# Ebay ashtrays? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-ashtrays/182602 "2003-06-18T02:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-ashtrays/182602/1 "2003-06-18T02:10:34Z")
I saw all these ashtrays for sale on ebay. Are people collecting these things (I guess)? Is there going to be any money in the things? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-ashtrays/182602/2 "2003-06-18T02:43:00Z")
Ever go to a fair and they have a game where you toss a dime? If it stays in the ashtray, you win it! Oh, you mean something else. Yes, there are folks that collect ashtrays. They are grouped in a class of collectibles called smokiana or tobaccoana. That also includes lighters, pipes and other smoking accessories. I have a couple, they are both tire promos, one from Goodyear and one from Firestone. They are both a glass ashtray inside of a replica tire. And I paid over $50 for each of them and consider them a good buy. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-ashtrays/182602/3 "2003-06-18T02:48:42Z")
I’ve sold ashtrays on eBay that I picked up at yard sales. Made a nice profit too.