Andrea, I love those old magazines and ads and containers also. The point of the ad wasn't to get rid of them as collectible items, but that the contents were past their prime. :)
Do you ever look at your house and realize there are rooms you don't use much? That you could revisit them and enjoy looking at things you have forgotten are there? My front room is kind of like that. It's time to make it more user friendly (there are things on the floor since I moved some shelves, so I need to rearrange all of that stuff.) I've kept a barrier across the doorway because it is the one room in the house with carpet so of course, the cat has peed in there on occasion. And if I go in for a few minutes and leave that gate open for the duration, it never fails that after a while I hear a loud complaint and the little shit is trapped in that room. One more opportunity to trash my carpet. We have a love/hate relationship going regarding where he is allowed to visit around the house. Anywhere except that room, so of course, it's like a magnet for him.