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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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      • Tom's Sandwiches Machine
      • Diamond Matches Coin-Operated Machine
      • Nickel Coin Changer Machine
      • Comet Coin-Op Slot Machine
      • Coin-Op Match Dispenser
      • Coin-Op Gumball Machine

      Displays

      Advertising Displays from Retail Stores

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      • Kellogg's Corn Flakes Bowl Display
      • Campbell's Soup Display
      • Little Boy Blue Bluing Display
      • Atlantic Counter-Top Display
      • Texaco Lubricant Product Display
      • Toy Busses Display

      Glass

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

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      • Veb Minol & American Appliance Co Embossed Oil Bottles
      • Hexagonal Glass Planters Jar
      • Motul Glass Oil Bottle
      • Planters Peanuts Glass Jar
      • Planters Peanut Glass Jar
      • Standard Motor Oil Glass Oil Bottle

      Globes

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

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      • Mobiloil Gargoyle Opc Oval Milkglass Globe
      • Atlantic Gasoline Hp Metal Body
      • Texaco Capco Globe
      • Atlantic Clear Ripple Globe
      • Rocor Gasoline Lp Metal Globe
      • Shell Opc Milkglass 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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        • Coca-Cola Menu Board
        • White Bear Coffee Plaster Figurine
        • Coca-Cola Decorative Plate
        • Folding Piedmont Cigarette Chairs
        • Coca-Cola Dispenser
        • Gulf Station Restroom Keys

        Packages

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

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        • Wooden Planters Box
        • Oronite Lighter Fluid Dispenser
        • Coca-Cola Stadium Salesman Cooler
        • Pennsylvania Motor Oil Bucket
        • Coca-Cola Concessions Cooler
        • Coca-Cola Gum Wooden Box

        Paper

        Paper items from napkins to posters to letterhead.

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        • Motor Rythm Paper Poster
        • Paul Jones and Co Framed Ad
        • Polarine Framed Paper Poster
        • Golden Shell Framed Poster
        • United Motors Cardboard Posters
        • Gold Dust Framed Paper 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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          • Whistle Orange Soda Sign
          • Voigt's Snow Drift Flour Sign
          • Willys Jeep Service Sign
          • Florida Citrus Exchange Sign
          • Dutch Boy Paints Sign
          • Pride of Oregon Sign

          Thermometers

          Advertising thermometers for many old companies and products.

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          • Gulf Oil Thermometer
          • Royal Crown Cola Thermometer
          • Red Crown Gasoline Thermometer
          • Ex-Lax Thermometer
          • Coca-Cola thermometer
          • Hills Bros. Coffee Thermometer

          Tins

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

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          • Selwin Motor Oil Metal Can
          • Hancock Round Grease Can
          • Five Motor Oil Round Metal Cans
          • Motor Oil Round Fiber Cans
          • Six Motor Oil Round Metal Can
          • Kerr Mcgee Handy Oilers

          Toys

          Antique or vintage toys with advertising or logos.

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

          Trays

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

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