Although multiple types of vintage tins exist that can have significant value today, from cracker tins to ones storing medicine to motor oil, the vintage tobacco tin can be especially valuable.

Thrifting is an economical way to find vintage and rare products, like tinware. These metal items are typically made of tinplate, a combination of steel and tin. While first appearing as early as the ...

This particular tin is from the very early 1900s. “Scotter Dillon Company, Burley Cut Plug … Detroit, Michigan” is printed on three sides of the tin. It has a partial tobacco stamp on one end. But it ...

Art historians document images of smoking dating back to the ancient world. It follows that seasoned antiquers still search for all types of tobacco and smoking collectibles. Some of the most popular ...

Daniel Weiss built a collection of tins with lard, tobacco, tennis balls, razors — you name it, it’s for sale in Mountlake Terrace. MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — Daniel Weiss is sure there is someone out there ...

Vintage items fascinate us because they speak to a different time. To those born after the year 2000, cassette tapes and rotary phones are as foreign as feather quills and oil lamps are to their ...

Q: I’ve done Internet searches but cannot find any info on my two unopened cans of Chesterfield cigarettes from the 1950s. A: Images sent show that our reader indeed has two unopened round tins, each ...

In the 19th century, tins were used to store many products, including commodities such as tea, spices and snuff, because of their air tight seals that preserved freshness. Before the days of media ...

Advance bidding for a Canadian tobacco tin from the early 1900s is smokin’ hot, having already reached $29,000 for an item originally estimated to fetch a third of that price. And to think that the ...

POLICE are hoping antique tobacco tins seized during a raid in Coventry will help them solve a burglary. The two distinctive collector’s items – one featuring a youthful Queen Elizabeth II – were ...

From the outside, Glen Paruk’s West Vancouver home seems typical. It’s an airy and modern building surrounded by Japanese maples. But the lower level of the 75-year-old lawyer’s abode reveals a ...