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Vintage advertising is fun to bring and great to decorate with. I've always had an interest in old general stores, hardware stores etc. and wish that I had gotten my act together years ago to recreate an old usual store, but well I didn't. But I do have a small collection of advertising tins and old kitchenware scattered about the house. So I guess I sorta got my request in a smaller scale.
Advertising tins have been around for hundreds of years. Made to hold items like coffee, candy, tobacco and many other items. They also get in many sizes, I think the smallest I've every had was a Bell-ans for Indigestion, Vest pocket tin. 3/4 x 1″ in scope. Advertisng tins were also made in many different shapes. Cigarettes came in rectangular shaped tins, many tea tins are square. Vintage figural tins in numerous shapes, everything from animals to cars, are uncompromising to come across.
Coffee tins are also a nice colorful collectible and great to hold things, Band-Aid tins are also pretty well-organized. Maybe you have an old printers tray, many small advertising tins are available to fill it. Collectible medicine and other drugstore related tins are also very interesting. Some of the harder tins to find are the one that old razors came in, the earlier oyster tins are also unyielding to come by. Vintage advertising tins can run from a couple of dollars up to thousands for some of the rarest tins. Just recently an Austin Powder Co. Blasting Cap tin sold for over $10,000 at auction.
Advertising tins, because of their real use, often have scratches, dents, even a little rust, so don't let a few imperfections scare you off. But like most collectibles the nicer they are the more coveted. Many of the more recent tins are also collectible, more for the look than the value. But beware of repos of the older tins. Actually the newer type tins are collectible but are priced report.
Maybe you would be interested in creating a small version of a general store, drugstore, hardware store in a corner of the dwelling, a spare room, basement or garage. It can be done and you can control the size, of course it will out grown the space if you really get into it. ...
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Essery auction attracts Canadian Pickers
Paris Star - Jun 22, 2011
First bidding was lively, with smaller items selling quickly: $30 for some tobacco tins, $40 for two old gas cans, and $170 for Coke-a-Cola raid bar that would have been affixed to the door of a 1950s store. The auction included a vast collection of
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Trains, firefighting toys raced past estimates at Barrett sale
Auction Central News - Jun 27, 2011
Prematurely automotive advertising showed its muscle in the form of a self-framed Marathon Tires sign depicting two keen couples in a red open tourer, navigating a narrow, craggy ledge. Retaining an original paper epithet on verso from the famed tin sign
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Brown Dog Auction Company
Antiques and Arts Weekly - Jun 18, 2011
several Staffordshire figures; old advertising signs; thrust iron motorcycle; collection mini sewing machines; Spode china; collection early get going & comp soldiers; large collection Little Big books; several stamp albums; 15 litho tin advert signs;
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Collectors Use Service to Discover Over 800000 Rare and Unseen Photos ...
Benzinga - Jun 22, 2011
Amongst the bother that I considered my heroes, were ones shown in the late 1980's/early 1990's with the television series “Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cop”(known to Canadian audiences as “Katts& Dog”) which had been airing at the period. I knew that from the first and more »
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Harwinton Antiques & Design Weekend Debuts In Gateway To Litchfield County
Antiques and Arts Weekly - Jun 21, 2011
Harwinton Antiques & Connivance Weekend Debuts In Gateway To Litchfield CountyThis painted tin squirrel cage seen at Thomas and Beverly Longacre, Marlborough, NH, had all the hallmarks of a major folk art piece — wonderful original red paint, detail and form. From the turn of the Twentieth Century, it was found in Connecticut.
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Meissner's Auction Service
Antiques and Arts Weekly - Jun 18, 2011
Meissner's Auction ServiceBig Young Books; Tin & Wooden Hanging Lamp; Silver Overlay Stemware Set; Stoneware Crock w/Blue; Ovoid Stoneware Crock w/Crestfallen Flowers; 5 Gal Stoneware Jug w/Blue; Adirondack Wooden Log Ladder; Pr of Tall Leather Riding Boots; 9 Pc Enamel Pot & Pan Set
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Vintage Tin Sign - "Merry Christmas" from the Girl in Red 
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