Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 23 July 2026

Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 23 July 2026

Catalogue

Lot 293: A Collection of Vintage Tobacco Tins, Cigarette Packets, and Related Ephemera

This auction ended on July 23, 2026.

Start price: £10

Estimated price: £10 - £20

Buyer's Premium: 18%

Not sold

A mixed group of vintage British tobacco-related packaging and ephemera, primarily dating from the mid to late 20th century. The collection includes two lithographed tins: a circular Three Nuns Tobacco tin for J. & F. Bell of Glasgow featuring the None Nicer slogan, and an orange-lidded King Edward The Seventh Invincible cigar tin with a Batley’s C&C price label. Cardboard packaging consists of a box for 30 John Player Panama Slim Panatellas housed in a yellow Swan Vestas branded counter display tray, a flat pack for 6 Panama Mild Cigars with a 2.79 special price label, a packet for 10 Woodbine Virginia cigarettes, and a blue Mayfair King Size cigarette pack. Additional items include a packet of Rizla+ green cigarette papers, several yellow card stiffeners for Hamlet Five Mild Panatellas by Benson & Hedges, and two Swan Vestas matchboxes. One grey cigarette packet features a modern Smoking kills health warning. The lot is accompanied by a handwritten yellow auction-style tag numbered 4146 and inscribed CIGAR TOBACCO PACKETS ADVERTS.