• Choose Types of Promo Glass to Collect

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Choose Types of Promo Glass to Collect

Choose Types of Promo Glass to Collect

You'll find a variety of glasses promoting everything from Pepsi and Coca-Cola to Disney characters, Looney Tunes characters, The Flintstones, Snoopy, and Holly Hobbie on eBay. Collect promo glasses by type of promo glass or select character glasses that complement your favorite collection.

Get to know popular types of character glasses

Glasses featuring licensed characters or athletes can make perfect additions to your entertainment memorabilia or sports memorabilia collection. Popular choices include:

• Disney glasses: Pepsi glasses often feature Disney characters, meaning you can find Mickey Mouse glasses, Minnie Mouse glasses, Goofy glasses, Donald Duck glasses, and glasses with characters from 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, and The Rescuers. The Wonderful World of Disney Pepsi glass series promotes Alice in Wonderland, Bambi, Lady & The Tramp, Pinocchio, and Show White. You can also find Disney Welch's jelly glasses featuring characters from Disney Video Favorites such as The Spirit of Mickey, A Goofy Movie, Pooh's Grand Adventure, Melody Time, and The Three Caballeros.

• Warner Bros. glasses: Collect Pepsi Warner Bros. glasses, Welch's Warner Bros. jelly glasses, or both. Looney Tunes character glasses often feature static characters and you can pick up a Bugs Bunny glass, Daffy Duck glass, Elmer Fudd glass, Porky Pig glass, Foghorn Leghorn glass, Pepe Le Pew glass, Petunia Pig glass, Road Runner glass, Speedy Gonzales glass, Tasmanian Devil glass, Wile E. Coyote glass, Yosemite Sam glass, or Sylvester & Tweety glasses. You may also want to collect Pepsi glasses from the Warner Bros. interaction set that feature characters doing something (for example, a Porky Pig fishing glass).

• Comic book character glasses: Discover Archie Comic character glasses featuring Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, or Reggie. Pepsi glasses can also feature superheroes from DC Comics. Look around and you may find a Superman glass, Batman glass, Robin glass, Wonder Woman glass, Aquaman glass, or rare Green Lantern glass.

• Comic strip character glasses: Comic strip characters sometimes jump off the printed page and onto Pepsi glasses. Consider picking up Popeye glasses, Peanuts glasses, or try to uncover rare glasses of your favorite Dogpatch residents such as Lil' Abner and Daisy Mae.

• TV cartoon character glasses: Cartoon characters such as Underdog and The Flintstones often leap from the silver screen onto collectible drinking glasses. Popular cartoon character glasses include Rocky & Bullwinkle glasses, Droopy glasses, Tom & Jerry glasses, Casper glasses, Baby Huey glasses, Wendy the Good Witch glasses, Dudley Do-Right glasses, Mr. Peabody glasses, and Walter Lantz character glasses showcasing Chilly Willy, Andy Panda, and Woody Woodpecker.

• Star Wars glasses: Pick up Star Wars character glasses distributed at Burger King chains. You can find Star Wars glasses, The Empire Strikes Back glasses, and Return of the Jedi glasses featuring characters such as Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, and Jabba the Hut.

• Sports team and player glasses: Promo glasses often sport images of well-known team logos, league logos, and athletes. Add NBA basketball glasses, MLB baseball glasses, NFL football glasses, NHL hockey glasses, or PGA golf glasses to your sports memorabilia collection.

Collect specific types of promo glasses

You may also want to collect specific types of promo glasses.

• Pepsi glasses: Pepsi glasses feature a wide variety of licensed characters and brand logos ranging from Caterpillar tractors, the Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey circus, and sports teams to licensed Disney, Warner Bros., and Hanna Barbera figures and characters from comics, movies (such as Star Wars and E.T., The Extra Terrestrial), and TV shows. The most popular Pepsi promo glasses appeared in the 1970s. Pepsi and Warner Bros. partnered and began producing Looney Tunes glasses in 1974, offering three series of six. The largest number of restaurants signed on to distribute the first series of promotional glasses, making them easiest to find. Fewer chains offered the second and third series, with the third series being most hard to find now. Of course, Pepsi glasses can also solely feature the Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, or Mountain Dew logo. You may also find seasonal promo glasses such as Christmas Pepsi glasses and Norman Rockwell glasses depicting spring and winter scenes.

• Coca-Cola glasses/ Coke glasses: Coca-Cola glasses primarily promote Coca-Cola ad campaigns such as Drink Coca-Cola, Enjoy Coca-Cola, or the recent winter campaign featuring polar bears. However, the beverage manufacturer also produces Holly Hobbie glasses, NASCAR Coke glasses. You can also find older Coca-Cola glasses promoting sporting events such as World Cup '94 and the Olympics as well as Warner Bros. character glasses offered at Quick Stores. McDonald's sometimes offers co-branded Coke glasses, such as a series of All Time Greatest Team glasses featuring MLB baseball legends, as well.

• Welch's jelly glasses: Welch's began featuring licensed character on its glass containers in 1953 with Howdy Doody and it continues the trend today with popular licensed characters such as Jimmy Neutron and Pokemon characters. Other popular collectible Welch's jelly glasses produced over the years include: Davy Crockett Welch's jelly glasses, The Flintstones Welch's jelly glasses, Welch's jelly glasses featuring characters from Archie Comics, Peanuts Welch's jelly glasses, Muppets in Space Welch's jelly glasses, Tom & Jerry Welch's jelly glasses, Looney Tunes Welch's jelly glasses, and Dr. Seuss Welch's jelly glasses (rare). You can also find Welch's dinosaur jelly glasses, Welch's jelly glasses featuring endangered species, and Welch's jelly glasses promoting AFC and NFC football teams.

• Horse racing glasses: Horse racing tracks often provide guests with specialty drinking glasses featuring the race course's name or commemorating an event. Most popular for collectors are official Derby glasses (mint julep glasses from the Kentucky Derby) featuring a list of Kentucky Derby winners from the previous year. The first glasses produced for the Kentucky Derby in 1938 were water glasses, but over the following two years official Derby glasses became mint julep glasses. These highly-coveted early julep Derby glasses are hard to find and can sell for thousands of dollars, depending on condition. Since 1948 (true Derby glasses were not distributed during World War II) Derby glasses have experienced few changes.

• Pizza Hut glasses: Pizza restaurant chain Pizza Hut often releases limited edition glasses featuring television cartoon characters. You may find The Flintstones Kids glasses, Care Bear glasses, or Rocky & Bullwinkle glasses at any given time on eBay. Other Pizza Hut promo glass series include Happy Days glasses and glasses featuring NFL football greats.

• Hard Rock Café glasses: Hard Rock Café restaurants all over the world sell merchandise featuring the company's logo and the name of the restaurant location, including t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, and yes, Hard Rock Café glasses. Consider collecting Hard Rock Café glasses from every Hard Rock Café location or from a specific country or continent.

• Ad measuring glasses: Certain restaurants, retail chains, and gas stations periodically offer measuring glasses. Each tumbler features marks that allow you to use the glass to measure cups of liquid.

• Marked limited edition drinking glasses: Companies typically release promo glasses in limited numbers. Marked limited edition glasses typically show two sets of numbers, usually on the back or base of each glass. The higher number indicates the total number produced while the lower number indicates which one you (or a seller) own.

Give yourself a challenge and seek more hard-to-find items such as Walter Lantz Pepsi glasses, Morris the Cat 9-Lives glasses, or the Holy Grail of promo glass collecting: a 1977 Mighty Mouse Terrytoon glass sold only in California Pizza Hut chains.

Evaluate promo glass condition

When buying promo glasses for your collection, pay close attention to color. Images and text on promo glasses should have bright colors that stay within the lines of the image and black should appear glossy without fading. When evaluating photos in item listings, also make sure promo glasses are intact and free from chips and cracks.

To determine how much you should expect to pay, search Completed Listings to find out what similar items sold for on eBay in the past 14 days.

Find Collectible Promo Glasses on eBay

Find Collectible Promo Glasses on eBay

Once you know what type of promo glasses you need, go to the Collectibles category portal, click the Promo Glasses link beneath Pez, Keychains, Promo Glasses, and start searching for promo glasses on eBay.

• Keyword search: Search eBay listing titles for specific words. For example, if you want to find a Bugs Bunny Pepsi promo glass, type "bugs pepsi glass" (without quotation marks) into the Search box. Click "Search title and description" to expand your results. Remember to use a "+" between consecutive words in a keyword phrase. After conducting your initial search, try misspelling the name of the item you desire, trying several variations. You'll likely come across additional listings. Visit eBay's Search Commands page for more tips on searching with keywords.

• Advanced search: eBay's Advanced Search feature allows you to conduct a more precise search and gives you the option to search by seller, buyer, or store. You can also narrow results to "All of these words," "Any of these words," or "Exact phrase." Search All Categories to find promo glasses listed in multiple categories and subcategories on eBay including Collectibles, Disneyana, Advertising, Pottery & Glass, and Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop.

If you can't find exactly what you want, try shopping eBay Stores, tell the eBay Community what you want by creating a post on Want It Now, or save a search on My eBay and eBay will email you when a match becomes available.

Buy Collectible Promo Glasses With Confidence

Buy Collectible Promo Glasses With Confidence

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