Vintage Soldier Boy Tobacco Tin Litho Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1900, Early 20th Century Tin advertising sign for Soldier Boy tobacco. Soldier Boy tobacco was manufactured by The B.
Category
Early 20th Century Signs
Materials
Tin
Tobacco Signs
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.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Signs
Materials
Tin
Antique Wooden Figural Tobacco Leaf Thermometer
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique wall thermometer mounted on a hand carved and stained wooden backboard in the shape of an elongated leaf. The face is decorated with painted branch-like veining, giving the i...
Category
Early 20th Century Signs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century "Honest Scrap" Chewing Tobacco Framed Print Ad
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s; P. Lorillard Company - Greensboro, NC Framed lithographed advertising print for Honest Scrap plug tobacco, depicting a tense, narrative-driven scene of a dog and black cat...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Signs
Materials
Wood, Paper
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...
Category
Vintage 1920s Signs
Materials
Tin
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Double Sided Painted Tobacco Sign
Located in Toronto, ON
All wood double painted tobacco sign. Blue background with hand painted cream white lettering on both sides.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood, Paint
1930's Belgian Porcelain Tobacco Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Great 1930's porcelain Belgian advertising Tobacco sign.
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Folk Art Signs
Materials
Porcelain
Large Tobacco Shop Sign
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
large American Folk art carved wood tobacco store sign in the form of a pipe.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Signs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Tobacco Advertising Sign, Belgium, 1950s
Located in Retie, BE
1950s Advertising Sign for the Belgian Tobacco Brand VDC - Deinze.
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Signs
Materials
Paper
Honest Scrap Tobacco Signage
Located in Toronto, ON
"An everyday scrap" sign depicting scrap the cat and a dog; about to get into it.
Category
Early 20th Century American Primitive Signs
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Vintage Enamel Tobacco Advertising, Second Quarter of the 20th Century
Unavailable
H 58.27 in W 32.68 in D 0.4 in
Original Vintage Enamel Tobacco Advertising, Second Quarter of the 20th Century
Located in York, GB
Original vintage enamel tobacco advertising sign. Second quarter of the 20th century.
Category
Vintage 1930s Signs
Materials
Enamel
1950s Oval Italian Vintage Advertising Enamel Tobacco Sign ‘Sali e Tabacchi’
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H 17.52 in W 13.59 in D 0.24 in
1950s Oval Italian Vintage Advertising Enamel Tobacco Sign ‘Sali e Tabacchi’
Located in Milan, IT
This vintage white enamel tobacco sign was used by small shops in Italy selling state-monopoly products such as tobacco and cigarettes but also salt and stamps.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Industrial Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
1960s Vintage Italian Screen-Printed Sign National and Foreign Tobacco
Unavailable
H 2.68 in W 12.45 in D 0.04 in
1960s Vintage Italian Screen-Printed Sign National and Foreign Tobacco
Located in Milan, IT
Vintage screen-printed aluminum sign "Tabacchi Nazionali e Esteri" (National and Foreign Tobacco) in metal color on red background, produced in the 1960s, in Italy.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Industrial Signs
Materials
Aluminum
Elegant Embossed Tin Advertising Tobacco Sign
Located in Petaluma, CA
Check out the quality of the lithography on this amazingly beautiful tin sign. The colors and the graphics are what make advertising collectors' knees bend. Much of the sign is emb...
Category
Early 20th Century American Signs
Antique Folk Art Carved Native American Chief Head Advertising Sign
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H 29.53 in W 30.71 in D 0.79 in
Antique Folk Art Carved Native American Chief Head Advertising Sign
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A folk art tobacco sign. Relief carved with large profile head of Indian Chief.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
United Cigar Store Porcelain Sign, Tobacco
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Double-sided sign with wrought iron frame. In good condition for a porcelain sign of this age.
Category
Vintage 1940s North American Signs
Trade Sign for Salt and Tobacco, Kingdom of Sardinia 1830
Located in Milan, IT
A trade sign, shield shape, for salt and tobacco store. Made out of metal enameled painted with a Savoy coat of arms from Piedmont and Sardina kingdom. 1830 ca.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Signs
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Early 20th Century English Tobacco Store Advertising Folk Art Handmade Display
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H 38 in W 18 in D 10 in
Early 20th Century English Tobacco Store Advertising Folk Art Handmade Display
Located in London, GB
We are proud to offer a rare example of an early 20th century English tobacco store advertising display. The display is made from aged hardwood and hand carved with folk-art detail i...
Category
Vintage 1920s British Victorian Signs
Materials
Wood
Lifesize Cigar or Tobacco Shop Indian Princes Trade Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A lifesize cigar or tobacco shop Indian Princes trade sign This charming and very rare piece, is believed to have come from prewar North of England, she is fine example of an Amer...
Category
Early 20th Century North American American Classical Signs
Hand Carved Wooden English Tobacco Shop Trade Sign Advertising Figure circa 1860
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H 35.04 in W 7.88 in D 10.24 in
Hand Carved Wooden English Tobacco Shop Trade Sign Advertising Figure circa 1860
Located in London, GB
English tobacco shop advertising figure, circa 1860 for Turkish cigarettes This lot is an exceptionally rare original English tobacco shop advertising figure circa 1860 advertising ...
Category
Antique 1860s British Folk Art Signs
French Tobacco Sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
An old French Tobacco sign called a "Carotte" in France with his support.
Category
20th Century French Signs
19th Century Danish Iron "Tobak" Tobacco Sign with Gold Lettering
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-19th century Danish tobacco sign discovered in Belgium. Crafted of iron and features writing on both sides with beautiful gold lettering and pipe motif (on both sides).
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Signs
Materials
Iron
1950s Oval Italian Vintage Enamel Tobacco Sign ‘Sali e Tabacchi’
Located in Milan, IT
This vintage enamel tobacco sign was used by small shops in Italy selling state-monopoly products such as tobacco and cigarettes but also salt and stamps.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Industrial Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Velvet Tobacco Sign with Velvet Joe
Located in Toronto, ON
All metal self framed advertisement sign. Velvet Joe depiction and verse "Ef you notched yo' pipe ev'ry time it killed a grouch, soon it'd be all notches."
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Signs
Materials
Metal
Large Tobacco Sign
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
10 foot long wooden 'Tobacconist' sign with raised letters and gold highlights.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
1950s Welta Tobacco Advertising Sign , Belgium
Located in Retie, BE
Tobacco Sign - Tobacco Collectables - Belgian Tobacco - Vintage Signs - Welta Signs
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Signs
Materials
Paper
Double Sided Texas Cigarettes Sign, 1980s
Located in Retie, BE
This publicity sign was probably used as a sidewalk sign. This vintage tobacco sign is decorative.
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Signs
Materials
Acrylic
Three Way Sign circa 1888 - Star Tobacco
By Star Tobacco, Roots-Heine Mann
Located in Solebury, PA
A rare litho on tin triple view advertising sign with tin louvers, straight on it reads Star Tobacco,from the left Sold Here, from the right Chew and the makers mark on the bottom t...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Industrial Signs
Enamel Sign AJJA Tobacco, 1953
Located in Sint Joris Weert, BE
Beautiful tobacco advertising sign 'AJJA'. The sign is made from enameled metal and has some slight wear.
Category
Vintage 1950s Belgian Folk Art Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Antique Handmade Wood Sign "Cigars Tobacco"
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique handmade wood Sign "Cigars Tobacco"
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
Virginia Sweet Leaf Tobacco Advertising Sign, circa 1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large and wonderfully graphic and colorful advertising sign from the 1940s. We ship internationally.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Signs
Materials
Wood
1900s "Bull Dog Cut Plug" Tobacco Double-Sided Tin Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1900s "Bull Dog Won't Bite Cut Plug" chew tobacco double-sided tin sign with flange mount.
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Tin
Original Vintage Enamel Tobacco Advertising, Second Quarter of the 20th Century
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H 55.12 in W 32.68 in D 0.4 in
Original Vintage Enamel Tobacco Advertising, Second Quarter of the 20th Century
Located in York, GB
Original vintage enamel tobacco advertising sign. Second quarter of the 20th century.
Category
Vintage 1930s Signs
Materials
Enamel
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Tobacco Signs For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of tobacco signs is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct tobacco signs — often made from metal, paper and iron — can elevate any home. Tobacco signs have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Tobacco signs made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Neoclassical — are very popular at 1stDibs.
How Much are Tobacco Signs?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,898, while they’re typically $276 on the low end and $8,672 highest priced.
Finding the Right Signs for You
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.
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