyers Premium (Live Bidding) 15% Buyers Premium (Online Bidding) JOHN M. HESS AUCTION SERVICE AY000253L 717-664-5238 or 877-599-8894 hessauctiongroup.com
Auction lots (556)
Porcelain Frigidaire Neon Skin Sign
Sign, only, 20'' H x 69-3/4'' W x 1'' D. 1950's skin only with several hits to porcelain and areas of loss around mounting ...
AC Delco Batteries Metal Sign
24'' H x 36'' W. 1980's embossed sign manuf. by Stoudt Auto, St. Louis, Missouri. Finish scratches and wear to edges. ...
(2) Vintage Farm Signs
Largest, 7 5/8H x 18 3/4'' W. Includes metal Goodyear Fan Belts Hose (marked Made in USA) and Redi-Bolt masonite display sign,...
Pair of Porcelain DANGER LIVE WIRE Signs
12'' H x 18'' W. First having 4 grommets and missing 4 grommets. Areas of loss around mounting holes and 2 areas of chips to...
Framed Dial Smoking Tobacco Paper Sign
19 1/4'' x 15''. 1950's paper sign in modern frame advertising Dial Tobacco featuring image of pocket tin. Good colors. Some...
Partial Porcelain Mail Pouch Tobacco Thermometer
With frame, 33'' H x 21'' W. Cut down from large Mail Pouch thermometer. Good working order. Some losses to porcelain with...
Vintage Drag Racing Paper Poster
Framed, 32 1/2'' H x 20 3/4'' L. Large paper poster dated August 7, 1965 for the York U.S. 30 Drag-O-Way. Very good condition.
Embossed Metal 1955 Pepsi-Cola Sign
17 1/4'' H x 53'' L. Self-framed sign "Marked M-155 Made in USA AAW" on bottom left. Surface rust with good colors. Needs ...
Pollack Wheeling Stogies Cigar Thermometer
38 1/2'' H x 8 1/4'' W. 1940's sign with working thermometer. Heavy fading and overall wear.
Porcelain Indian Echo Cave Sign
24'' sq. Advertising Indian Echo Cave (near Hummelstown, PA). Significant wear and loss to porcelain.
Red Rose Animal Feeds Metal Sign
30'' H x 29 3/4'' W. Sign for John W. Eshelman & Sons. Made in USA. Surface rust with heavier rust on outer edge.
Vintage Sprite Advertising Sign
12'' H x 31 3/4'' H. Self-framed lithographed sign with loss to sign edges. Rust on back.
Porcelain Blue Coal Advertising Sign
18'' H x 30'' W. Nice colors with 3 digit phone number for L.L. Rice. Missing grommets with loss to porcelain around hanging...
(2) Primitive Tobacco Sizers
Largest, 32 1/2'' H x 32 3/4'' W x 4 1/2'' D. Made from old shipping crates. Excellent for display shelves. Good overall. ...
Set of 3 Graduated Grinding Stones
Includes 16", 21 1/2'' and 24'' D. Chips to smallest on edge. Minor wear to all.
Ful-O-Pep Hanging Chicken Feeder
16 1/4'' H x 14'' W. From the Grubb Supply Co., Elizabethtown, PA. Double sided with nice colors. Normal wear.
C. H. Brady 19th C. Cast Iron School Bell
16'' H x 25'' D x 27 1/2'' W. Foundry mark on top of bell. Complete with pitting and later paint.
Buch Elizabethtown (PA) Trough
3'' H x 29 1/4'' W x 6 1/2'' D. Smaller cast iron trough marked on inside. Surface rust on inside has been cleaned.
Early Buch & Sons Straw Cutter
42'' H x 37'' W x 35 1/4'' D. 19th century in original red paint with yellow striping. Stenciled Lighthouse. Very good...
Hershey's Chocolate Metal Milk Can
24 1/2'' H x 13'' W. Embossed Hershey's 6-49 Chocolate Corp. Good condition.
Mumpers Dairy Embossed Milk Can
19 1/2'' H x 12'' W. Flat top milk can marked "E-town, PA".
Pair of Klein Chocolate Milk Cans
Largest, 24'' H x 12 1/2'' W. Both embossed with company name and Elizabethtown, PA. Showing wear and pressure dents.
Large Klein's Convention Advertising Sign
With frame, 19 1/4'' H x 94 1/2'' W. Plastic sign used by Bill Klein III when he attended conventions. Light wear to frame. ...
(4) Lancaster County, PA Milk Boxes
Largest, 13'' H x 11 1/4'' W x 9'' D. 4 milk boxes with advertising for Lancaster County dairies. Good condition.
Oak Countertop Candy Store Display Case
13'' H x 45 1/2'' W x 23 3/4'' D. Early country store display case. Refinished oak with rear sliding doors having been...
Oak Country Store Display Case
42'' H x 58 3/4'' W x 23 3/4'' D. Early 20th century cast iron feet. Maker marked The Sun Manufacturing Co., Columbus, OH. ...
Antique General Store Candy Display Case
24'' H x 69'' W x 25'' D. Oak display case with makers tag from Sun Manuf. Co., Columbus,OH. Rear sliding doors have been ...
Large Oak and Glass Display Case
34 3/4'' H x 109'' L x 25'' D. Early 20th century display case in old finish. Scratches to top glass. Overall good. Does ...
Oak Stacking Bookcase
49'' H x 34'' W x 10 1/2'' D. 3 section bookcase is unmarked in old finish. Original glass. Does NOT include contents inside...
Small Oak Ice Box
On caster wheels, 39 1/2'' H x 21 1/4'' W x 14 1/2'' D. 20th century marked Garland with brass hardware. Zinc lined. Older ...
Primitive Red Painted Wood Hog Trough
16'' H x 5'' W x 29'' D. Shelves added to interior to make into corner display. Overall good.
Early Landis Bros. Wood Advertising Buggy Seat
17'' H x 19 1/4'' W x 22 1/4'' D. Great paint and stenciling from Landis Bros. General Agents, Rheems, PA on 3 sides. Seat ...
Folding Leg Card Table with Local Advertising
27 3/4'' H x 30'' W x 29 1/2'' D. Masonite top with advertising from local Elizabethtown, PA businesses and organizations. ...
Group of Cope's Advertising Tins
Tallest, 6 3/4'' H x 3 3/4'' W x 2 1/2'' D. 7 cardboard body advertising tins from Manheim, PA. One container includes ...
(8) Cope's Manheim, PA Containers
Largest, 6 3/4'' H x 3 3/4'' W x 2 1/2'' D. All are cardboard body.
(4) Primitive Wood Dry Measures
Largest, 8 1/4'' H x 11'' D. Having metal bands. Overall good with some staining.
Large Group of Cope's Advertising Tins
Tallest, 6 3/4'' H x 3 3/4'' W x 2 1/2'' D. Collection of 8 advertising tins and 1 glass jar with tin lid.
(9) Advertising Cope's Manheim, PA Containers
Largest, 6 3/4'' x 3 3/4'' W x 2 1/2'' D. Includes 8 cardboard containers and 1 glass jar with tin lid.
Collection of Cope's Corn Advertising Items
Includes Winross truck with original box, baseball hat and ephemera.
(4) Mumper's Dairy Milk Boxes
Largest, 11 1/4'' H x 15 1/2'' W x 8 1/2'' D. One having 5 digit phone number. Normal signs of wear with 1 showing paint loss.
Hertzler's Dairy (Elizabethtown, PA) Items
Largest, 11 3/8" H x 8 3/4'' W x 8 3/4'' D. Includes 1970 advertising calendar, galvanized milk box, wood embossed bottle ...
(6) Horlick's Screw Top Bottles and Measure
Largest, 10 1/2'' H x 5 1/4'' D. 8 oz. measure marked Horlicks Mixer. Made in England. Overall good.
(2) Glass and 1 Stoneware Insulators
Largest, 4 1/4'' H x 7'' D. Unusual stoneware type insulator showing surface scratches. 2 glass insulators having areas of...
Musser Farm Bottle Carriers and Bottles
Largest carrier, 10'' H x 14 1/4'' W x 12'' D. Includes 4 bottle carriers with 3 filled with milk bottles and a 4 qt. metal...
(3) Pieces of White Graniteware
Includes 2 liter wall measure with blue swirls, 8'' H x 5'' D, cup with original paper label marked Flintstone and a funnel.
Large Collection of Mumper's Dairy Items
Largest bottle, 10'' H x 5'' W x 3 1/2'' D. Collection includes 10 milk bottles, a drinking glass, milk box and related ...
Red Rose Dairy Milk Bottles and Boxes
Largest box, 10 1/4'' H x 14 1/2'' W x 7 3/4'' D. Includes 3 glass milk bottles, 2 milk boxes advertising Red Rose Dairy. ...
(6) Metal Advertising (Elizabethtown) Thermometers
Largest, 14'' H x 4 1/2'' W. All working thermometers with advertising from local Elizabethtown, PA businesses.
Spickler's Dairy Items
Wood carrier, 7 1/2'' x 18 1/2'' x 14 1/4'' . Includes 1945 adv. calendar, wood carrier, metal carrier, 3 milk boxes, 3 milk...
Bachman Chocolate Candy Mold
2 1/4'' H x 19 1/4'' W x 11 1/4'' D. Embossed metal pan with some rust speckling and normal surface wear.
Klein's Five Points 1 Cent Candy Box
3'' H x 9 1/4'' W x 7 1/4'' D. Early candy box from Elizabethtown, PA. Water staining. Shrink wrapped.
Klein's Nic-L-Nut Chocolate Candy Box
2 1/2'' H x 7 1/2'' W x 4 3/4" D. Nice graphics with image of Elizabethtown, PA factory. Good condition. Shrink wrapped.
(2) Klein's Cardboard Candy Boxes
1 1/2'' H x 9 1/2'' W x 7 1/4'' D. One advertising for Christmas and other for Royal Peanut Cake bars.
Klein's 3 Cent Milk Chocolate Candy Box
1 1/2'' H x 8 1/2'' W x 6 1/2'' D. Early cardboard box. Some wear. Shrink wrapped.
Klein's Grade A Chocolate Blocks Box
2'' H x 7 3/4'' W x 5 3/4'' D. Cardboard box showing nice photo of dairy cows on front. Staining and some color fading. ...
(5) Klein's Breakfast Cocoa Tins
Largest, 8 1/2'' H x 6 3/4'' W. Includes 2 round tins and 3 rectangular tins (missing lids). Surface wear.
(3) Small Klein's Chocolate Candy Molds
Largest, 3/4'' H x 3'' W x 8'' D. Unusual molds. Good condition. Includes wax bar made from one mold.
(9) Early Cardboard Elizabethtown Adv. Calendars
Largest, 15'' H x 10 1/8'' W. Advertising for local E-town businesses. One calendar pad missing. Color toning, losses and ...
(3) Early Elizabethtown Advertising Pieces
Cardboard die cut advertising wall pocket for Kurtz Feed, 14 1/2'' H x 9 1/2'' W. Includes die cut wall pocket with 1909...
Set of Mumper's Nursing Bottles in Original Box
Box, 2'' H x 17'' W x 9'' D. Includes 5 bottles with nursery rhyme graphics. Very good condition.
(10) Lancaster County, PA Advertising Icepicks
Largest, 10 1/2'' L. Wood handles and steel blades with local advertising. Showing wear to handles.
(8) Cope's (Manheim, PA) Advertising Containers
Largest, 6 1/2'' H x 3 3/4'' W x 2 5/8'' D. Largest container is bank. 7 having cardboard bodies with one paper labeled glass...
(2) Galvanized Metal Sprinkling Cans
Largest, 16 1/2'' H x 22 1/2'' W x 9 1/2'' D. Both having surface wear and denting.
Buch Junior Children's Wheelbarrow
10'' H x 13 1/4'' W x 28 1/4'' L. Shown at the Elizabethtown Fair. Original paint. Good condition with minor scratches and...
Old Wood Wash Tub with Original Green Paint
14 1/2'' H x 22'' D. Wire banded with nice dark color. Paint wear with minor rust on bands. One bottom board replaced.
S.P. Engle Dry Goods Advertising Flour Sifter
27 1/2'' H x 12 1/2'' D. Rare tin advertising from Elizabethtown, PA. Considerable wear to base paint with denting on lid.
Dated 1797 Conestoga Wagon Jack
26 1/2'' H x 6'' W x 3'' D. Found in Lancaster County, PA. Additional decoration around the ear. Wear and losses to wood ...
(2) Tobacco Sizers
32'' H x 35'' W x 3 1/2'' D. Typical wood form. Good condition.
(16) Advertising Plates and Trays
Largest, 12 3/4'' D. Includes local Lancaster County advertising.
Buch Painted Straw Cutter
32'' H x 40'' W x 25'' D. Red paint with stencil decoration. Made by Buch Manuf., Elizabethtown, PA. Paint wear.
Unusual Cast Iron Corn Sheller
With base, 13 3/4'' H x 15'' W x 10'' D. Cast iron marked Blackhawk Sheller. Handle marked Malleable. Very good condition.
Early Bricker's Pretzel Crate and Milk Box
Crate, 13'' H x 21 1/2'' W x 13 3/4'' D. Wood shipping crate with lift lid and original paper label on exterior. Label ...
(3) Simon's Advertising Tins
Largest, 13 1/2'' H x 12 1/4'' W showing wear to lid and denting. Made by Simon Candy Company, Elizabethtown, PA.
(2) Buch & Sons (Elizabethtown, PA) Small Troughs
1 1/2'' H x 19 5/8'' L x 4 1/4'' D. Both cast iron with feet. One marked No. 1. Good condition overall with 1 painted black.
(2) Antique Hay Rakes
70'' L x 24 1/4'' W. Both having original finish and are complete.
Large Collection of Local Advertising Yardsticks
Advertising for Lancaster County, PA businesses. Normal wear.
Buch Bag Wagon
43'' H x 19'' W. Original paint and stenciled with maker's name and No. 3. Surface wear to paint. Exhibited at ...
Rare Buch No. 68 Wood Wheelbarrow, Never Assembled
57'' H x 27 3/4'' W. Rare to find unassembled and wired together for shipping. Original paint and surface. Purchased at ...
Unusual Buch Cast Iron Cradle
9 3/4'' H x 19'' W x 13 1/2'' D. Unusual form and style in black paint with red pinstriping.
Paint Decorated Straw Cutter Marked Pennsylvania
35'' H x 42'' W x 28'' D (with handle). Original red paint, stenciling and details. Some finish wear. Overall good.
Cast Iron Railroad Cleat
5'' H x 5 1/2'' W x 7'' D. Marked P & R R90B. Good condition.
(3) A. Buch & Sons Cast Iron Troughs
Largest, 2 3/4'' H x 29 1/4'' L marked No. 3. Each cast with manuf. name and Elizabethtown, PA. Showing pitting and wear.
(2) Cast Iron Troughs and Buch Face Plate
Largest, 5'' H x 24'' W x 11'' D marked Buch & Sons. Smaller marked Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, PA. Face plate marked...
Large Buch & Sons Cast Iron Trough
6 1/2'' H x 49 1/2'' W x 12'' D. Heavy rust with loss to bottom.
(2) Primitive Hay Forks
90'' L. Wood handle with iron forks. Good condition.
Porcelain Enameled Cast Iron Stove
Without pipe, 51'' H x 35 1/2'' W x 23'' D. Stove marked Florin. Includes 5 dampers marked Weaver (Rheems, PA).
(11) Metal and Plastic Advertising Bag Clips
Avg. 2 1/4'' x 2''. Lancaster County, PA advertising. Overall good.
Elizabethtown, PA Advertising Ephemera
Includes bank bags, ribbons, ice scrapers, etc. Normal age and wear.
Elizabethtown, PA Advertising and Ephemera
Includes whiskey bottle marked Elizabethtown Moose, First National Bank still banks, Baum's Bologna, eyeglass cases (Coble ...
(2) Elizabethtown, PA Advertising Coal Shovels
21'' L. One showing rust and wear.
Elizabethtown, PA Advertising Pencils & Ephemera
Includes pens, broom holder, strainer, ruler, etc. Normal signs of age.
(10) Lancaster County, PA Advertising Thermometers
Largest, 12 1/4'' H x 22 1/4'' W. One is non-working. One early wood for Coble Tombstones and one with grandfather's clock ...
(15) Lancaster County, PA Advertising Fly Swatters
Wood and plastic handles. Overall good.
(6) Advertising Calendars and 6 Thermometers
Largest calendar, 25'' H x 14'' W. Advertising for Lancaster County, PA businesses. Wear and losses.
1903 Elizabethtown, PA Auction Broadside
Framed, 22 1/2'' H x 16'' W. Broad sign for residence and personal property at Mt. Tunnel Cemetery. Folds and staining. ...
Cope's Advertising
Largest bucket, 12'' H x 14 1/2'' D. Includes 2 cardboard 25 lb. buckets (one with metal lid) and 9 newer packages of Cope's ...
(6) Pairs of Children's Shoes with Wool Socks
Includes 4 pairs of socks, a pair of slippers and an odd shoe. Normal age and wear.
(5) Vintage Men's Dress Hats
Hats are very good condition. Includes 2 original boxes showing wear and toning.
(3) Mumper's Dairy Galvanized Milk Boxes
Largest, 11'' H x 9 1/4'' W x 9'' D. One having image of cow. Good condition.
Hertzler's Dairy Milk Bottles and Crate
Crate, 10 1/4'' H x 12'' W x 15'' D. Wood embossed crate with 12 bottles marked Hertzler's and bottle caps.