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Title: Need Help with this one
Post by: giusman on April 26, 2011, 03:13:09 pm

Found a set of tongs at a yard sale stamped "Litho-paint Poster Company" "Finest in automotive displays" "Chicago"......any ideas?....i cant find any info online.

Thank you

Title: Re: Need Help with this one
Post by: waywardangler on April 26, 2011, 08:36:10 pm

Very common giveaway item tongs that were stamped with the store's advertising that gave them away. Value in the $1 or under range. Still useful to rearrange those charcoal briquets on the Weber or pick hotdogs off the grill. Not much of the wow factor for an advertising item.

Title: Re: Need Help with this one
Post by: giusman on April 26, 2011, 08:40:35 pm

so no big deal that the company went under in 1957?

Title: Re: Need Help with this one
Post by: waywardangler on April 26, 2011, 08:47:47 pm

Unfortunately, no.

Title: Re: Need Help with this one
Post by: hosman321 on April 26, 2011, 09:08:59 pm

Still a cool little piece of history, and fun to imagine what kind of life it had. It's just that not all old stuff has impressive monetary value. I have items over 200 years old that I paid less than $20 for.

Title: Re: Need Help with this one
Post by: giusman on April 26, 2011, 09:20:59 pm

I bought this piece for 10 cents

Title: Re: Need Help with this one
Post by: hosman321 on April 26, 2011, 09:31:20 pm

I'd say it was 10 cents well spent. :) If you keep it because you like it, it was worth it. If you sell it for a couple dollars, then you made a big profit. Win/win, in my opinion.