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Many vintage advertising and promotional items hold great appeal to collectors. They can be a colorful and vibrant reflection of life in the past, and also make for highly displayable, interesting discussion pieces.
Starting in the 19th century, numerous media were used to convey commercial messages to the public. In addition to the now much sought after antique signs and vintage posters, examples of interesting forms of collectible vintage advertising include vintage crate labels, tobacco tins, thermometers, calendars, pinbacks, trade cards, and advertising clocks.
I started off collecting comics, and still do, but I’d been given a few early Disney pinbacks as a child and always… [more]
I liked to collect things even as a child. Things that didn’t cost anything, like different colors of stones. The… [more]
How did I get started collecting advertising antiques? My dad was a lecturer and tutor in graphics and art from the… [more]
One of America's famed industrial designers sat at his quite modern desk (which he thinks was designed in 1936 but … [more]
This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) … [read review or visit site]
Duke University's library has pulled together an impressive collection of over 7,000 ads printed in U.S. and Canadi… [read review or visit site]
From the Nostlagia Factory in Virginia comes this celebration of 'mid-century automotive advertising illustrations'… [read review or visit site]
Ian House's gallery of early 20th Century American package designs. Browse the exhibits in slide show mode or view … [read review or visit site]
Paula Zargaj-Reynolds’ blog, an extensive collection of 20th century vintage advertising, is a visual feast. Scro… [read review or visit site]
Great reference on ephemera... includes examples and descriptions of various ephemera categories, selected special … [read review or visit site]
This gallery of cigarette magazine advertising from the 1940s and 50s contains no surgeon general's warning, just p… [read review or visit site]
Marty Weil's wide-ranging, in-depth blog on ephemera, including lots of great interviews with ephemera collectors. … [read review or visit site]
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