Tin Collecting Articles
Find out more about collecting advertising tins from these articles.
Collectible Game Tins
A look at Antique Stores or Collectible shops would show a wide variety of old items that came in tin containers. These were disposable items such as foods, soaps, tobacco and medicines. But the one item that was actually kept and not disposable, was most often sold in cardboard boxes - the Board Game. These much played-with game boxes wound up being tattered and torn. The family's favorite games…
A look at Antique Stores or Collectible shops would show a wide variety of old items that came in tin containers. These were disposable items such as foods, soaps, tobacco and medicines. But the one item that was actually kept and not disposable, was most often sold in cardboard boxes - the Board Game. These much played-with game boxes wound up being tattered and torn. The family's favorite games…
Contemporary Advertising Tins
Want to collect something useful, decorative and inexpensive? Consider advertising tins! You could be a tin collector without even realizing it.
Want to collect something useful, decorative and inexpensive? Consider advertising tins! You could be a tin collector without even realizing it.
Game Tins
From your Collectibles Guide, Monopoly, Uno, Trivial Pursuit pictures are all shown along with places to purchase many of them.
From your Collectibles Guide, Monopoly, Uno, Trivial Pursuit pictures are all shown along with places to purchase many of them.
Reproduction Tobacco Tins
Around 1912 the Tin Decorating Company, aka Tendeco, produced round colorful tins to hold tobacco for for the American Tobacco Company. American Tobacco controlled Tindeco, as well as the four brands of tobacco sold in these tins. Each container held about 1 lb of tobacco with the brand names Dixie Queen, Mayo, Red Indian and U.S. Marine.
Around 1912 the Tin Decorating Company, aka Tendeco, produced round colorful tins to hold tobacco for for the American Tobacco Company. American Tobacco controlled Tindeco, as well as the four brands of tobacco sold in these tins. Each container held about 1 lb of tobacco with the brand names Dixie Queen, Mayo, Red Indian and U.S. Marine.
About Typewriter Ribbon Tins
Great site on the history of the typewriter ribbon tin, extremely informative with nice pictures.
Great site on the history of the typewriter ribbon tin, extremely informative with nice pictures.
"Collecting Antique Tobacco Tins"
Ben Rapaport has some excellent tobacco tin pictures -- check out the old Roly Polys!
Ben Rapaport has some excellent tobacco tin pictures -- check out the old Roly Polys!
A Visual History
Can Central is a great resource and history lesson for the advertising or tin collector. The web site has terrific images and explores the impact of the tin can for the last 200 years.
Can Central is a great resource and history lesson for the advertising or tin collector. The web site has terrific images and explores the impact of the tin can for the last 200 years.
British Biscuit Tins
Tracy Dolphin's excellent resource page on British tins and manufacturing processes. Tracy has written a book about British Biscuit Tins, sure to be a good one to add to your library.
Tracy Dolphin's excellent resource page on British tins and manufacturing processes. Tracy has written a book about British Biscuit Tins, sure to be a good one to add to your library.