Advertising Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: Rare, early 1950's Harley Davidson 25,000 Mile Club for riding or touring on a Harley for 25,000 miles or more. The bronze pinback reads: "25,000 HARLEY – DAVIDSON MILE CLUB" with red painted detail. Suspended from chain links is an...

ARTIFACT: 1974 Boston and Maine Railroad Advertising Zippo lighter with blue painted logo: "BM" VINTAGE: Circa 1974. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" in height x 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated brass, paint. ATTACHMENT: To be...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1968 Zippo promotional lighter advertising Dodge Trucks. The lighter has a brushed finish and reads: "DODGE TRUCKS" in red painted detail. VINTAGE: Circa 1968. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" in height x 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1960 Zippo, advertising White Bros. Milk of Quincy, Massachusetts. Lighter is near mint and unfired, but missing wick. The lighter is painted with the company's logo in red and green and reads: "WHITE BROS. ABOVE ALL OTHERS"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1955 Zippo lighter advertising for Onan Electric Plants. Onan was started in 1920 by David Warren Onan in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been based there since. Onan is still in business owned by Cummins Indiana (Cummins Onan)...

ARTIFACT: This is a factory engraved Zippo for the Collins Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri, doing business since 1880. VINTAGE: Circa 1951 - 1952. SIZE: This is a full size Zippo: 2-1/4" in Height x 1-1/2" in Width x 1/2" in Depth...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1951 Zippo advertising lighter for Harris-Seybold, an Ohio-based manufacturer of rotary presses and power cutters. VINTAGE: Circa late 1951. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and 1-1/2" width and 1/2" in thickness...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1970s sign for the "all new" Market Square Pub in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The sign is painted masonite and drew in patrons at about the time when Portsmouth was on the threshold of entering its renaissance...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 lint brush advertising of Boynton Bottling Works of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The brush handle is in embossed wood and reads BON-TON GINGER ALE & BEVERAGES BOYNTON BOTTLING WORKS-TEL-8-PORTSMOUTH, N.H. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 patriotic advertising mirror from McClain Sand Company, Inc. in Pennsylvania, complete with thermometer and calendar. The upper half of the mirror has an ad for McClain, while the lower half shows a war plane flying over the...

ARTIFACT: Nazi RAD Commemorative lidded stein from 1935 – 193The front of the stein shows a shield-like shape that bears the Nazi emblem in the center and is flanked on either side by depictions of soldiers lining up and shaking hands, and individuals...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous circa 1914 promotional paperweight for Motorenfabrik Oberursel AG, a German aircraft automobile and locomotive engine producer. Named Motorenfabrik Oberursel in 1893, the company had been organized under a different name two...