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Types of Antique Advertising Items

There are many types of collectibles in the antique advertising field. Listed below are many of the popular types of items collectors are searching for, there are of course others that are not included and if you’d like to help add more categories feel free to contact us. Each category below explains a little about what types of items are typically found and what is and isn’t included in the category.

Calendars

This category contains advertising Calendars

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    Cigar Cutters

    This category contains Cigar Cutters with advertising for various brands.

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      Coin Op Machines

      Old or Antique Coin Operated Machines.

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      • Nickel Coin Changer Machine
      • Coin-Op Gumball Machine
      • Tom's Sandwiches Machine
      • Coin-Op Match Dispenser
      • Early Coca-Cola Vending Machine
      • Diamond Matches Coin-Operated Machine

      Displays

      Advertising Displays from Retail Stores

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      • Peter's Shoe Store Display
      • Humphreys' Remedies Display
      • Tom's Toasted Peanuts Display Rack
      • Spark Plug Display Case
      • Blu-J Broom Display
      • Choice Seeds Display Box

      Glass

      Glass items used in stores or sold to consumers with advertising.

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      • General Motors Reverse Painted Glass Sign
      • Glass Squirrel Salted Peanut Jar
      • Antique Planters Peanut Jar
      • Planters Peanuts Glass Jar
      • Handy Oiler and Moore & Kling Embossed Oil Bottles
      • Planters Peanut Jars

      Globes

      This category is almost exclusively old Gas Globes, but there are a few other examples here.

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      • Phillips 66 Capco Globe
      • Magnolia Premium Ethyl Globe
      • Blunt Nose White Eagle Milkglass Globe
      • Crown Capco Globe
      • White Rose Glass Globe
      • Richfield Hi-Octane Hp Metal Globe

      Match Safes

      This category includes Match Safes, Match Strikes and Match Holders.

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        Other

        A category with an assortment of items that didn’t fit any of our other categories.

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        • National Cigar Stand Light Fixture
        • Vintage Cash Register
        • Orange Crush Carafe
        • Victor Gaskets Distributor Award
        • Vintage Cash Register
        • Babbitt's Cleanser Pot and Pan Scraper

        Packages

        Packaging such as boxes, crates, or wrappers for consumer goods and items.

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        • Wooden Planters Box
        • Johnson Motor Oil Oil Can Bank
        • Gold Dust Washing Powder Box
        • Fil-ur-liter Lighter Fluid Dispenser
        • Coca-Cola Concessions Cooler
        • Coca-Cola Gum Wooden Box

        Paper

        Paper items from napkins to posters to letterhead.

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        • Tydol Framed Poster
        • Vintage Dairy Queen Menu
        • Motor Rythm Paper Poster
        • Sinclair Framed Poster
        • Michelin 1959 Poster
        • Shell Waxed Cardboard Winter-Front

        Pinbacks

        Celluloid Pinbacks, Hat pins, Badges, and uniform pins.

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        • Coca-Cola Pin

        Pocket Mirrors

        Pocket Mirrors, usually celluloid covered paper advertising underneath.

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          Salesmans Samples

          Items given to a salesman that he could take around to potential buyers to show them what they would be purchasing.

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          • Archer Oil And Grease Sample Kit

          Signs

          One of our largest categories featuring porcelain signs, lithographed signs, wood signs and many more!

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          • Slow Children Single-Sided Tin Embossed Street Sign
          • Reconditioned Carburetor Sign
          • Willys-Knight Double-Sided Porcelain Sign
          • Maxwell Service Double-Sided Porcelain Diecut Sign
          • Shamrock Pump Plate
          • Drink Orange-Crush Sign

          Thermometers

          Advertising thermometers for many old companies and products.

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          • Ex-Lax Porcelain Thermometer
          • Trico Round Thermometer
          • Ex-Lax Thermometer
          • Borden's Ice Cream Thermometer
          • Barq's Root Beer Thermometer
          • Royal Crown Cola Thermometer

          Tins

          Tins that held products of all kinds from food to tobacco to bullets.

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          • Good Penn Motor Oil Round Metal Can
          • Kerr Mcgee Round Fiber Cans
          • Husky Motor Oil Round Metal Can
          • Five Motor Oil Round Metal Cans
          • Shamrock Oil Metal Cans
          • Pennzoil Motor Oil Square Metal Can

          Toys

          Antique or vintage toys with advertising or logos.

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          • Wrigley's Toy Truck
          • Shell Gas Toy Truck
          • KC Garage Hallmark Gas Station
          • Smith Miller Toy Truck
          • Yellow Coca-Cola Toy Truck
          • Metal Coca-Cola Toy Truck

          Trays

          Trays with advertising for beers, sodas, and other types of products.

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          • Coca-Cola Hilda Tray
          • Coca-Cola Tray
          • 1905 Topless Coca-Cola Tray
          • Coca-Cola 1903 Hilda Oval Tray