The Indorf's primary buying-and-selling focus is original metal advertising signs from the 1960s and earlier. "Gas and oil is the cream of the crop," Erik said about sought-after signage.

She would not be deterred. When her old garage was demolished, and the concrete slab below it broken up, Soraya Zamora discovered hundreds of old metal advertising signs.

The tin sign shown here, probably made in the 1920s, features an attractive flapper girl. She is enjoying a glass of Hires Root Beer.

From metal advertising signs to old bottles, there's more than a century's worth of collectibles to hunt down. While a few special Coca-Cola collectibles rise to the top of the auction block ...

Items for sale include authentic antique and vintage advertising signs, bottles, jars, sales displays, tin containers, paper items, toys, coin-operated vending machines and thousands of vintage ...