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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wood shelves display vintage items in a thrift store. - Catherine Mcqueen/Getty Images Vintage items fascinate us because they ...

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 ...

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 ...

What an amazing example of one of the better known collectibles in my antique world: collecting tins, especially coffee or tobacco tins. It seems that most everyone who started collecting antiques may ...

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 ...