GRAND-HALLET, Belgium (Reuters) - The colourful tins piled high around Belgian collector Yvette Dardenne used to contain goods ranging from chocolates, toffees, coffee and rice to tobacco, talc and ...

(SOUNDBITE) (French) BELGIAN COLLECTOR AND FORMER REAL ESTATE AGENT, YVETTE DARDENNE, SAYING: "I consider this box to be the first of my collection. It is a box of 'Cote d'Or' chocolates that a ...

Although multiple types of vintage tins exist that can have significant value today, from cracker tins to ones storing medicine to motor oil, the vintage tobacco tin can be especially valuable.

began collecting vintage lithographed tin boxes some 30 years ago (SOUNDBITE) (French) BELGIAN COLLECTOR AND FORMER REAL ESTATE AGENT, YVETTE DARDENNE, SAYING: "I consider this box to be the first of ...

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began collecting vintage lithographed tin boxes some 30 years ago (SOUNDBITE) (French) BELGIAN COLLECTOR AND FORMER REAL ESTATE AGENT, YVETTE DARDENNE, SAYING: "I consider this box to be the first of ...

Yvette Dardenne, 83, has accumulated almost 60,000 vintage tin boxes from all over the world since starting her collection some 30 years ago. The collection, which now occupies four houses, all began ...