Advertising Related Artifacts & Collectibles

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: This is a beautiful World War I United States War Savings Stamps (WSS) sales award pin from the Metropolitan Life Insurance (MLI) Company in 14 karat gold (pin itself is in 10 karat gold). MetLife, as the company is now known, was established...

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...

ARTIFACT: Great 1920's ??? 1930's Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph Junior Komic Club promotional celluloid pin by Bastian Bros. Co. in New York. The center features the image of a clown and the pin reads: "SUN-TELEGRAPH JUNIOR KOMIC CLUB". The reverse...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890's promotional badge from the Fabric Fire Hose Company of New York given out at musters. The badge was made by Braxmar New York. It is shaped like a keystone with an arrow sticking straight up through it and has a wildcat's...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1960's Mack Truck promotional pocket knife. The knife features a blade, can opener/screwdriver, and file; the case features an oval with "MACK" in the center and was made in the United States. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Very cool case for a French made MAB (Manufacture d'Armes de Bayonne) "Modele C". The MAB was produced after WWII during the 1950's - 1960's by Western Arms Corporation of Los Angeles. With assistance from the newly formed CIA, Western Arms...