Tools, Knives, Clothing etc. Advertising Artifacts

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 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...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 Dover, New Hampshire advertising lead paperweight by United American Metals for the Foster's Democrat Newspaper. The center features a great American Indian Chief motif and surrounding it reads: "UNITED AMERICAN METALS...

ARTIFACT: Great 1976 Indy 500 pit pass/badge on original issue card. The badge shows a can of Valvoline Motor Oil in the center beside a race car with the year "1976" above. The top of the badge reads: "INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY"...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa late 1950s advertising Flexi-Disc record for Shell gasoline. The square "full-fidelity" record is 33 ?? RPM and was made by Sound-Plus. The theme song on it is called "Cars Love Shell". This is...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1957 Phillips 66 Gasoline commemorative ashtray for the Will Rogers Turnpike. The ashtray is in the shape of the state of Oklahoma and the center reads: "COMMEMORATING WILL ROGERS TURNPIKE 1957" in raised lettering...

ARTIFACT: Great 1910's Gulf gasoline gauge for Ford Model T automobiles. The wooden gauge reads: "There IS MORE POWER IN "THAT GOOD GULF GASOLINE", "SUPREME AUTO OIL LEAVES LESS CARBON", "MANUFACTURED BY GULF REFINING CO...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s painted tin advertising pin for the American Oil Company (AMOCO), a company started in 192The non-descript man pictured on the pin urges the reader to join the "Join the American Party". It dates from the 1940s:...