Advertising Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s advertising cigar ash tray from Chaffin Optical company of Boston, Massachusetts. The ash tray is in bronze and has a great codfish maker mark on reverse, VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 11/16" in height and 5"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1910s advertising ash tray from Clay-Adams Company of New York City, a medical supplier. The ash tray is a small, life-like skull illustrating their trade: "skeletons, skulls, charts, manikins, surgical and laboratory...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare vase from the famous Rex Hotel in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam). Originally an automobile garage built during the late 1920s, the building began its conversion into a luxury hotel complex in 195Four hundred United...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1960s ashtray from the Continental Palace Hotel in Saigon. Now called the Hotel Continental of Ho Chi Minh City, the hotel was originally built in 1880 under French Colonial rule of Vietnam. Its Old World ambiance...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1960s ashtray from the Continental Palace Hotel in Saigon. Now called the Hotel Continental of Ho Chi Minh City, the hotel was originally built in 1880 under French Colonial rule of Vietnam. Its Old World ambiance...

ARTIFACT: This is a tea cup and saucer from the early nineteenth century for the Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The club has been around since 186The saucer is made in England and stamped on reverse. We also have a Boston Yacht Club...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1908 soup bowl from the Moosehead Lake Yacht Club (MLYC) in Greenville, Maine. The bowl dates from the same year as the start of MLYC, which was initially at the Mount Kineo resort hotel and is now based out of a marine museum...

ARTIFACT: This is a large oval serving platter from the early nineteenth century for the Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The club has been around since 186The platter is made in England and stamped on reverse. We also have a Boston Yacht...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1946 "Captain Midnight" radio show Secret Squadron decoder badge. Originally broadcast locally in Kansas City, Captain Midnight began entertaining national audiences from 1940 for about two decades. He was an adventurous WWI...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1934 member badge for the Dick Steel, Boy Reporter News Service Club. The Sick Steel show aired on NBC Radio for one season. The Educator Biscuit Company sponsored the popular yet short-lived show and supplied all manner of...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1966 token or gaming coin for the Playboy Club in London, England. Soon after gambling was legalized in the United Kingdom in 1965, a Playboy Club opened in the English capital. The Playboy Bunny is on one side and a picture of...

ARTIFACT: This is a small informational brochure for the Hamilton Hotel in Bermuda. It looks as though it is/was a large summer resort. The pamphlet tells briefly of the charms of Bermuda and then goes on to tell the history of the Hamilton which the...