automobilia

English

Noun

automobilia pl (plural only)

1. Everything pertaining to automobiles, especially collectibles.

   Synonym: automobiliana

   • 1980 July, Yankee, volume 44, Yankee, →OCLC, page 237:

     Ask any automobilia collector what the most popular field of auto-related antiques is and you'll invariably be told license plates.

   • 1984, Stephen Hughes, Pop Culture Mania: Collecting 20th Century Americana for Fun and Profit, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 100:

     I once found and brought home a Mercedes Benz hubcap. For years it sat in my garage. One day an automobilia collector happened to see it and told me it was worth $40 because it came from a popular sports model Mercedes.

   • 1999, Todd A. Jensen, Automotive Web Sites, McFarland, →ISBN, page 83:

     The other [classified section] is general automobilia. Here you can find items such as go-karts, hot rod memorabilia, license plates, literature, books and many others.

   • 2021, Steven Rossi, West Peterson, Gearhead at Large: A Backroad Tour of Automotive History and the Old Car Hobby, McFarland, →ISBN, page 304:

     There's something for everyone at an automobilia auction, from lots of sales literature and boxes of brochures to milk crates full of license plates and signs galore, all at more attainable price points, so many more of us can participate.

See also

• petroliana