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Vintage Advertising Calendars

A calendar is a system for naming periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. Calendars are often a physical device usually made of paper.

Vintage Calendars can be classified into hanging calendars, postcard calendars and mechanical postcard calendars. So what makes a vintage calendar such a desirable collectible? The answer is usually the illustration, advertising or both.

From popular advertising slogans of yesteryear to beautiful women, it's the illustrations that draw calendar collectors to their hobby. If it hangs around long enough, most any calendar will become collectible regardless of the illustration since some people buy them for there attractiveness.

Vintage Advertising Calendars
Lot of 4 Beautiful 16 month Wall calendars *NIP*
US $0.99 (1 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-03-2009 18:14:20 PDT
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Adam, 1962.1963.1964.1966 Calendars pin ups
US $12.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-03-2009 18:45:18 PDT
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2 Vintage Johnstown PA Advertising Calendars 1974 1975
US $5.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Friday Jul-03-2009 19:35:30 PDT
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Leap Year Wall Calendars - Lot of 6- Assorted - NEW
US $0.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 4:41:01 PDT
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San Francisco 49er GOLDRUSH CALENDARS (5)
US $5.00 (1 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 7:46:01 PDT
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DATSUN ADV CALENDARS, 1970 & 1971, Grt Photos, 240-Z+++
US $24.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 9:33:35 PDT
Buy It Now for only: US $39.00
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COLLECTION-(6) OLD MINT UNIVERSE ART CALENDARS-SEE!
US $49.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 9:39:00 PDT
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Old Vintage 1970's Salesmans Sample Ad Calendars
US $19.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 9:42:04 PDT
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Old Vintage 1970's Salesmans Sample Appt Calendars
US $19.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 9:45:20 PDT
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2 Diff, 1907 Calendars, Feb- December & Complete 1915
US $0.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 10:08:55 PDT
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Star Trek Books, Calendars, misc.
US $280.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Jul-07-2009 13:00:50 PDT
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FOUR VINTAGE AMERICAN WWI PROOF ADVERTISING CALENDARS
US $200.00
End Date: Wednesday Jul-08-2009 11:04:39 PDT
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Lot of 22 STAR TREK Classic Calendars 1986-2007
US $199.99
End Date: Monday Jul-27-2009 11:26:14 PDT
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25 - 2009 Winchester Collectors Calendars at WHOLESALE
US $149.99
End Date: Thursday Jul-30-2009 10:57:53 PDT
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(4) FIRST EDITION STAR WARS CALENDARS 1978-1984
US $125.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Sunday Jul-12-2009 23:22:09 PDT
Buy It Now for only: US $175.00
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SALESMANS SAMPLER 1952 4 CALENDARS THOMPSON FOX? COLOR!
US $125.00
End Date: Thursday Jul-16-2009 20:32:18 PDT
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Lot of 14 STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION Calendars 1989-2002
US $99.99
End Date: Monday Jul-27-2009 11:22:02 PDT
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10 Japanese Silk Scenes w detachable calendars
US $75.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Jul-06-2009 8:27:37 PDT
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Lot 11 STAR TREK Boxed DAY-TO-DAY Calendars 1997-2007
US $74.99
End Date: Monday Jul-27-2009 11:07:35 PDT
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MUSTANG,NASCAR & DALE EARNHARDT JR CALENDARS WHOLESALE
US $60.00
End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 12:35:00 PDT
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When looking at these practical objects as a works of art, something merely used to keep track of 365 days in a year suddenly takes on a different look. Some of the most highly sought after and valuable calendars offer some sort of advertising slogan.

Advertising Calendars have been around since the early 1900s. Major corporations such as Coca Cola have been using calendars with advertising slogans to help sell their products for a very long time. A bright blue 1946 Coca Cola calendar with large yellow numbers at the top and the image of the Sprite Boy head has a value of $700.00. An earlier Coca Cola calendar dated 1926 with the image of a pretty girl tennis player and holding a glass of Coke has a value of over $1000.00. A host of other advertising calendars exist as well. No matter what they advertised, most of these popular calendars were given away

Most vintage calendars sell today for $5.00 to $25.00. Older calendars do bring higher prices because they didn’t survive in large quantities. Most paper collectibles such as Ink blotters, matchbooks, postcards, brochures and calendars were originally made to be discarded after use.

You can use vintage calendars to decorate the walls of your home or apartment house. Most of the older calendars are colorful lithographed prints suitable for framing. Western scenes can be found featuring Native American Indians from the 1920s and 1930s. Other lithographed calendar prints that can be found are of Liberty calendars, trains, buildings (from your home town), producers of beer, wine and spirits, flowers, worlds fairs etc. A host of other advertising calendars exist and most of these beautiful old prints can be removed from the calendar, matted and framed.

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In addition calendars have been distributed by every kind of business, from giant insurance companies to neighborhood grocery stores. Calendars given away by C. I. Hood Company of Lowell, MA advertising their Sarsaparilla are very popular. Hood printed six million of these calendars between 1981 and 1920. The 1897 Hood calendar came with coupons, one for each month, which could be redeemed for booklets, games, puzzles and other items. A second calendar in 1898 gave away premiums that were worth 12 million dollars.


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