A Coin-Op and Advertising Sale was held by Potter & Potter Auctions on April 10. The 726-lot sale had a 91-percent sell-through rate. All prices reported include a buyers premium. The top lot was a zinc cigar store Indian in an elaborate headdress trading hands at $26,400. This male figure was 61 inches high and would be considered of vintage age, possibly antique, possessing later paint. It came from a collection of similar figures that were displayed outside a Wisconsin Dells souvenir shops, The Uptown Trading Post. Opening the sale was a Caille Bros. one cent Play Ball baseball countertop trade stimulator delivering $10,200. This ca. 1910 example featured an ornate nickel-plated cabinet decorated overall with baseball images and themes and retained its original reel strip and pay-cards. A Winged Wheel trade sign made $5,500. This tin sign was made in Cincinnati, Ohio, by the Edwards Mfg. Co. in the late 19th/early 20th century. A matching pair of handpainted and hand-cut plywood signs of female water skiers sold for $3,750. The women wore bikinis with tiaras and scarves and held tow-ropes. Each measured 62-by-52 inches, most likely used for outdoor ads or displays for Tommy Bartletts legacy Wisconsin Dells venue, which featured water skiing acrobats, magic and other variety acts at its location at Lake Delton. According to Joe Slabaugh, director of cataloging for Potter & Potter Auctions, Savvycollectors were out early and often during the auction, as top-quality lots such as a zinc cigar store figure attributable to Wm. Demuth shot well beyond our opening bids. To learn more, visit www.potterauctions.com.