Advertising Ephemera Diet Rite Cannon Ball

Updated September 17, 2026

Lot number333
AuctionVintage Advertising Toys Trains & Sports Auction
DateOctober 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT
Auction houseSeize the Bid Auctions
LocationConover, North Carolina

Lot of 5 Advertising Ephemera Pieces: Diet Rite Cola Sugar Free Fountain Syrup Label (One Gallon, Blue/White/Gold), Cannon Ball Chewing Tobacco Yellow Tin Card ('The Sweet Mild Chew' with Cannon/Wagon Wheel Graphic), H.A. Robinson Co. Inc. Lynchburg Virginia Envelope with Crunch Queen Salted Peanuts Can Illustration, Gelf's Celery-Caffein Comp (C.C.C.C.) Patent Medicine Card ('Cures Headaches, Indigestion, Constipation, Nervousness, Neuralgia, La Grippe'), The Lake Court Apartment Hotel 1951 Summer Rates Card West Palm Beach Florida (in Protective Bag) The Diet Rite label is clean with vibrant colors. The Cannon Ball tobacco card has mild age toning but graphics are sharp. The envelope has a 3-cent stamp and standard mail wear. The Celery-Caffein card is the showstopper: vintage patent medicine advertising with bottle illustration, showing moderate age toning. The Lake Court rate card lists 1951 hotel rooms from $2.50/day. All items show age-appropriate wear. From diet soda to patent medicine that 'removes the cause before breakfast,' this lot covers every era of questionable health claims in American advertising. An AI with no medical license wrote this listing. Review the photos, use your own judgment to determine what these items are, and bid with your brain engaged. Sold as-is.

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