Advertising Collectibles Are Great Father's Day (& Other) Gifts!

With Father's Day just around the corner, we thought we'd tell you why advertising items make such great gifts. 

Advertising items, simply put, are those items which are created in order to promote or sell a product, service, or brand. They typically carry not only the company name, but often feature company logos as well. Over time, companies may have changed or modified their name, logos - or even been bought out by other companies, and collecting such items shows a visual trail of that history. A history which also can provide a sense of nostalgia for "back in the day" for many.

​Advertising items bring back nostalgia - not only for a time period, but a specific place too. It could be the fun memories of the old local soda shop, the dairy where dad worked, the gas station grandpa owned, or being down on grandma's farm. Giving the gift of antique and vintage advertising items often means giving back a sense of the past, even a part of one's own family history.

Among our unique advertising collectibles at Fargo Antiques & Repurposed Market, you'll find beer items (called breweriana in collecting circles); oil & gas items (called petroliana); cigar & cigarette items (tobacciana); soda pop & beverage bottles; glass milk bottles and other dairy items; medical & pharmacy items; farming equipment advertising items, including Case, John Deere, Red Wing... Some of the old farm items will even have small towns printed on them, so you can collect & present items from where the old family homestead was!

​We have large items for walls, such as vintage signs, clocks, even entire car hoods and tailgates! We have classics, such as antique wooden crates, boxes, & crocks. We have smaller items for curios & cabinets, like tins, bottles, & jars. We have postcards, trade cards, matchbooks, and other ephemera. We even have wearable advertising items, such as pinbacks, shirts, & leather jackets. And, of course, we have good old fashioned paper printed advertisements, suitable for framing & display!

​Whether it's for Father's Day, a birthday, or "just because" - we have special pieces for the special people in your life! There are always items coming - & going! - from the shop, so check us out often!