Do you have some old lolly & chocolate boxes or wrappers that you have found in grandma’s stuff? Years ago, people kept these boxes to use the back of to write shopping lists on, as you didn’t waste anything back then. You will often see cereal packets that the back and front have been cut off, for the same reason or because there was a game on the back.
These days this ephemeral stuff can fetch good dollars, pending on rarity and condition of course. I have watched milk bar items increase over the years as it all becomes harder to find. Here I have collected some sample prices for you to show how much some of these things can go for on online auctions.
Pictured below you will see one lot of Milk Bar Ephemeral packaging.
Pebbles, Popettes, Lolly Cigs, Junior Special, are all quite rare so they fetch a higher price especially in good, complete condition. The Bertie Beetle is back from in the Hoadleys days and is a shop display, however this one had some imperfections, or else Im sure it would have gone higher at auction.
Below… Black Crow Cough Drops & Hoadleys Choc Rainbows packets you rarely see so they fetch more. Allen’s Irish Moss, Griffiths Kool Mints & Rowntrees Smarties popup occasionally on say E-Bay, condition is paramount for top dollar.
