Sunday, December 11, 2016

Still More Japanese Matches

An Antique Box of Five Boys Best Matches Manufactured in Japan

A Vintage Box of Gas Light Brand Safety Matches Produced in Japan

A Japanese-Made Old Rose Brand Matchbox

Vintage "Confucius Sez" Fortune Matchboxes Produced in Japan (Each Matchbox Contained a Slip of Paper Printed With a Fortune Similar to Ones Found in Fortune Cookies)

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Salvadoran Matches

An Antique Box of Izalco Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Sweden but Sold Exclusively in El Salvador (Izalco is the Name of a Once Active Volcano Located in Western El Salvador) 

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

More Czechoslovakian Matches

A Vintage Box of Czechoslovakian-Made Safety Matches That Were Sold Exclusively at Safeway Supermarkets

An Antique Box of The Scissors Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Czechoslovakia but Sold in Great Britain

Thursday, September 15, 2016

More Soviet Matches

A Vintage Box of Tesco Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in the Soviet Union

An Antique Box of Landmark Safety Matches Made in the U.S.S.R.

Monday, August 1, 2016

Playing Card-Themed Matchboxes

An Old French-Made Matchbox Featuring a Reproduction of an Antique Queen of Spades Playing Card on the Front

Thursday, July 7, 2016

More Japanese Matches

An Antique Box of Indian Queen Brand Safety Matches Produced in Japan

A Vintage Box of High Jump Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Japan

An Antique Japanese-Made Cherub Brand Matchbox

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Promotional Matchboxes- Airlines


The Front (Top) and Back (Bottom) of a Vintage Matchbox Promoting VARIG Which Was at the Time the Leading Airline of Brazil

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Kitchen Matches

An Antique Box of Fire Chief Brand Kitchen Matches Produced by the Pacific Match Company of Tacoma, Washington in the 1940s

A Vintage Box of Glendale Brand Kitchen Matches Sold Exclusively in Clover Farm Grocery Stores


The Front and Back of the Specially-Designed Handy Box Manufactured by the Federal Match Corporation in the 1930s Which Doubled as a Convenient Kitchen Match Dispenser That Could Be Hung on a Wall

A Vintage Box of Diamond Brand Strike Anywhere Kitchen Matches Probably Made Sometime in Either the Late 1970s or Early 1980s

An Antique Pla-Safe-Match Kitchen Matchbox Manufactured by the Ohio Match Company Sometime During the 1930s or 40s

Monday, May 2, 2016

Ukrainian Matches

A Souvenir Matchbox From Konotop, Ukraine Featuring the City's Official Seal

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Decorative Matchboxes

Three Different Decorative Matchboxes From the Graffiti Creative Vision Gift Set Manufactured in China

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Saudi Arabian Matches



Three Oversized Matchboxes, Featuring Paintings by the Well-Known Saudi Artist Safiya S. Binzagr, Produced by the BINZAGR Match Factory in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Monday, February 1, 2016

Rare and Unusual Matches

An Antique Box (Which Also Doubled as a Candle Holder) of Rare Roche & Cie Grand Prix Candle Matches Manufactured in Belgium During the Turn of the Twentieth Century. The Candle Matches (a Clever Combination of a Match and a Wax Candle) Would Burn for Approximately Seven Minutes, and Was Rumored to Be Used Primarily by Prostitutes in Parisian Brothels as a Timer