Tools, Knives, Clothing etc. Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s or early 1960s painted cast iron paperweight advertising Horn's Trucking Company. The paperweight is in the shape of a truck and has HORN'S painted on the side of the box in blue lettering. This item was found in the...

ARTIFACT: This is an enameled Henry Disston & Sons watch fob. The fob shows the company's logo and reads HENRY DISSTON & SONS INC. TRADEMARK PHILADELPHIA on front and reads DISSTON KEYSTONE SAW, TOOL, STEEL & FILE WORKS PATENT GROUP D THIN...

ARTIFACT: Cool 1930's - 1940's Bambu Cigarette Papers protective cover. The hinged lid reads: "BAMBU ALCOY" and the bottom reads: "BAMBU MADE IN SPAIN" and this cover can still be used with some Bambu products today. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s -...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1930s Piper J-3 Cub advertising matchbook with great graphics of the popular light aircraft by Piper. The book is in excellent condition and no matches have been used/removed. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1890's Grinnell Sprinklers advertising cigar ashtray with match holder. The center of the ashtray features an actual sprinkler patented in 1889! The edges of the ashtray read: "GRINNELL COMPANY INC FOUNDED 1850". The...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1961 famous baseball commississary company cafeteria plate of the Harry M. Stevens Incorporated. An early Stevens is believed to have invented the hot dog. The round plate was made by Shenango China in Newcastle, Pennsylvania and features...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful early 1930's Babe Ruth celluloid 'Umpire's Watch Fob Score Indicator'. The front of the indicator shows Babe Ruth, pre-1935 wearing a New York Yankee's hat, the image changed after 193When Babe Ruth went to the Boston Braves, a 'B'...

ARTIFACT: Great 1940's Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad Hiawatha streamlined engines promotional celluloid pin. The Railroad was also known as The Milwaukee Road and the fleet of Hiawatha streamlined engines passenger trains boasted some...

ARTIFACT: Great 1940 sporting goods catalog for Chapman's of Paterson, New Jersey. The front of the cover depicts an image of a fisherman reaching into the water at the edge of a stream, his fishing basket hanging from his shoulder and holding his...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1970 Dodge Scat Pack promotional muscle car lighter by Park. The lighter shows an image of a racing bug wearing a helmet and racing goggles and has big muscle car tires and appears to be doing a 'burn out' with smoke details...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage early 1960's Volkswagen advertising lighter, made in Japan for Price Associates in Springfield, Massachusetts. The lighter features a brushed finish and a blue, enamel "VW" logo in the center. The underside of the...

ARTIFACT: Late 1950's – early 1960's Eastern Steamship Lines S.S. Ariadne shipboard cufflink tray. Eastern Steamship Co. was established in 1901 by Charles Wyman Morse through the merge and consolidation of three shipping companies that controlled a...