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	Coca-Cola Advertising Memorabilia 05 April 2000   Coca-Cola advertising memorabilia is proving to be the real thing with many collectors these days. Although early Coca-Cola promotional material will always be the most desirable, prices for items from the 50s have been rising at a rapid rate lately............ Marmite 14 April 2000   There can’t be many products in the world that are as famous for being hated as they are for being loved. But Marmite is one of them– you either love it or you hate it............ The Power Of Colour 17 May 2000   By the 1830s some colour adverts,in the form of chromolithographs, were being tipped into the more expensive magazines. This technique overcame the problem of injecting colour into publications which were printed in black and white............ Oil Heat Collectibles 19 July 2000   Occasionally you find one. Usually a sign, or printed materials, something that displays a gasoline logo with an image that differs from that associated with their service stations and retail automotive products............ Birds of Different Feathers By John Clancy 17 October 2000   John Clancy looks into the histories of two well-known food brands Bird's of custard fame and the Birds Eye associated with frozen fish, peas and other products............ Quality Street Tins … or ‘A Hundred Soldiers Under My Bed!’ By Celia Cotton 26 June 2001   I expect many of you will have a ‘Quality Street’ tin, full of buttons or screws, that has been in your home for years. It probably held a pound of chocolates and toffees and has a soldier and his lady on the lid............ Burger King Collectibles 04 April 2001   Burger King collectibles have become increasingly sought after in recent years – and the burger chain now produce almost as many fast food giveaways as their great rival McDonald’s............ Chocolate 22 November 2000   The First Cacao Growers Mayans were the first to cultivate cacao trees, perhaps as early as the seventh century. They processed the chocolate by roasting the cacao beans in earthern jars and then crushing the cacao beans on a stone grinder called a metate............ M&Ms – What’s in a name? By Ralph Corner 19 October 2000   Say Goodbye to plain M&Ms. After 46 years as plain old plain M&Ms, the chocolate-coated candies are being renamed milk chocolate M&Ms. “For a long, long time, our chocolate has been too good to be called plain, but we are living with almost 50 years of heritage of calling them plain,” said Michael Tolkowsky, vice president for marketing and licensing at M&M/Mars based in Hackettstown, New Jersey............ Advertising Salt and Pepper Shakers By Frances Harris 27 September 2000   Salt and Pepper shaker collecting is a fairly new subject in the collectors’ world but this fascinating subject knows no end – no limit. There is always something different to see and find............ Taking the 'waters of Ambert' too literally: a very early advertising pack By John Hayter 17 October 2000   I find that a lot of the enjoyment and satisfaction in collecting anything lies in researching what you have found. Trying to find out how? and why? and when? I have recently found an old pack of advertising cards which has involved me with a lot of correspondence and a seemingly endless amount of time, but which has opened up new horizons (although I still have not got a definitive answer) The cards are an advertising pack for, Eau d'Ambert, “The Great French Remedy, Made by the Monks of the Monastery of Ambert............ Hottest Brand Going … The Conoco Story Part 2 By Wayne Henderson 09 October 2000   With its corporate structure now intact, Continental set out to become one of the premier gasoline marketers. Much of the promotion centered around Conoco's "Travel Bureau", a mapping and routing service offered without charge to Conoco customers............ Hottest Brand Going … The Conoco Story Part 1 By Wayne Henderson 09 October 2000   It really is a great picture. Hampton, Virginia, maintains its claim to be the oldest continuous English speaking settlement in the United States. That said, even before most cities were aware of their own history, Hampton was very much interested in recording its historic story............ Kayo is OK! By Wayne Henderson 03 October 2000   I remember first hearing it on the radio. The local country station was advertising that on Saturday they would have their mobile broadcast unit set up at the grand opening of a new service station in the Denbigh area of Newport News, Virginia............ Collecting Gasoline Pumps – An Introduction By Scott Benjamin 29 September 2000   This article is part of a series of discussions on gasoline pumps. There are so many of you out there who collect pumps or at least have one pump that we felt it important to go over several aspects of collecting gasoline pumps............ Calling Time on Guinness By Roy Senior 06 July 2000   During the last few weeks I have had a great number of calls relating to the toucan wall plaque produced by Carltonware. This is a very rare piece. I know of only three in the country, and one of these has undergone a major repair............ British Biscuit Tins, Part I By Donna C. Kaonis 27 June 2000   Collectors of strictly American tins are loath to admit it, but British biscuit tins have a lot going for them. Clever designs and shapes that look like anything but canisters for holding biscuits, they have enormous crossover appeal for collectors in many areas............ British Biscuit Tins, Part II By Donna Kaonis 27 June 2000   Among biscuit tin collectibles, perhaps the most interesting are the full color catalogs issued by the biscuit manufacturers for their clients - grocers, wholesalers, hotels, etc............ Collecting Early Advertising By Mel Lewis 22 May 2000   "Advertising is what gives society resonance and colour," according to Mark Wnek, director of the agency behind Wonderbra, Peugeot, Haagen-Dasz, and Ken Livingstone's victorious bid to be London's first mayor............ Advertising Trade Cards 19 May 2000   Trade cards enjoyed their heyday in the late 19th century and are now undergoing something of a revival in advertising collecting circles. Trade cards were employed to help promote a whole range of products from feminine beauty treatments to heavy farm equipment............ Dr Pepper’s Highly Collected Soft Drink Brand 19 May 2000   When it comes to choosing sides – be it roundhead or puritan, republican or democrat, Beatles or the Stones – I’ll plump for Dr Pepper over Coca Cola anytime............ Collectible Baking Powder Tins 15 May 2000   The typical American kitchen at the turn of the 19th century would have been stuffed full of everyday items that are now keenly sought after as early advertising collectibles............ Guinness Is Good For You 23 March 2000   One of the most vigorous and keenly contested areas of advertising memorabilia is the market for Guinness collectables. The world famous Irish brewery has produced a plethora of promotional items and bar accessories over the years............