Tin containers are typically used to hold lots of items including food, medicine, and other goods. Find out which vintage ...

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 ...

There are several books devoted to tins, as well, including “Antique Tins: Identification & Values” by Fred Dodge (Collector Books, $29.95). Your trio, which dates from 1920 to 1940 ...

Tins were used in all exotic shapes and sizes and are very collectible today — some are worth up to $1,500. In today’s market, the most collectible tins are those from the 1920s through the 1960s.

John K. Brater” Vintage little tins like this one I am writing about today reminds us of how many different medical tins and all other kinds of tins are out there to collect and find and add to ...

After coming across her first tin container by accident, Mrs. Yanolko said, she started attending antique shows and flea markets to improve her collection, which has grown in 15 years to include ...

Ah, shucks! You could dine on oysters Rockefeller tonight if you’d saved your grandmother’s old tin pails. Not just any tin container, but the ones that held the oysters put up by the dozens ...

Tins were decorated with images of babies ... in the Arts and Crafts style popular at the time. Tip: Don't ignore vintage transistor radios (1955-1963) if you see them at house sales or flea ...