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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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      • Comet Coin-Op Slot Machine
      • Coin-Op Gumball Machine
      • Early Coca-Cola Vending Machine
      • Coin-Op Match Dispenser
      • Diamond Matches Coin-Operated Machine
      • Coin-Op Peanut Machine

      Displays

      Advertising Displays from Retail Stores

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      • Coca-Cola Specials Chalkboard
      • Fram Air Filter Display
      • Rusco Elastic Display
      • Marlin Razor Blades Display
      • Alligator Boot Metal Store Display
      • Texaco Towel Cabinet

      Glass

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

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      • Planters Peanuts Glass Jar
      • Linco Marathon Oil Bottle
      • Mobiloil Embossed Oil Bottle
      • Jay B Rhodes & D.D. Lewis Embossed Oil Bottles
      • Holcomb Oil Company Glass Oil Bottle
      • Veb Minol & American Appliance Co Embossed Oil Bottles

      Globes

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

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      • Circular Richfield Ethyl Globe
      • Sareco Hp Metal Globe
      • Sinclair Capco Globe
      • Colonial Oil Industries Globe
      • Eagle Colonial Gas Pump Globe
      • Esso Extra Lp 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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        • Golden Sun Coffee Tin Scoop
        • Vintage Cash Register
        • Coca-Cola Dispenser
        • Buckeye Soda Fountain Pump
        • Jadeite Arnold Milkshake Machine
        • Mobil Cloth Checkered Flag

        Packages

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

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        • Packard Round Bucket
        • Pennsylvania Motor Oil Bucket
        • Coca-Cola Gum Wooden Box
        • Oil Can Selection
        • Fil-ur-liter Lighter Fluid Dispenser
        • Antique Coca-Cola Cooler

        Paper

        Paper items from napkins to posters to letterhead.

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        • Shell Framed Poster
        • United Motors Cardboard Posters
        • Gulfpride Framed Poster
        • Yes The New Chevrolet Is On Display Framed Poster
        • Golden Shell Framed Poster
        • Smooth Tires Spell Danger Poster

        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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          • Goodyear Single-Sided Porcelain Sign
          • Coca-Cola You Trust its Quality Sign
          • Texaco Single-Sided Sign
          • Texaco Fire-Chief Sign
          • National Poultry Improvement Plan Sign
          • Hudson Cars Double-Sided Porcelain Sign

          Thermometers

          Advertising thermometers for many old companies and products.

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          • Hester Batteries Thermometer
          • Hills Bros Coffee Porcelain Thermometer
          • Atlas Anti-Freeze Thermometer
          • Gulf Oil Thermometer
          • Ward's Vitovim Bread Thermometer
          • MobilOil All Weather Protection Thermometer

          Tins

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

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          • Phillips 66 Motor Oil Round Metal Cans
          • Texaco Marine Motor Oil Round Metal Cans
          • Six Motor Oil Round Metal Can
          • Eldred Motor Oil Flat Metal Can
          • Shamrock Oil Metal Cans
          • Hi-temp Motor Oil Round Metal Can

          Toys

          Antique or vintage toys with advertising or logos.

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          • Yellow Coca-Cola Toy Truck
          • Metal Coca-Cola Toy Truck
          • Wrigley's Toy Truck
          • Smith Miller Toy Truck
          • Shell Gas Toy Truck
          • Coca-Cola Truck Toy

          Trays

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

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