--- title: Winchester Collectibles- The History of the Five-Panel Window Displays description: Winchester Collectibles- The History of the Five-Panel Window Displays up for auction at Richmond Auctions on April 25-26, 2025 image: https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hubfs/2025-4%20Five%20Panel%20Blog%20post%20cover@2x-80.jpg --- Apr 16, 2025 3:45:06 PM # Winchester Collectibles- The History of the Five-Panel Window Displays [ Richmond Auctions ](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/blog/author/richmond-auctions) Share: [facebook-f icon ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://resources.richmondauctions.com/blog/winchester-collectibles-the-history-of-the-five-panel-window-displays) [linkedin-in icon ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://resources.richmondauctions.com/blog/winchester-collectibles-the-history-of-the-five-panel-window-displays) [Twitter icon ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://resources.richmondauctions.com/blog/winchester-collectibles-the-history-of-the-five-panel-window-displays) [pinterest-p icon ](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://resources.richmondauctions.com/blog/winchester-collectibles-the-history-of-the-five-panel-window-displays) [envelope icon ](mailto:?body=https://resources.richmondauctions.com/blog/winchester-collectibles-the-history-of-the-five-panel-window-displays) Winchester Collectibles- The History of the Five-Panel Window Displays 3:52 - ![Five Panel Blog post cover](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2025-4%20Five%20Panel%20Blog%20post%20cover@2x-80.jpg?width=2161&height=1260&name=2025-4%20Five%20Panel%20Blog%20post%20cover@2x-80.jpg) [ Request a Catalog ](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/request-print-catalogs) ### The Winchester Five-Panel Window Displays Perhaps no other major category of Winchester collectibles has been ignored for as long as the Five-Panel Window Displays.  Their large size was probably the chief reason.  Each of the five panels in a set is 40 inches high and 19 inches wide, requiring a display area more than 8 feet long.   - ![Winchester "Fly Fishing" & "Junior Rifle Corps - Learn to Shoot" Scene 5 Panel Display Sign w/ Box](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/184_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=184_1.jpg) Winchester "Fly Fishing" & "Junior Rifle Corps - Learn to Shoot" Scene 5 Panel Display Sign w/ Box - ![Early & Complete 1920 Winchester "Good Fishing" 5 Panel Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/185_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=185_1.jpg) Early & Complete 1920 Winchester "Good Fishing" 5 Panel Display Sign - ![Early & Complete 1920 "Fall and Winter School Supplies" 5 Panel Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/228_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=228_1.jpg) Early & Complete 1920 "Fall and Winter School Supplies" 5 Panel Display Sign - ![Early & Complete 1928 Winchester "The Way to a Man's Heart Comedy" 5 Panel Display Sign w/ Box](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/297_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=297_1.jpg) Early & Complete 1928 Winchester "The Way to a Man's Heart Comedy" 5 Panel Display Sign w/ Box - ![Complete 1923 Winchester "Large Focusing Flashlight" & "Multiple Tools" 5 Panel Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/300_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=300_1.jpg) Complete 1923 Winchester "Large Focusing Flashlight" & "Multiple Tools" 5 Panel Display Sign - ![Complete 1922 Winchester "Axes and Saws" & "Multiple Tools" 5 Panel Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/301_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=301_1.jpg) Complete 1922 Winchester "Axes and Saws" & "Multiple Tools" 5 Panel Display Sign - ![Complete 1926 Winchester "School Days, Football" & "Flashlights and Batteries" 5 Panel Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/230_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=230_1.jpg) Complete 1926 Winchester "School Days, Football" & "Flashlights and Batteries" 5 Panel Display Sign - ![Complete 1922 Winchester "Baseball Products" & "Five Cutlery Scenes" 5 Panel Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/231_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=231_1.jpg) Complete 1922 Winchester "Baseball Products" & "Five Cutlery Scenes" 5 Panel Display Sign - ![Complete 1924 Winchester "Steel Goods" & "Split Bamboo Rods" 5 Panel Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/298_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=298_1.jpg) Complete 1924 Winchester "Steel Goods" & "Split Bamboo Rods" 5 Panel Display Sign - ![Complete 1928 Winchester Guns & Tools 5 Panel Advertising Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/299_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=299_1.jpg) Complete 1928 Winchester Guns & Tools 5 Panel Advertising Display Sign - ![Early Complete 1920s Winchester Tools 5 Panel Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/303_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=303_1.jpg) Early Complete 1920s Winchester Tools 5 Panel Display Sign - ![Early & Complete 1920 Winchester "Tools and Workbench" & "Extinguish Fire" 5 Panel Display Sign](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/302_1.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=302_1.jpg) Early & Complete 1920 Winchester "Tools and Workbench" & "Extinguish Fire" 5 Panel Display Sign - ![Winchester "Christmas Gifts & Winchester Junior Rifle Club Boys Shooting" 5 Panel Display w/ Box](https://resources.richmondauctions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/675_3.jpg?width=4500&height=3375&name=675_3.jpg) The first five-panel set went out to Winchester retailers for the seven-day period of March 4-10, 1920.  For display purposes, Winchester's "week" started on Thursday and ended on Wednesday.  These first sets only had scenes on one side, a practice that would continue through September, 1920.  Then both sides were printed with distinct scenes and themes targeted at specific "weeks."  Since these target weeks were sometimes two or three months apart, retailers had their own storage problems with them.  It is believed that the five-panel sets were produced through 1928. - 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