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I'm looking for info. On some old full veedol and Sinclair cardboard oil cans I have. Does any one know where I can find out how much they are worth?

Composite cans range in value from $5-$35 depending on condition and in some instances Company....

They are not worth more full than empty, (that is my opinion)...

minimal..

Check Ebay. I agree with Bob.

Cardboard cans have to be RARE to bring any $...But, I have seen some rare picture cans, bring good money.

Mark it down.....these composite cans are going by the way side and when they do prices will shoot up and we will all be saying MAN WHY DID I PASS ON ALL THEM CANS!

I agree with Bob, and also empty any compost cans you have right now because they will look right through the cardboard!

Ron, I personally believe you are correct. The value of such cans will increase in the future...

That being said, I can't imagine composites ever reaching the value of a "metal can"... 99%+ of the cans from small Regional Company's that failed before WWII will be metal...

Personally, I don't know any Collector that is "just passing them by"... Especially if they are concentrating on just 1 or a couple specific brands...

Most of my Veedol/Tydol and Associated cans are metal... But, I do have a few composites to ensure I have most if not all the different differences...

I believe most can Collector's Collections are the same way... A majority of their cans are metal and they have a small segment of composite cans and perhaps even some plastic cans to fill out their displays...

...there are a handful of Gulf composite cans that I'm looking for...the oldest have been around for 50 years now...

Here are a few Examples of some very Graphic and Rare Composite cans that I have in my collection out of the 400 cans in my collection I think I have around 10 composite cans but they all have great graphics like the 3 pictured.

composites do not make good Fertilizer Compost
Look, I can see it LEAKS

I don't pass on the composite cans. What is the difference. I collect cans. Anything with graphics that I like. Not just oil either.

Composites say more to me then metal cans.
That's just the era I grew up in.
I pay top dollar if they're full.

Full Sinclair DTR(black checkerboard) composite can in good condition has fetched me $50 a piece more than once

I'm still trying to buy the green checkerboard composite can, last one on Ebay brought like $85

so.....it all depends on what can you have

remember, these are just opinions on here, I just backed up my opinion with facts. So, when somebody tells you minimal, is that just based on personal preference or fact?

10 years ago a GB96 pump was worth $50 and nobody wanted them. Now, with good patina all original, I can get $800 out of one and $400 for a not very good one all day long.

Since this discusion has come up this has prompted me to count the amount of composites I have in my collection of oil cans. I have approximately 200 cans in the collection of which 87 are composite. Because I collect primarily Frontier and Husky most of their cans were composite. The price range that I have paid range from the lowly $6.00 Husky to the high end $150 to $200 Frontier. No $2 cans. Esse's Garage sold one of the $150 Frontier cans on here a while back for $45 and it didn't last 15 minutes. I was to late and already have all of those I want. Just my thoughts nothing more. Mitch