Modern Collectible Tins: Identification & Values

Collecting antique tins has been a popular hobby for decades. With prices soaring up to $100.00 or more for many older tins, they soon were priced over many collectors' budgets. Modern tins, those more recently available and easy to find, are every bit as collectible, not to mention colorful, fun, and affordable to everyone. Linda McPherson has compiled a second edition of Modern Collectible Tins. With more than 800 colorful photographs, this value guide features hundreds of advertising tins from food products to Crayola Crayons. Tins included are mostly from the last 20 years, but a few go as far back as the 1960s. Many new photographs and categories have been added. There are more figural tins with sections on buildings, banks, miniature lunch-boxes, Roly Polys, vehicles, and much more. This handy guide provides essential information for collectors regarding product name, size, and current collector value. Once opened collectors may not be able to put the lid back on Modern Collectible Tins, Second Edition!

Collecting has been a lifelong passion of mine. The earliest collection I can remember was in a Quaker Oats box; the box was filled with bright red and green plastic Missouri tax tokens. I can remember dumping the tokens out, sorting them, and putting them back, over and over. I was maybe four years old at the time. Many different collections have come and gone over the years, but greeting cards have always held a special place in my life.