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Rare Ithaca sign set found in Alberta sells for almost $40,000 at Miller and Miller Auction AMANDA NELSON
Gazette Reporter
(GARY WEST PHOTO)
These young farm residents from South Easthope Township's Pork Street (Line 33) and Sebastopol Road (Line 29) put their own spin on the Shakespeare Field Day Parade's "Life's a Beach" theme. The group joked that with busy schedules on the farm, they were bringing the beach to Shakespeare instead of heading away on vacation. For more Shakespeare Field Day photos go to page 8.
Perth County school Pride flags targeted Three Perth East schools vandalized LEE GRIFFI Gazette Reporter
Provincial police in Perth County are asking for the public’s help after four flagpoles in the county were cut down over the weekend. All four were flying the Pride flag. In Perth East, poles were cut at Central
Perth Elementary, Mornington Central and North Easthope public schools. Elma Township public school in North Perth was also hit. “These incidents occurred between June 13 and 14 in the areas of Perth Line 72, Perth Road 131, Perth Line 43 and Perth Road 135. Police are seeking to identify two persons of interest who are
both described as male, wearing all black clothing and face coverings, and were in possession of a saw,” said a Perth OPP news release. “The persons of interest were observed in the area of these mischiefs operating an all-terrain vehicle (ATV).” The Avon Maitland District School Continued on page 2
New Hamburg’s Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. will be shipping a set of six vintage Ithaca signs to their new owner following last weekend’s auction. The collection sold for $39,325, including buyer’s premium, earning $32,500 for 32-year-old Sam Bunton of Calgary, Alta., who discovered the signs while picking up an old motorcycle for his father’s business. Bunton, a parts clerk at his father's business, The Old Motorcycle Shop, is also a parttime picker of vintage clothing and antiques. While picking up an old motorcycle, he asked the owner if he had anything else of interest and, luckily, stumbled across an exceptional set of century-old advertising signs that had been used to collect grease drips from an old boat motor. Though he didn't know much about the signs, he liked them immediately. Surprisingly, they were also in remarkably good condition considering the circumstances. "The man asked me, 'What do you want to pay?' so I made an offer, and he took it," Bunton told Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. Unbeknownst to Bunton, he had acquired a rare sequential set of six Ithaca signs Continued on page 3
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