A vintage fire truck. A coin-operated camel ride. Golf carts. Neon signs. A 9-foot fiberglass shark. They could all be yours in the final auction for the now-closed The Shell Factory & Nature Park.

He said there is a large subset of collectors interested in vintage advertising, of which Kohn’s piece is an example. Some early 18 th-century trade signs, he says, can bring into the thousands ...

Deep into February, the space is chaotic with vintage objects: mopeds and mannequins, guitars and amplifiers, golf clubs and croquet sets, beer signs and oil paintings. No moving boxes or packing ...