Description

This is a two-for-one nostalgia bomb straight out of a bygone era of corner stores and penny candy counters. The glass display jar still bears its original Color Bubbles Bubble Gum Balls label, boldly boasting 480 count and featuring that cheerful clown mascot in full regalia. The lid label sweetly reminds the retailer of 20 free pieces for a dollar of extra profit, a charming relic of old-school candy merchandising that makes you feel like you should be wearing a paper soda jerk hat.

Somebody swapped out the gumballs and filled this beauty with a dense collection of vintage matchbooks, including a visible Fire Chief 34 Strike Anywhere Matches pack, a Replace branded matchbook from Louisville Kentucky, and dozens more crushed together in a glorious jumble of mid-century advertising history. Matchbook collectors will want to dig through this jar like a pirate unearthing treasure, as each piece is a miniature billboard from businesses and brands long since faded from memory. The glass jar itself is in solid display-worthy condition with a metal lid, making this a showstopper for collectors of advertising memorabilia, candy store nostalgia, or vintage matchbook ephemera.

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