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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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      • Coin-Op Match Dispenser
      • Comet Coin-Op Slot Machine
      • Coin-Op Peanut Machine
      • 3 Cent Gumball Machine
      • Tom's Sandwiches Machine
      • Diamond Matches Coin-Operated Machine

      Displays

      Advertising Displays from Retail Stores

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      • Vaseline Preparations Display
      • Clipper Battery Cable Display
      • Anco Wiper Blades Metal Counter-Top Cabinet
      • Acme Quality Motor Car Finishes Counter-Top Display
      • Fram Air Filter Display
      • AC Spark Plug Metal Counter-Top Display Cabinet

      Glass

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

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      • Planters Peanut Jar
      • Linco Marathon Oil Bottle
      • BP Energol Glass Oil Bottle
      • Antique Planters Peanut Jar
      • Planters Peanut Jars
      • General Motors Reverse Painted Glass Sign

      Globes

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

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      • Atlantic Clear Ripple Globe
      • Mobiloil Gargoyle Opc Oval Milkglass Globe
      • Citizen's
      • Texaco Capco Globe
      • Sinclair Capco Globe
      • Atlantic Capco 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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        • Buckeye Soda Fountain Pump
        • Vintage Cash Register
        • Vintage Cash Register
        • Coca-Cola Scoreboard
        • Coca-Cola Used Cup Trash Can
        • Texaco Service Station Bathroom Keys

        Packages

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

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        • Gold Dust Washing Powder Box
        • Packard Round Bucket
        • Oronite Lighter Fluid Dispenser
        • Pennsylvania Motor Oil Bucket
        • Fil-ur-liter Lighter Fluid Dispenser
        • Coca-Cola Concessions Cooler

        Paper

        Paper items from napkins to posters to letterhead.

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        • Coca-Cola Daffodils Lithograph
        • A-1 Beer Framed Print
        • Yes The New Chevrolet Is On Display Framed Poster
        • Western Ammunition Moose Poster
        • Vintage Dairy Queen Menu
        • Michelin 1959 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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          • Mustang Oil Sign
          • Humble Gasoline Sign
          • Nehi Beverages Sign
          • OK Used Car Sign
          • Exide Batteries Single-Sided Tin Vertical Embossed Sign
          • Mercedes-Benz Double-Sided Porcelain Sign

          Thermometers

          Advertising thermometers for many old companies and products.

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          • Red Seal Battery Thermometer
          • Winchester Shell Thermometer
          • Ex-Lax Porcelain Thermometer
          • Trico Round Thermometer
          • Delco Battery Thermometer
          • Hester Batteries Thermometer

          Tins

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

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          • Hi-temp Motor Oil Round Metal Can
          • Shamrock Oil Metal Cans
          • Texaco Motor Oil Round Metal Cans
          • Phillips 44 Insecticide Metal Can With Paper Label
          • Keystone Grease Can And Pennzoil Can
          • Pennzoil Motor Oil Square Metal Can

          Toys

          Antique or vintage toys with advertising or logos.

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          • Sinclair Model Truck
          • Wrigley's Toy Truck
          • Toy Gun Collection
          • Coca-Cola Truck Toy
          • Smith Miller Toy Truck
          • Shell Gas Toy Truck

          Trays

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

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