October 7, 2008
Tobacco (cigarette) cards became commonplace in the mid 1800s and hit the height of their popularity in the early 20th century. Originally designed to both stiffen the packaging and deliver a promotional message, they featured images of famous kings and queens, native Americans, film stars, plants and animals, and baseball players. The cards came in sets of 25 to 50 with illustrations on one side and text on the other.
This ambitious site showcases the 20,000-item Rankei Library matchbook collection, owned by the Japan Match Manufac… [more]
Great reference on ephemera... includes examples and descriptions of various ephemera categories, selected special … [more]
Don Wearmouth and his wife showcase the 230 beautiful silk designs that were distributed free with Kensitas cigaret… [more]
Marty Weil's wide-ranging, in-depth blog on ephemera, including lots of great interviews with ephemera collectors. … [more]
This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) … [more]
Jane McDevitt's huge Flickr photoset of matchbox labels, primarily Eastern European, from the 1950s and 60s. These … [more]
This gallery of cigarette magazine advertising from the 1940s and 50s contains no surgeon general's warning, just p… [more]
James Lileks' gallery of 250 matchbooks from coffee shops, hotels, motels, bars, banks, restaurants and more. Lilek… [more]
Puff on this... over 1,000 cigar bands from the 1890s through 1920s, organized into themed galleries such as Portra… [more]
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1938 Churchman Cigarette Boxing 50 Card Set Psa Graded$399.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid
1909 T206 Tobacco Baseball Card - Johnny Evers - Psa 4$338.00 Ends Thursday 8 bids
Low Grade T206 & T205 Tobacco Baseball Card Lot$239.50 Ends in 14 hours 18 bids
1909 T204 Nap Rucker Ramly Tobacco Baseball Card Sgc 40$138.50 Ends Thursday 5 bids
1911 T3 Donovan Turkey Red Tobacco Baseball Card Sgc 40$107.50 Ends Thursday 4 bids
Scarce Bobby Jones Pattriouex Cigarette Tobacco Card$103.50 Ends Saturday 4 bids
1909 T206 Roger Bresnahan Tobacco Baseball Card - Psa 6$102.50 Ends Thursday 2 bids
1911 T3 Mullin Turkey Red Tobacco Baseball Card - Psa 3$102.50 Ends Thursday 3 bids
1911 T3 Jones Turkey Red Tobacco Baseball Card - Psa 3$102.50 Ends Thursday 3 bids
1911 T3 Schmidt Turkey Red Tobacco Baseball Card Psa 5$101.00 Ends Thursday 2 bids
1911 T205 Roger Bresnahan Tobacco Baseball Card - Psa 4$99.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid
T-206 T206 8 Diff White Border Tobacco Cards Nice Lot !$79.00 Ends Sunday 7 bids
Old Nippon 11" Cigar Pipe Cards Stein Wall Plaque Plate$76.00 Ends Wednesday 4 bids
Seal Of North Carolina Plug Cut Tobacco Card - Garfield$51.00 Ends Wednesday 2 bids
1911 Will's Cigarette's Jack Johnson Boxing Card Nice!!$47.00 Ends Wednesday 6 bids
Superb Art Deco Hm Silver Cigarette / Card Case No Res$45.17 Ends in 8 hours 1 bid
1888 Scrapps Tobacco Baseball Card Welch St. Louis$42.13 Ends Sunday 2 bids
1909 T206 Tobacco Baseball Card - Oscar Stanage Sgc 60$38.50 Ends Thursday 2 bids
1935 Pattreiouex Bobby Jones Psa 5 Ex Tobacco Golf Card$38.00 Ends Thursday 7 bids
Duke Sea Captains N127 Tobacco Card Inman City New York$34.67 Ends in 11 hours 4 bids
# Awesome Lot Of 1950's Red Man Tobacco Baseball Cards$33.12 Ends Wednesday 5 bids
1905 Sweet Caporal Tobacco Advertising Sign T205 Cards$30.50 Ends Monday 8 bids
T205 Newark Baseball Card Vintage Tobacco Old Watty Lee$29.99 Ends Saturday 1 bid
1914 Cigarette Cards - Footballers, Victorian League$29.63 Ends Thursday 9 bids
39 Mixed Ogden Horse Racing Cigarette Tobacco Cards$29.00 Ends in 7 hours 6 bids
1889 Dukes N73 Tobacco Card Premium Album Ball Costumes$26.00 Ends Monday 5 bids
German Cigarette Tobacco Card Album - Complete!! Rare$25.00 Ends Friday 1 bid
1909 T206 Tobacco Baseball Card - Danny Murphy - Sgc 60$24.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid
Old Mill Cigarette Ad Baseball Cards 1910 Newspaper$24.95 Ends Saturday 1 bid
500 Different German Tobacco/trade Cards Pre-1940$24.95 Ends Sunday 1 bid
Buchner Gold Coin Leading Players Tobacco Card Jockey$22.50 Ends Sunday 3 bids
Peter Pan Cigarette Card 1915 Football Fixtures Booklet$22.14 Ends Thursday 5 bids
18 Magpie Cigarette Cards Film Stars B & W Photos$22.13 Ends in 22 hours 10 bids
1902-1946 Cricket Cards Cigarette And Trade X 43 $22.13 Ends Monday 2 bids
Lotx6 Tobacco Card ~ Wm S Kimball ~ N183 ~ Butterflies$21.55 Ends Thursday 3 bids
T205 Baseball Card Lot Vintage Tobacco Old Antique Al$21.52 Ends Friday 3 bids
1888 Duke's Tobacco*gen.w.t,tecumsah" Sherman Card $21.50 Ends Friday 4 bids
300 Military Theme German Tobacco Cards, Pre-1940$20.95 Ends Sunday 1 bid
50 Tobacco Cards,edward Ringer Bigg, Cinema Stars,1923$20.50 Ends Sunday 4 bids
Tobacco Cards,players,fa Cup Winners,1883 - 1929,soccer$20.50 Ends Sunday 13 bids
(6) 1954 Redman Indian Tobacco Cards$20.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid
Vintage Golf Club Imperial Tobacco Cigarette Cards$20.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid
Rare Cigarette Sports Card Baseball 1929 Babe Ruth ?$20.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid
Antique Cars: 101 German Abdulla Tobacco Cards (1931)$19.95 Ends in 23 hours 1 bid
Crab Allen & Ginter Cigarette Card N39$18.50 Ends Wednesday 3 bids
Duke Great Americans Tobacco Card George Washington $18.50 Ends Sunday 3 bids
Indian Motorcycle Cigarette/credit Card Case$18.00 Ends in 9 hours 1 bid
Shakespearian Series Cigarette Cards Shakespeare$17.36 Ends Thursday 1 bid
Cigarette Cards Players: 1936 Motor Cars (1st Series)$17.10 Ends Sunday 1 bid
1895-1900 Sweet Caporal Cigarette Pack W/ Card & Cigs$16.90 Ends in 13 hours 7 bids
Tobacco Card Lotx3 ~ Allen/ginter ~ N4 Birds Of America$16.50 Ends Thursday 4 bids
1909-1911 T206 Tobacco B B Card H Jennings H O F Trim$15.79 Ends Saturday 2 bids
T206 F.smith Chicago White Sox Tobacco Card$15.50 Ends in 11 hours 2 bids
Cigarette Cards Players: 1934 Cricketers (bradman Etc)$15.35 Ends Saturday 5 bids
Harley Davidson Motor Cycles Cigarette/credit Card Case$15.00 Ends Friday 1 bid
Vintage Mop Petit Point Credit Card Cigarette Holder$14.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid
Lovely Cigarette Cards Players Butterflies £60 Set $14.69 Ends Wednesday 4 bids
1915 Cigarette Cards - Victoria Cross Heroes - Full Set$14.28 Ends Thursday 8 bids
Westminster - Canada 2nd Series Cigarette Cards F/s Vgc$13.90 Ends in 36 mins 2 bids
J & S Cigarette Cards R.a.f Cap Badges £30 Set$13.89 Ends Wednesday 1 bid
