Love for Vintage Coca-Cola Vending Machine is The Real Thing

Q: My father recently passed away. He was an enthusiastic Coca-Cola collector. This vending machine was part of his collection. Of all his pieces, this is my favorite. From the metal tag on the back of the machine, I can tell it was made by the Vendo Company in Kansas City. Can you tell me […]

Coca-Cola Mirror

Q: I have a Coca-Cola advertisement mirror that pictures a woman in a pink bonnet. It says “Delicious, Refreshing, 5 cents.” The frame measures 39 1/2 inches by 27 1/2 inches and the mirror is 35 inches by 23 1/2 inches. The mirror has a silver back and gold leaf decorations. Is it a saleable […]

Vintage Advertising Attracts Attention

Vintage advertising has been popular with collectors for years, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. A recent sale by Morford Antique Advertising Auction featured 132 lots of antique and vintage signs, displays, tins and more. Prices ranged from $224 for a wooden barber shop sign to $14,455 for an unused Adams Chiclets chewing gum countertop […]

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, a soft drink introduced at an Atlanta soda fountain in 1886, is one of the world’s best-known brand names. For more than a century, the company has been promoting the popular soft drink—and creating thousands of ads on bottles, trays, calendars, signs, toys, lamps, and other memorabilia that can be found in shops and […]