Vintage Coca Cola commercials, print advertising, and promotional items chronicle our times and are some of the most appealing advertising art ever created. The Coca-Cola Company has attracted some of the top artists and illustrators for their advertisements through the decades including Norman Rockwell, Jim Harrison, etc.

Since the 1930's, the magazine National Geographic has published Coca Cola prints on their back covers for seven months out of the year. On the months of February, April, June, July, August, October, and December, these special advertisements for the soft drink company would appear. Created by renowned artist within each era, these vintage images are now collectable works of art. Haddon Sundblom's December images are the most highly prized of the collection, depicting jolly St. Nick with his Coca Cola beverage. Nonetheless, every piece of artwork is amazing in itself, each captured in a silver 8x10 frame to be enjoyed for years to come.

Memories are invoked, within the nostalgic advertisements in magazines and print, and when looking at American lifestyle images from home to the warfront. If you are looking for a great gift, you might use National Geographic covers from the past. The artwork on the covers makes great display material, and will accent the room's environment.

Unique, old Coca Cola memorabilia is also extremely popular with Coke collectors. They love the wide array of soft drink collectibles bearing the Coca Cola name in its famous script. They can choose among 1950s souvenir items, soda parlor signs, platters, timepieces, lamps, wall decorations, distinctive Coke glasses, dinner plates, home furnishings, and beverage coolers. There is something for everyone.

One aspect that is extremely popular in this niche are the marketing toys the company produced throughout the decades. Coca-Cola toys are fun for kids of all ages. You can collect Coke products like family board games, jigsaw puzzles, scrap booking supplies, die cast trucks, plush bears including the newest Boyd's bears, mini Coca Cola bottles, and antique toy banks.

These Coca Cola products make great year-round gifts for the collector on your list.