Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. close up of three vintage tea, sewing needles, and shoe polish tins on wire rack - VGV MEDIA/Shutterstock Thrifting is an ...

In the 19th century, tins were used to store many products, including commodities such as tea, spices and snuff, because of their air tight seals that preserved freshness. Before the days of media ...

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 may ...

What do British royalty commemoratives, vintage Gettysburg souvenirs and Bliss coffee tins have in common? They are all curated collections belonging to 70-something Gayle Ray of Lititz. “I have never ...