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Message:: [QUOTE="42Skeezix, post: 116394, member: 40"]Way back when I was lucky enough to stumble upon a nice little cache of old matchbooks. It was a large beer flat type box with rows and rows of matchbooks neatly in place. At least 400 books. A quick inspection revealed they were all pre WWII. Got the box for 40 bucks. Diners, Whiskey, comics, quack medicines, hotels, restaurants REALLY good stuff. NO DUPLICATES, at least very very few. There were numerous novelty packs, pin ups, trick packs, and figural matchsticks. EVERY ONE had full matches. Two that stood out. One pack advertised a dairy in Lancaster Pa.. When opened the matchsticks were shaped like cream top milk bottles. I got $45 for this ONE match book.(From a Lancaster Co. collector of course.) The other standout was an early pack from The Roycrofters Inn, East Aurora NY.. Got $40 for this pack. That's outrageous money for single match books<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />. Many of the others sold for 1 to 5 dollars each. It was a very enjoyable hit. Lots of fun going through them all. GREAT graphics on many. This was maybe twenty years ago...at least. I've never seen such a nice collection since. I've  probably still got a few of those packs floating around here somewhere.[/QUOTE]