Timed online auction · Bid from anywhere
The Antique Advertising
& Breweriana Auction
Bidding ends · Sunday 25 October 2026 · 12 noon
Lots close one after another from 12 noon · Viewing and collection at the former Dicksons Garden Centre, 79 Cootehall Road, Bangor, BT19 1UP
Enamel and street signs, whiskey jugs, tobacco advertising and pub furniture out of Belfast bars. Bidding runs online — no saleroom, no paddle, no being somewhere at a set time. Place your bids when it suits you and watch the lots close.
Bidding ends
Viewing & collection
How to bid
What's in the sale
Enamel & advertising signs
Enamel, tin and painted signs, showcards and point-of-sale from Ireland's breweries, bottlers, tobacconists and corner shops.
Pub furniture & fittings
Snugs, booths, back-bar mirrors, pump handles and mahogany fixtures out of Belfast bars — Lavery's, Bert's, The Merchant, Black Bettys.
Whiskey jugs & barware
Advertising water jugs, decanters, etched glass, optics and ashtrays — the small breweriana collectors chase.
Tobacco & smoking
Tobacco tins and jars, shop advertising, pipes, humidors and the cabinets they were sold from.
Street signs & salvage
Cast-iron and enamel street signs, shop fronts, architectural salvage and the ironwork that came off old buildings.
Guinness & Irish brewing
Guinness advertising, toucans and figures, Bass, Caffrey's, Murphy's and the long list of Belfast bottlers.
The catalogue goes live as soon as we can get it up after entries close on 25 September 2026 — that's when bidding opens. Get told when it lands.
Come and see it first
Public viewing
There's a full viewing week at Dicksons — the week beginning Monday 19 October 2026, the week bidding closes. It's the only chance to see the lots in person before you bid: handle them, check condition, ask questions. Exact opening hours are being confirmed.
Open to the public. No appointment needed, just walk in.
The venue
The former Dicksons Garden Centre
79 Cootehall Road
Bangor
BT19 1UP
Free parking on site. Wide doors and a level floor — bring a van for the pub furniture. This is where you view beforehand and collect afterwards; there's no saleroom to attend on the day.
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Step one
Register
Set up an account on Easy Live Auction and register for the sale. Registration is £1. Bidding opens with the catalogue in early October, so you don't have to wait until Sunday 25 October 2026 — and you don't want to still be registering when a lot you want is about to close.
Go to the bidding portal →Step two
Bid
Leave your maximum and the platform bids for you up to it, so you only ever pay one increment above the next bidder. You don't have to sit at a screen. From 12 noon on Sunday 25 October 2026 the lots close one after another in lot order — so an early lot can be gone while a later one is still running. A bid in the closing seconds extends that lot a little, so nobody wins by sniping.
Step three
Collect
Won lots are invoiced after the sale closes. Collection is from the former Dicksons Garden Centre in Bangor. Some of this is heavy — pub furniture and salvage — so bring a van and a hand. We can recommend a courier if you'd rather it shipped.
Buyer's premium is 20% + VAT on the hammer price. Payment is due within 7 days and lots collected within 14. Questions on a lot? Call 028 9043 4290. Full terms and conditions apply.
Selling
Got old advertising in the garage?
We're taking entries now. Enamel signs, pub mirrors and fittings, advertising jugs, tobacco tins, shop cabinets, street signs — if it came off a wall, a bar or a shop front, we'd like to see it. Send us a few photos and we'll come back to you with an estimate.
Entries close 25 September 2026. Seller's commission is 20% + VAT off the hammer, and sellers are paid around 30 days after the sale.
Submit an itemKeep me posted
Catalogue, viewing dates, sale day.
One email when the catalogue goes live, one when viewing opens, one the morning of the sale. Nothing else.