Thread: Anyone Collect Camel or Tobacco Memorabilia

Originally Posted by SYN

I have a really cool old Camel add. On the back of it there's a little blurb about Rodney C. Woodman being discharged from the army and trying to get a florist business underway. I looked his name up and found that he did get his wish, and his florist company has been running for three generations and is now run by his granddaughter. The company was founded in 1910, which means this camel add is at least 100 years old if not older. I'd like to find a collector to sell it to but I have no idea what it would be worth. I found a couple people on youtube that are interested in it, but I have no idea what to tell them I want for it, and no way to know if the offer they'll make me is fair.
Anyone got an idea on it's value, or have a friend that's into this kind of stuff?

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It's in mint condition. There's no rips, stains, or any other kind of damage on it. It was a friggin awesome yard sale find.

That's actually pretty cool looking SYN. 18 cents a pack is definitly eons ago! I remember when I was a child, my mom used to send me to buy her ciggs and they were 35 cents.
I have a suggestion... try posting it on Ebay. Putting a value on something is a tricky thing.. one mans trash is another mans tresure they say.
You can put in up with a really high reserve price so it doesn't sell too cheap or at all. That'll at least give you an idea of what a collector is willing to pay for it. You'll probably just have to pay the insertion fee for the auction. Usually less than 5 bucks.

Originally Posted by Richard Gears

aint worth much. someone is selling the same one on ebay for 8 bucks.

1919 CAMEL CIGARETTES 18 CENTS A PACK ANTIQUE PRINT AD - eBay (item 220560415626 end time Mar-23-10 10:09:04 PDT)

And there you have it!
Nice work Geared.

Originally Posted by FMJ

That's actually pretty cool looking SYN. 18 cents a pack is definitly eons ago! I remember when I was a child, my mom used to send me to buy her ciggs and they were 35 cents.
I have a suggestion... try posting it on Ebay. Putting a value on something is a tricky thing.. one mans trash is another mans tresure they say.
You can put in up with a really high reserve price so it doesn't sell too cheap or at all. That'll at least give you an idea of what a collector is willing to pay for it. You'll probably just have to pay the insertion fee for the auction. Usually less than 5 bucks.

I posted it on ebay a while ago and nobody bid on it.

aint worth much. someone is selling the same one on ebay for 8 bucks.

Mine looks nothing like that. I looked everywhere for the same one as mine and couldn't find one. Plus mine is older, and definitely an original. If you look closely at the enlarged picture of that one on ebay, it looks like they found it online and printed it out. There's a boarder all around the edge of it, and neither side is ripped like it came out of a magazine or something.
Google 1910 original documents. Everything that isn't a photocopy is on different color paper, not white.

Originally Posted by SYN

I have a really cool old Camel add. On the back of it there's a little blurb about Rodney C. Woodman being discharged from the army and trying to get a florist business underway. I looked his name up and found that he did get his wish, and his florist company has been running for three generations and is now run by his granddaughter. The company was founded in 1910, which means this camel add is at least 100 years old if not older. I'd like to find a collector to sell it to but I have no idea what it would be worth. I found a couple people on youtube that are interested in it, but I have no idea what to tell them I want for it, and no way to know if the offer they'll make me is fair.
Anyone got an idea on it's value, or have a friend that's into this kind of stuff?

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It's in mint condition. There's no rips, stains, or any other kind of damage on it. It was a friggin awesome yard sale find.

i got one one of those camel jackets and a raft,.... i think a few million of those camel dollars....