October 12, 2008
Many brands have come and gone in the tobacco business (cigarette, cigar, and lighter companies), but their signs live on. Look long enough and you'll see vintage signs for Marlboro, Kool, Red Man, Bugler, Mail Pouch, Winston, Dunhill, Copenhagen, Camel, Mayo's, Mark Twain, Chesterfield, Lucky Strike, Kent, Prince Albert, Napoleon, Phillies, Old Judge, Top, Old Gold, Viceroy, Ronson, Zippo, Beech Nut and more.
This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) … [more]
Puff on this... over 1,000 cigar bands from the 1890s through 1920s, organized into themed galleries such as Portra… [more]
This gallery of cigarette magazine advertising from the 1940s and 50s contains no surgeon general's warning, just p… [more]
This ambitious site showcases the 20,000-item Rankei Library matchbook collection, owned by the Japan Match Manufac… [more]
Don Wearmouth and his wife showcase the 230 beautiful silk designs that were distributed free with Kensitas cigaret… [more]
If you're the type who pulls over when you see a 'historic marker ahead' sign, you'll love this site. Orchestrated … [more]
This group artistic effort to catalog the signs of Pittsburgh captures many vintage signs (porcelain, neon, wood, t… [more]
Ralph and Carol Falvo's excellent collection of automobiles, petroliana, jukeboxes, soda, and general store items. … [more]
Jane McDevitt's huge Flickr photoset of matchbox labels, primarily Eastern European, from the 1950s and 60s. These … [more]
Sam Baker's excellent collection of vintage Ford porcelain and neon signs and related memorabilia from the 1920s an… [more]
James Lileks' gallery of 250 matchbooks from coffee shops, hotels, motels, bars, banks, restaurants and more. Lilek… [more]
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1917: Brotherhood Tobacco Cardboard Sign$500.00 Ends in 11 hours 2 bids
Antique Bronze Mack Truck Sign Cigar Cigarette Ashtray $360.00 Ends Tuesday 10 bids
1905 Sweet Caporal Tobacco Advertising Sign T205 Cards$301.00 Ends Monday 18 bids
1920s Mayo's Plug Tobacco Porcelain Sign W/rooster-rare$229.00 Ends in 14 hours 8 bids
1765: Mayos Plug Smoking Tobacco Porcelain Sign$200.00 Ends in 11 hours 4 bids
1775: Charles The Great Tin Cigar Sign$200.00 Ends in 11 hours 1 bid
1919: Murad Turkish Cigarette Paper Sign$200.00 Ends in 11 hours 1 bid
1920: Walt Whitman Cigars Embossed Tin Sign$200.00 Ends in 11 hours 4 bids
1927: Velvet Smoking Tobacco Self Framed Tin Sign$200.00 Ends in 11 hours 2 bids
2129: Rare Murad Cigarettes Porcelain Sign$200.00 Ends in 11 hours 1 bid
2139: Sweet Caporal Cigarettes Paper Sign$200.00 Ends in 11 hours 3 bids
Polar Tobacco Porcelain Advertising Sign Vintage Old$172.50 Ends Wednesday 14 bids
1684: Turkey Red Cigarette Paper Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 2 bids
1918: Brotherhood Cut Plug Tobacco Cardboard Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 2 bids
1923: Edgeworth High Grade Pipe Tobacco Paper Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 1 bid
1924: Arthurettes Cigar Cardboard Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 2 bids
1925: Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Paper Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 1 bid
1929: Honest Scrap Tobacco Translucent Window Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 3 bids
1932: F. Lozano Clear Havana Cigars Rg Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 2 bids
1935: Yellow Cab Cigar Embossed Tin Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 1 bid
2132: Cuban Cousin Cigar Linen Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 1 bid
2133: Toms Den Mild Cigars Reverse Chip Glass Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 1 bid
2151: Peter Lorillard Plug Tobacco Cardboard Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 4 bids
2259: Blackwells Durham Tobacco Cardboard Sign$100.00 Ends in 11 hours 3 bids
2 Old Vintage Nos Tin Metal Marlboro Man Cigarette Sign$99.99 Ends in 13 hours 1 bid
Porcelain,texaco Company, " No Smoking" Sign$99.99 Ends Monday 1 bid
Emilia Garcia Cigar Cardboard Tri-fold Sign$99.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid
Philip Morris Tobacco Cigarette Vintage Sign 40's 50's$99.00 Ends Monday 1 bid
Emilia Garcia Cigar Cardboard Sign. Somewhat Faded.$65.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid
Old Non Enamel Tin Metal Kool Cigarette Sign - Milk Bar$62.70 Ends Monday 3 bids
Old Nr Mint 1940's Camel Cigarette Tin Thermometer Sign$56.99 Ends in 13 hours 20 bids
Old Non Enamel Tin Camel Cigarette Sign / Termometer$56.18 Ends Monday 12 bids
Old Non Enamel Tin Metal Cigarette Sign - Milk Bar Shop$54.21 Ends Monday 2 bids
1890s Robert Mantell Cigar Theatrical Advertising Sign$50.99 Ends Monday 4 bids
1931: Pr Of Uncle Sam Smoking/chewing Tob. Signs$50.00 Ends in 11 hours 7 bids
1934: Dukes Cameo Cigarettes Paper Sign$50.00 Ends in 11 hours 2 bids
2137: Empress Tobacco Beveled Tin / Cardboard Sign$50.00 Ends in 11 hours 2 bids
2140: Derby Pipe Slices Tobacco Sign$50.00 Ends in 11 hours 1 bid
2148: Soveriegn Cigarettes Paper Sign$50.00 Ends in 11 hours 3 bids
Nice Vintage Lucky Strike Cigarette Neon Sign$49.99 Ends in 6 hours 1 bid
Rare Edgeworth Tobacco Tin Toc Cool Sign$46.00 Ends Monday 8 bids
Vintage Chesterfield Cigarettes Tin Embossed Sign$45.00 Ends Tuesday 4 bids
Vintage Avalon Cigarettes Advertising Sign - Starlet$39.99 Ends in 14 hours 1 bid
Etched Japanese Sterling 950 Silver Cigarette Case,sign$39.00 Ends Thursday 8 bids
Old Cigarette Craven A Shop Advertising Lamp Light Sign$33.30 Ends Saturday 2 bids
Old Nr Mint 1940's Cavalier Cigarette Graphic Tin Sign$33.00 Ends in 9 hours 9 bids
Vintage L&m Cigarette Original Gas Service Station Sign$32.88 Ends in 14 hours 5 bids
1930: White Orchard Cigars Embossed Tin Sign$25.00 Ends in 11 hours 3 bids
Old Nr Mint 1950's Vintage Copenhagen Tobacco Tin Sign$25.00 Ends Monday 7 bids
Nice * 1940's Vintage Wings Cigarettes Old Tin Sign$24.50 Ends Monday 8 bids
Nr Mint 1940's Vintage L&m Cigarette Tin Door Push Sign$23.50 Ends Monday 6 bids
Old Camel Ciigaratte Tobacco Advertising Sign Camels $20.49 Ends Thursday 2 bids
Old Millbank Cigarettes Porcelain Sign Tobacco Cigar$20.01 Ends Thursday 3 bids
1950's Humidaire Cigars Air Conditioner Sign$20.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid
Shell Oil Service Gas Station No Smoking Metal Sign $19.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid
