Need Help with this one

[giusman]

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

[waywardangler]

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.

[giusman]

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

[waywardangler]

Unfortunately, no.

[hosman321]

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.

[giusman]

I bought this piece for 10 cents

[hosman321]

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.