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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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      • 3 Cent Gumball Machine
      • Early Coca-Cola Vending Machine
      • Nickel Coin Changer Machine
      • Comet Coin-Op Slot Machine
      • Coin-Op Match Dispenser
      • Tom's Sandwiches Machine

      Displays

      Advertising Displays from Retail Stores

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      • Amoco Counter-Top Display
      • Wesco Dog Chain Sign and Holder
      • Acme Quality Motor Car Finishes Counter-Top Display
      • Stand Up Coca-Cola Display
      • Vaseline Display Case
      • Auto Insurance Counter-Top Neon Light

      Glass

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

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      • Planters Salted Peanuts Jar
      • Castrol Glass Oil Bottle With Cap
      • Veb Minol & American Appliance Co Embossed Oil Bottles
      • Shell Glass Oil Bottle
      • Clear Glass Planter
      • Mother's Cookies Display Jar

      Globes

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

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      • Shell Opc Milkglass Globe
      • Atlantic Glass Gill Globe
      • White Rose Glass Globe
      • Richfield Capco Globe
      • Circular Richfield Ethyl Globe
      • Bryco Glass 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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        • Amoco Small Plastic Flame With Light
        • Fresh Up with 7UP Lamp
        • Orange Crush Carafe
        • Texaco Service Station Bathroom Keys
        • Vintage Cash Register
        • Dual Fountain Coca-Cola Soda Dispenser

        Packages

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

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        • Coca-Cola Gum Wooden Box
        • Coca-Cola Lunch Box
        • Coca-Cola Stadium Salesman Cooler
        • Packard Round Bucket
        • Fil-ur-liter Lighter Fluid Dispenser
        • Oronite Lighter Fluid Dispenser

        Paper

        Paper items from napkins to posters to letterhead.

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        • Paul Jones and Co Framed Ad
        • Sinclair Framed Poster
        • Motor Rythm Paper Poster
        • A-1 Beer Framed Print
        • Smooth Tires Spell Danger Poster
        • United Motors Cardboard Posters

        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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          • Wolf's Head Oil Double-Sided Tin Paddle Sign
          • Drink Squeeze Sign
          • Segregation Era Restroom Signs
          • Teaberry Gum Sign
          • Pontiac Service Neon Sign
          • Lilly Ice Cream Advertisement

          Thermometers

          Advertising thermometers for many old companies and products.

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          • Hills Bros. Coffee Thermometer
          • Winchester Shell Thermometer
          • Wanda Motor Oils Round Thermometer
          • DX Motor Oil Thermometer
          • Red Rock Cola Thermometer
          • Dodge-Plymouth Dealership Thermometer

          Tins

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

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          • Five Motor Oil Round Metal Cans
          • Double Eagle Motor Oil Rectangle Metal Can
          • Phillips 44 Insecticide Metal Can With Paper Label
          • Good Penn Motor Oil Round Metal Can
          • Pennzoil Motor Oil Square Metal Can
          • Husky Motor Oil Round Metal Can

          Toys

          Antique or vintage toys with advertising or logos.

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