Vintage "Champion" Bourbon Embossed Tin Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1960s; Schenley Distillers Corporation - New York, NY Embossed lithographed tin advertising sign for Champion Bourbon, featuring bold blackletter-style typography reading "Meet t...
Tin
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Dubied Italian Tin Advertising Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dubied Italian tin advertising sign. A fabulous metallic tin in reliefs finely printed by stone lithography for "Dubied" An international knitting-machine maker located in Switzer...
"Brookfield Rye" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1901
By The Meek Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Beautiful semi-nude woman with translucent negligee, holding a bottle of "Brookfield Rye" whiskey is the focal point of this chromolithographic tin advertising sign, used to promote ...
Tin
Antique NuGrape Painted Embossed Tin Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s; National NuGrape Co, - Atlanta, GA Antique painted tin soft drink advertising sign. This sign advertises NuGrape, a formerly popular "imitation grape flavor" pop (or soda...
Tin
Vintage "Red Edge" Shovels Embossed Tin Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s; Wyoming Shovel Works - Wyoming, PA A bold tin litho-style advertising sign promoting the "Red Edge" miner's shovel, illustrated with a hard-lined 1930s miner gripping the ...
Tin
Vintage Moving and Storage Services Tin Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s; Holley Sign Co. - Memphis, TN Oneonta Transfer and Storage - Pasadena, CA North American Van Lines - Fort Wayne, IN Painted tin sign advertising North American Van Lines, ...
Tin
"De Laval" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1905, Near Mint
Located in Incline Village, NV
*Note: See other outstanding tin advertising signs I have for sale. Note: I am a second generation antiques dealer and have been in business for 50 years; I am also a member of seve...
Tin
"In The Shade of The Old Apple Tree" Tin Advertising Sign, American, circa 1906
By Charles Shonk Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Outstanding example of this iconic and highly sought after tin advertising sign made by the Shonk Company, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1906.
Tin
Vintage Kendall Motor Oil Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
1988; mfd. by Scioto Signs for Kendall Refining Company - Bradford, Pennsylvania Large round double-sided tin advertising sign for Kendall Motor Oil, finished in bright red with bol...
Tin
Antique "Le Roy Little" Cigar Advertising Tin Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Miller & Sons - New York, NY Color lithographed tin advertising sign promoting Le Roy Little Cigars, featuring a finely dressed gentleman in a broad-brimmed sombrero smoking a c...
Tin
Vintage "Tampa Straights" Tin Litho Cigar Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s-1930s; San Luis Cigar Company - Tampa, FL Colorful lithographed tin advertising sign promoting "Tampa Straights" cigars, featuring a bold graphic of an open cigar box with ...
Tin
Vintage Eskimo Pie Framed Tin Litho Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s/1950s; Eskimo Pie Corporation - Richmond, VA A bold tin advertising sign for Eskimo Pie ice cream bars.
Tin
Antique Paul Jones Pure Gin Self-Framed Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Louisville, KY Curved-edge self-framed tin advertising sign for Paul Jones Pure Gin, featuring a nostalgic turn-of-the-century vignette of two barefoot boys helping one another ...
Metal
Early 1900s J.R. Beiersdorf & Co. Advertising Tin Sign with Rolled Edges
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Chicago, IL Pressed tin advertising sign with scalloped octagonal form and original hanging chain, promoting J.R.
Tin
Vintage West Nebraska Express (WNX) Railroad Painted Tin Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Painted tin advertising sign for WNX (West Nebraska Express), featuring bold block lettering in orange set against a deep green field, flanked by a stylized arrow motif stretching ho...
Tin
Vintage Double-Sided Athol Vises Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Athol, MA Double-sided lithographed tin advertising sign promoting Athol vises manufactured by the Athol Machine & Foundry Company of Athol, Massachusetts.
Tin
Antique Ames “Lock Socket” Shovels TOC Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s; Ames Shovel and Tool Company - Boston, MA Embossed lithographed tin advertising sign on a cardbord backing promoting Ames "Lock Socket" shovels, featuring bold red ground ...
Tin
Late 19th Century "La Flor De Carvalho" Havana Cigars Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Philadelphia, PA Lithographed tin advertising sign promoting La Flor De Carvalho Havana cigars, featuring an elaborate faux woodgrain background surrounding a richly detailed ce...
Metal
Defiance Spark Plugs Double-Sided Flanged Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Toledo, OH Double-sided flanged tin advertising sign for Defiance Spark Plugs, featuring the bold slogan "Predetermined Quality" above the company's signature plug illustration.
Metal, Steel
Vintage Motor Rythm Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s; R. M. Hollingshead Corp. - Camden, NJ Vintage tune-up fluid advertising sign. This piece advertises Whiz's "Motor Rythm", a now-defunct line of tune-up fluids. The sign m...
Tin
Early 20th Century Standard Varnish Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s/1920s; Standard Varnish Works - Elm Park, Staten Island, New York Antique tin litho advertising sign. This piece advertises Standard Varnish, a line of wood varnishes and ...
Tin
Vintage Overbrook Straight Rye Whiskey Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s-1950s; Brookside Distilling Products Corporation - Scranton, PA Colorful tin lithograph advertising sign promoting Overbrook Straight Rye Whiskey, featuring bold white lett...
Tin
Late 19th Century Painted Tin Fountain Tobacco Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Covington, KY Painted tin lithograph advertising sign for Fountain Tobacco, produced for Lovell & Buffington of Covington, Kentucky.
Tin
Vintage Cobbs Creek Tin Litho Advertising Thermometer
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s; Continental Distilling Corp. - Philadelphia, PA Tin advertising thermometer for Cobbs Creek Blended Whisky, featuring vibrant red and aqua graphics with a large bottle ima...
Tin
Antique Ethan Allen Clothier Figural Tin Ithaca-Type Advertising Display Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Die-cut tin advertising display in the form of a smiling, stylized gentleman dressed in a green suit with bowtie, hands tucked casually into his pockets. The figure's torso reads "De...
Tin
Early 20th Century Sidney Dillon Cigars Self-Framed Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Cincinnati, OH Antique embossed tin cigar advertising sign with self-framing. This sign advertises Sidney Dillon cigars, a brand named for the famous American Trotter racehorse...
Tin
Vintage Apex Batteries Embossed Tin Litho Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Chicago, IL Embossed tin lithograph advertising sign for Apex automobile batteries, featuring bold black lettering against a bright yellow ground with graphic illustration of an...
Tin
Winchester Museum Tin Lithograph on Cardboard Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s/1960s; Winchester Repeating Arms Co. - New Haven, CT A tin lithograph advertising sign promoting the Winchester Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming.
Tin
Antique Garland Shirts Embossed TOC Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1890s-1900s; Tin over card trade sign advertising Garland Shirts and their patented "cushion split neck bands."
Tin
Antique Regalos Cigars Double-Sided Tin Flange Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Savannah, GA Antique tin litho cigar flange advertising sign. This piece advertises superior cigars (regalos, a word that translates to "bonus" or "gift" is often used in regar...
Tin
Schenley Reserve Whiskey Self-Framed Tin Litho Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - New York, NY Large self-framed tin lithograph advertising sign for Schenley Reserve Blended Whiskey, featuring a sharply detailed bottle illustration beside the slogan, "Best-ta...
Tin
Vintage Wilkinson Sword Hairdresser Heavy Tin Litho Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930-1950s; Wilkinson Sword, Ltd. - London Vintage tin litho hairdresser advertising sign. This piece advertises Wilkinson Sword razors, a previously British-produced line of sh...
Tin
Antique Kemp Spreader Single Sided Tin Litho Farm Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1880s-1890s; Kemp & Burpee Mfg. Co. - Syracuse, NY Tin‑lithographed advertising sign for "The Original Kemp Manure Spreader," with shaded block lettering on a green field and an ...
Tin
Antique NOS Reed Vise Tin on Cardboard Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Erie, PA Antique new-old-stock tin-over-cardboard (TOC) advertising sign. This piece advertises Reed Mfg.
Tin
Vintage "Ger-Bar Inc." Theatre Equipment Painted Tin Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Chicago, IL Large painted tin sign advertising "Theatre Equipment - Supplies & Repairs" by Ger-Bar Inc., a Chicago-based manufacturer and supplier of projection, lighting, and s...
Tin
Vintage Oversized Five Brothers Bourbon Figural Bottle Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Owensboro, KY Large-format, bottle-shaped advertising sign produced to promote Five Brothers Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
Tin
Advertising Tin Sign "The Delaware Insurance Company of Philadelphia" Circa 1885
By The Delaware Insurance Company of Philadelphia
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a very rare and early (circa 1885) tin advertising sign, commissioned by the Delaware Insurance Company, located and founded in Philadelphia in 1835.
Tin
Vintage Double-Sided Painted Metal Stewart-Warner Dealership Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s-1940s; Stewart-Warner Corp. - Chicago, IL Double-sided painted metal dealership advertising sign promoting Stewart-Warner's South Wind automobile heater line. Each side fea...
Tin
Vintage NOS DeKalb Winged Corn Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s-1960s; DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc. - DeKalb, IL Die-cut tin litho new-old-stock advertising sign featuring the iconic DeKalb winged ear of corn graphic, rendered ...
Steel
Large Channel Letter A Circus Lettering Advertising Sign from the the 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative large vintage tin channel letter “A” made of sheet metal, painted in a vibrant yellow with red sides. It is dated around the 1960s, though it may be older....
Sheet Metal, Tin
Antique L. C. Smith Typewriters Self-Framed Tin Litho Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Syracuse, NY Colorful self-framed tin lithograph advertising sign for L.C. Smith & Bros.
Metal
Antique "San Felice" Cigar TOC Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Detroit, MI Original tin on cardboard (TOC) tobacco advertising sign produced for San Felice Cigars, featuring a richly illustrated scene of a well-dressed gentleman seated in a...
Tin
Early 20th Century King Aerator TOC Litho Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s - 1920s; The American Art Works - Coshocton, OH for King Ventilating Company - Owatonna, MN Framed tin lithograph advertising sign for The King Aerator and King System of V...
Tin
c. 1930s King Cole Beer Neon Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
. - Chicago Heights, IL Illuminated tin neon sign advertising King Cole Beer, originally produced by Huber Neon of Chicago, a leading regional sign maker starting in the 1930s by br...
Metal
Vintage Figural Coca-Cola Cooler Directional Arrow Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s; mfd. by Kay Displays, Inc. for The Coca-Cola Company - Atlanta, GA Painted tin and metal advertising sign featuring a dimensional Coca-Cola cooler at center, framed within...
Metal
1900s Tin Advertising Sign "Freihofer's Quality Cakes"
Located in Chicago, IL
1900s tin advertising sign " Freihofer's Quality Cakes A Cake Foe Every Taste Pound Sponge Fruit".
Tin
1950s Drink Moxie Soda Tin Advertising Sign
By The Donaldson Art Sign Co. Inc.
Located in Orange, CA
Amazing condition, especially for this harder to find sign.
Tin
1940s-1950s Original 7up Soda Tin Advertising Sign
By Stout Sign Co.
Located in Orange, CA
Smaller tin sign made by the Stout Sign Co. St. Louis, MO.
Tin
1940s Lubri-Gas Gasoline Tin Advertising Sign
By Lubri-Gas International Inc.
Located in Orange, CA
This advertising helped promote Lubri-gas' Tractor, Diesel, Aviation, and Marine Gas. This sign is in great shape and would be considered new old stock.
Tin
1950s Coca-Cola Vertical Tin Advertising Sign
Located in Orange, CA
The sign is built on metal and manufactured by the Robertson Sign Company. This sign has everything going for it to include the notable image of a bottle of Coca-Cola. This Coca-Cola...
Tin
1954 Original Coca-Cola Tin Advertising Sign
By Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Located in Orange, CA
This is another variation of Coca-Cola advertising and this is only one of the many styles. Signs were normally hung around stores that supplied Coca-Cola.
Metal
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H 65 in W 16 in D 0.5 in
1950s Dodger Beverage Cola Die-Cut Bottle Tin Advertising Sign NOS
By Press Sign Co.
Located in Orange, CA
Amazing condition, especially for this harder to find sign. 65" scaled bottle that considered new old stock.
Tin
Old Tin Advertising Sign 'Litho, ' N India, circa 1980s
Located in By Appointment Only, CA
The graphic art of India is truly a fascinating thing, diverse, seemingly spontaneous with no codified aesthetic or "mold" confining the artists. It used to be that sign painters...
Tin
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H 2 in W 15 in D 0.5 in
Early 1900s White Frost Flour Eagle Mills Co. Tin Advertising Sign
Located in Orange, CA
Very early company from Edmond, OKLA that was awarded gold medal at Omaha Exposition, 1898.
Tin
Old Tin Advertising Sign 'Litho, ' North India, circa 1960s
Located in By Appointment Only, CA
The graphic art of India is truly a fascinating thing, diverse, seemingly spontaneous with no codified aesthetic or "mold" confining the artists. It used to be that sign painters...
Tin
Old Tin Advertising Sign 'Litho, ' N India, circa 1980s
Located in By Appointment Only, CA
The graphic art of India is truly a fascinating thing, diverse, seemingly spontaneous with no codified aesthetic or "mold" confining the artists. It used to be that sign painters...
Tin
1900's Tin Gold Leaf Sign " Cedar Springs State Bank "
Located in Chicago, IL
1900's tin advertising sign with gold leaf lettering " Cedar Springs State Bank "
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H 23.23 in W 15.36 in D 0.08 in
Tin Singer Sign with Tailor and Singer Sewing Machine, 1930s
Located in Retie, BE
Vintage Singer sign - Vintage tin Singer sign. A 1930s tin advertising sign for Singer Sewing and Embroidery Machines.
Tin
Red Sign Belgian Beer Witkap Pater 1956
Located in Retie, BE
Red sign for Belgian Beer. A tin advertising sign dated 1956.
Tin
1900s Advertising Tin Sign "Jeweler"
Located in Chicago, IL
1900s advertising tin sign "Jeweler".
Tin
1950-60s Dr Pepper Soda Advertising Tin Thermometer Sign
Located in Orange, CA
Soda companies were promoted through diverse methods of advertising—from porcelain signs and tin drink trays to wall clocks and even toy trains.
Tin
1937 Vintage Coca Cola "Ice Cold" Advertising Tin Sign
By Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Located in Orange, CA
This advertising displays Coca-Cola's Christmas bottle.
Tin
1950s Coca-Cola Curb Advertising Tin Sign "Customer Parking Only"
By Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Located in Orange, CA
Few brands have been as effectively and aggressively marketed as Coca-Cola, which was invented in 1886 by John S. Pemberton. Almost from day one, advertising materials, including sig...
Tin
Art, Framed Advertising Tin Browns Mule
Located in Acworth, GA
Really cool antique advertising tin sheet for Brown Mule Tobacco. Stamped tin is 12" square. Frame 25" x 25" Museum framing with UV acrylic Historical Americana #12...
Tin
1960s Coca Cola Soda Advertising Thermometer Sign
By Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Located in Orange, CA
Thermometers were just one item in this larger strategy of “practical” advertising that included chalkboards, light fixtures, and “push” and “pull” door signs, all of which were desi...
Tin
1940s Coca Cola Soda Advertising Thermometer Sign
By Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Located in Orange, CA
Thermometers were just one item in this larger strategy of “practical” advertising that included chalkboards, light fixtures, and “push” and “pull” door signs, all of which were desi...
Tin
Unavailable
H 27.17 in W 20.28 in D 0.71 in
Tin Melotte Cream Separator Sign, Belgium by National Works Smethwick
Located in Retie, BE
Antique signs - antique tin signs - antique advertising signs - signs - tin signs - enamel signs - porcelain signs - collectible signs - kitchen signs - wall art -
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1920s Tin Sign Chicorée Mondiale by Rob Otten, Belgium
By Rob Otten
Located in Retie, BE
Vintage black and yellow tin publicity shop display - metal advertising sign for Chicorée Mondiale.
Tin
1939 RPM Motor Oil Tin Sign with Disney's Mickey Mouse
By Walt Disney, Standard Oil Company
Located in Orange, CA
Advertising tin sign 24". They were used in the following marketing areas.
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H 13.78 in W 9.65 in D 0.2 in
1956 Advertising Sign with Bull for Metaroc Cement Building Materials
Located in Retie, BE
Advertising sign with a Bull for building materials.
Tin
1950s Coca Cola Soda Advertising "Drink In Bottles" Thermometer Sign
By Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Located in Orange, CA
Thermometers were just one item in this larger strategy of “practical” advertising that included chalkboards, light fixtures, and “push” and “pull” door signs, all of which were desi...
Tin
Unavailable
H 17.49 in W 11.34 in D 0.08 in
1950s Italian Vintage Advertising Metal Screen Printed Viks Vaporub Sign
Located in Milan, IT
Italian vintage tin metal screen printed Viks Vaporub sign with easle back made in the 1950s and use for advertising purpose.
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H 14.57 in W 13.19 in D 0.32 in
1960s Italian Vintage Advertising Metal Screen Printed Alemagna Ice Creams Sign
Located in Milan, IT
Italian vintage tin metal screen printed Ice cream sign made in the 1960s and use for advertising purpose to promote three different ice cream brands by Italian company Alemagna.
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Vintage and antique signs are popular collector’s items loved not only for the charm and pops of color they add to a space but also for the unique story each one has to tell. An interesting sign can help set the mood for a room and spark dozens of lively conversations.
Before and during the 18th century, many European peasants and colonists in the Americas couldn’t read, so shopkeepers, in an effort to promote their goods and services, hung trade signs with limited amounts of text.
Indeed, symbols and representational physical objects comprised early-day advertising efforts. In lieu of painted words on a wooden board, trade signs made use of handmade three-dimensional symbols to indicate the function of the shop. The iconic red, white and blue pole could be found outside barbershops, while a figural trade sign mounted to an apothecary’s storefront might be a mortar and pestle sculpted from bronze in order to indicate to passers-by that inside there were apothecary cabinets full of remedies for common ailments and a druggist to carefully dispense them.
As literacy rates improved, signs evolved into rectangular, round or square shapes that featured text. Short and sweet, early iterations were characterized by a mere few words, such as “tavern,” “boarding room” or “apothecary.”
During the 19th century, proprietors endeavored to render their signs more appealing. This meant the introduction of more color, font types and other pictorial representations. After the Civil War ended, logos, branding and advertising became increasingly more important, and the design of signage evolved. Trade signs were still in use during the 20th century, and you will likely find hand-painted tin eyeglasses for an optometrist’s office or an oversize bowling pin that likely had a home in the front window of a bowling alley.
Today, collectors and art aficionados alike collect and display antique and vintage signs. Old signs hearken back to a long-gone era, infusing any interior with warmth and nostalgia.
A vintage sign can help anchor a room — think of decorating with signs as you would arranging any kind of wall art. A large-scale sign in particular can prove a distinguishing feature in a living room or dining room, a focal point so prominent that it might lessen the burden of introducing any additional decorative elements to this particular space. Smaller signs work wonders too — pepper sparsely decorated corners with small colorful signs or add a humorous or graphic element to your gallery-style hang with a small text-based sign or two.
On 1stDibs, find metal, wood and glass antique and vintage signs that span a number of styles, including mid-century modern, industrial and folk art.
At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.
The streets of fin-de-siècle Paris were set aglow with colorful poster ads, thanks to the printing techniques invented by Jules Chéret. Now, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating this undersung talent in America's first solo show dedicated his exuberant works.
Expert Jeff Bridgman explains the history and meaning behind the twinkling constellations that have graced Old Glory.
The iconoclastic style setter displayed African and Oceanic art, as well as works by indigenous peoples of the Americas, alongside pieces by such major modernists as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.
Perfect for July 4th weekend, a new show at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution displays an array of antique red, white and blue flags.
Designers are beginning to see this enigmatic form of folk art in a whole new light.