Vintage advertising signs have become cherished collectibles that offer a unique glimpse into the past. These items are more than just relics — for collectors, they’re a slice of mid-century ...

Hundreds of old advertising signs can be seen throughout Chicago, in varying degrees of their original splendor. Among those spotted: ”Chicago Varnish Company,” Kinzie and Dearborn Streets ...

Harpo can only be with us today in memory and on film, but many old advertising signs still exist. They`re the ancient graffiti of a culture gone by, and if you dare take your eyes off traffic for ...

Sign restorer Don Van Kannel doesn’t have to take his work home with him. It’s already there. Van Kannel has 128 vintage advertising signs hanging in his home, not counting those in his ...

Vintage advertising signs, figures, toys, printed textiles, food tins and labeled bottles are all selling at higher and higher prices. Large signs with pictures of flags, Lady Liberty, figural ...

Larry Zook has been collecting old Vietnamese advertising signs since the late 1980s. Before stumbling on them while on various trips to Vietnam beginning in 1988, he collected petroliana from the ...

Some call them eyesores; some consider them art; but most people probably don't notice the old advertising signs fading away on the sides of buildings. Before we go further, I need to let you know ...

In the 1980s, a series of restaurant chains started decorating with old advertising signs, figures, bottles and boxes to promote the idea of old-time menus and traditional food favorites.

The tin sign shown here, probably made in the 1920s ... sold so often that the drink is now almost out of production. Old Hires advertising is hard to find today, but beware of the pottery ...

Over the past 20 years, he has been repainting these kinds of old advertising signs in small towns just like Salisbury, he says. As Charlotte tore down its old buildings for new, Thompson laments ...

Dorris collected vintage items for 40 years. Storing them all in a shop of ancient wonders right next to his house. “My main collection is advertising signs, but the best part about this shop is ...