May 11th, 2008
The Best of Antiques
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Tobacco tins first came into popular use in the mid 1800's, and can be found in a wide range of styles, including figural tins, basic box-style tins, and hinged lunchbox-style tins. Collectors look for date of manufacture, ornate art on the tin, and colorful tins. Tins made before about 1870 are often hard to identify, because their paper labels haven't fared well over time (lithography wasn't yet used for labeling).
Tobacciana covers a wide range of collectibles related to smoking, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and pipes. The category includes high-craftsmanship items such as match holders (aka safes) and cigar store Indians, as well as mass-produced items like matchbooks, ashtrays and lighters (cigar, cigarette, Zippo).
Don Wearmouth and his wife showcase the 230 beautiful silk designs that were distributed free with Kensitas cigaret… [more]
Puff on this... over 1,000 cigar bands from the 1890s through 1920s, organized into themed galleries such as Portra… [more]
Jane McDevitt's huge Flickr photoset of matchbox labels, primarily Eastern European, from the 1950s and 60s. These … [more]
James Lileks' gallery of 250 matchbooks from coffee shops, hotels, motels, bars, banks, restaurants and more. Lilek… [more]
This gallery of cigarette magazine advertising from the 1940s and 50s contains no surgeon general's warning, just p… [more]
This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) … [more]
This ambitious site showcases the 20,000-item Rankei Library matchbook collection, owned by the Japan Match Manufac… [more]
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