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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
      • Coin-Op Peanut Machine
      • Tom's Sandwiches Machine
      • Coin-Op Match Dispenser
      • Nickel Coin Changer Machine

      Displays

      Advertising Displays from Retail Stores

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      • Squirrel Brand Peanuts Display
      • Coca-Cola Woman Cutout
      • Coca-Cola Display
      • Stand Up Coca-Cola Display
      • AC Marine Spark Plugs Metal Counter-Top Display
      • Goodyear Farm Tire Service Sign

      Glass

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

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      • Mobiloil BB and Marvelube 10 Ribbed Oil Bottles
      • Mother's Cookies Display Jar
      • General Motors Reverse Painted Glass Sign
      • Veb Minol & American Appliance Co Embossed Oil Bottles
      • Shell Glass Oil Bottle
      • Linco Marathon Oil Bottle With Painted Lable

      Globes

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

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      • Sinclair Power-X Capco Globe
      • Texaco Green-T Globe
      • White Rose Glass Globe
      • Elreco Premium Globe
      • Mobilgas Hp Metal Globe
      • Colonial Oil Industries 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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        • Mobiloil Pegasus Weathervane
        • Big Boy Figure
        • Bromo Seltzer Dispenser
        • Coca-Cola Used Cup Trash Can
        • Babbitt's Cleanser Pot and Pan Scraper
        • Hinz's Coffee String Holder

        Packages

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

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        • Mother Goose Shoes Boxes
        • Coca-Cola Stadium Salesman Cooler
        • Oronite Lighter Fluid Dispenser
        • Wooden Planters Box
        • Coca-Cola Concessions Cooler
        • Johnson Motor Oil Oil Can Bank

        Paper

        Paper items from napkins to posters to letterhead.

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        • Tydol Framed Poster
        • Golden Shell Framed Poster
        • Western Ammunition Moose Poster
        • United Motors Cardboard Posters
        • Sinclair H-C Gasoline Poster
        • Shell Framed 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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          • Pinkerton's National Detective Agency Sign
          • Whistle Orange Soda Sign
          • Phillips 66 Marina Sales & Service Sign
          • Super Greyhound Motor Fuel Sign
          • Union Pump Plate
          • Gargoyle Mobiloil Sign

          Thermometers

          Advertising thermometers for many old companies and products.

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          • Hester Batteries Thermometer
          • Wanda Motor Oils Round Thermometer
          • Universal Battery Thermometer
          • Honey Bee Snuff
          • Prestone Anti-Freeze Thermometer
          • Rislone Thermometer

          Tins

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

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          • Mccormick-Deering Flat Metal Can
          • Heccolene Oils Flat Metal Can
          • Kerr Mcgee Handy Oilers
          • Phillips 66 Motor Oil Round Metal Cans
          • Noco Motor Oil Round Metal Can
          • Five Motor Oil Round Metal Cans

          Toys

          Antique or vintage toys with advertising or logos.

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