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Gas Pump Globes Shine At Auction

This Sunray Gasoline pump globe once lit up a bygone gas station. Revved up by nostalgia, a bidder paid $2,400 for the globe at an Illinois petroliana auction. Kovels  brings to light the fueled world of gas station collectibles.      

Gas Pump Globes Shine At Auction

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