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.

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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 ...

I have had this cute tobacco tin for many many years. It is without its lid — sorry to say — so I use it in my kitchen to put clean S.O.S pads in it for handy use. It sits on top of my microwave with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Going once, going twice, 3 Strikes you’re out. An early-1900s tobacco tin sold at an auction Sunday in New Hamburg, Ont., for $55,000, five times its presale estimate. The lithographed flip-lid ...

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 ...