Since 1995 I have been collecting vintage advertising. My favorite years are 1885-1945. Recently I have been collecting more of the 1950s through 1980s. Especially advertising from Architectural Digest, MS magazine, Time magazine and The American City magazine.Besides beautiful vintage advertising, I also offer illustrations and historical articles. The illustrations are by many of the leading artists of the early 20th Century. I am partial to Jessie Wilcox Smith. Here is a Good Housekeeping magazine with her cover art.
I have several web sites devoted to selling many of ads and articles.
On eBay we are known as The Antique Ad Shop.
We have a general ad store on eCrater called The Old Ad Store . We also have an eCrater store dedicated to soda industry ads: The Soda Shoppe Vintage Ads.
A lot of people collect advertising and articles about celebrities so I opened Broadway Baby. On that site I have articles and ads about Opera, the Theatre, Movies and Vaudeville. There are some really beautiful illustrations of actors from Theatre magazine.
I do have a guide on vintage advertising which can be accessed via my eBay web site. And on my "ME" page there are some links for advertising collectors
Over the past 10 years I have made many friends who collect certain types of ads. It never ceases to amaze me what people collect. The most fun is when I hear from someone who says: That's my aunt in that ad! or That's my family business! It is very rewarding to help someone find great pieces for their family genealogy.
With this blog I plan to pick certain products or brands and show the evolution of their advertising. Hopefully it will be educational and fun.
Have a favorite product that you would like me to write about? Just drop a note and it will be done. I'll start: A few years ago, I was thumbing through a 1912 volume of the Illustrated London News when I came across an ad for Vinolia Otto Toilet Soap featuring the R.M.S. Titanic. It is bagged and on display in my office.
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