Collecting beer can book

The listings for every manufacturer of beer and beer cans is accessibly arranged by state and city for quick identification. This isnt some generic tool for collectors, its a program designed by a beer can collector specifically for collectors of all types of breweriana. Obviously, rare cans, small supply, are usually more valuable than more common ones, large supply. See many of these cans and hundreds more in the 2011 title from chronicle books. Will the bcca buy individual beer cans or my whole collection, or tell me what theyre worth. Other beer can collecting clubs which began during the 1970s, including the world wide beer can collectors and a group at maverick publishing like the bcca, based in missouri championed buying and selling cans as no different than buying or selling stamps, coins, or other collectibles. If you want to learn what the different cans from each brewery looked like buy the beer can collectors bible. I was working in the attic of my house in redondo beach, ca and found an olympia flat top beer can that was left there around 1955, when my house was being built. Today, collectors have settled on a definition for a stein that includes a handle and either a hinged or a seton lid. Bottle cap collecting is a fun and interesting hobby that anyone can enjoy. Buying old beer cans,soda cans, 57453281 and vintage. The international book of beer can collecting book, 1977.

The three cans pictured at left were from the heyday of beer can collecting in the mid1970s to the mid1980s. Few hobbies offer such a wealth of relevant books as does the beer can collecting hobby. The are plans to expand thing to other areas of canadian and foreign beer cans as well as breweria. There were once almost as many different types of beer signs as there were varieties and brands of beer. Todays guest blogger is breweriana collector barry travis who runs the web site. Deborah bought him a book about beer can collecting which helped invigorate his passion for collecting. Collecting beer steins stein collectors international. While theyre not beer cans, beer labels are a popular breweriana collectable. It can be a super fun hobby, especially when you have. How i started collecting beer cans my story my name is bill junge and im a full can collector that started collecting in july of 1978. Bottles include pepsicola embossed, paper labeled, acls and back bar bottles.

Items are usually shipped within two business days. If you are interested in collecting vintage beer cans as a. Reference books steel canvas vintage beer cans for. Iron city beer can with a picture of the pittsburgh steelers.

Whether youre selling an individual can, or an entire collection, beer cans plus will offer you top dollar. Bill has 37 years of experience collecting, appraising and appreciating beer cans. The highest quality book available in the hobby more not available in stores or from any publisher. Vintage old style brewer empty beer can collectible brewers lager brewing co. Reference guide with a history of beer cans and over 7,000. Vintage premium mustang malt liquor empty beer can collectible pittsburgh brewin. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Each vintage is a unique blend, making this especially fun to collect. Dont trust just anyone with your potentially valuable beer cans. I did the rusty bunch display at the charlotte, nc canvention. Tegestology, the practice of collecting beer mats or coasters. The beer can a complete guide to beer can collecting by beer can collectors of america and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Here are the photos of the display featuring some of the original beer cans.

I was amazed at the variety, colors, and sizes made throughout the years. Anyone who admires and collects beer cans, or would like to. One can theorize that the interest in beer and the popularity of beer drinking as a social phenomenon had led steins to be made in a variety of sizes and shapes. Discussion in breweriana started by draheim, apr 16, 2012. Extensive archives of prior sales for researching beer can values. The beer can collectors bible paperback december 12, 1979 by jack martells author. An expert in the beer can collecting hobby with over 40 years of experience. Are there books that can tell me what value to place on my cans. This is because of the incredible enthusiasm among.

Beer steins made of this material have been referred to as bierkrug or steinkrug beer or stone jug. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. This article includes two chapters from the book antique steins, a collectors guide, by james r. The bcca has had pictures of the us tabs and flats as updates to the usbc books. Here are some reference books that you may try to acquire to help you. The first beer cans were made in america after prohibition, but in time, the practice spread to the rest of the world. The hobbys most renowned expert is longtime aba, bcca and naba member bob kay. We also sell the rarest and most desirable cans known. United states beer cans books brewery collectibles club of america. I am the web master, i also do many of the beer can appraisals.

Research beer can values beer can research, store and. Beer can dealer of antique and vintage collectible beer cans. International book of beer can collecting by dolphin, robert r. Although it is not a book about beer cans, it is very useful in finding brewery information and in dating beer cans and breweriana.

A man who has spent more than 40 years collecting 9,300 beer cans has had to get rid of the bulk of them so he can buy a smaller house. Collecting lending library catalogue eastern coast. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. See more ideas about beer can collection, beer and old beer cans. Beer can collector jeff lebo has been collecting vintage cans for 40 years the obsessive collector has accumulated more than 87,000 beer cans over the course of 40 years. Canny jeff lebo turned a holiday home into a beer can paradise worth more than a million pounds. This is because of the incredible enthusiasm among collectors. I am a active collector, i specialize in wisconsin flat tops, and opening instruction cans. The basic philosophy at for buying, selling, and offering information related to values is transparency. This brewery is famous for its lager lovelies beer cans. Most of the pictures are 1 can per page, which is nice but not very informative. A value guide to beer can collecting by ressel, art.

Does anyone know of a good book on collecting beer draft handles. Beer can collecting was a minor fad in the late 1970s and 1990s. The beer can a complete guide to beer can collecting beer can. The only way to evaluate a beer can is by scarcity. The international book of beer can collecting abebooks. While many of the trappist quads dry out considerably, pannepot retains enough sugars to let the emerging waves of. Canventory makes it easy to organize your collection electronically.

The beer can a complete guide to beer can collecting beer can collectors of america, larry wright on. Volume 2 is the ultimate guide to pull tab cans with all color photos and prices. Links can help connect you to pages with more information about collecting beer cans, including pages from other collectors. These cans were made by the american can company, who had to give away the machinery to make the can before anyone would consider that beer did not have to be bottled. This was done to save money on the ends of the can. Dolphin is the author of international book of beer can collecting 3. Does anyone know of a good book on collecting beer draft.

Popular in part because of the ease with which bottle caps can be acquired and added to a collection, bottle cap collecting is also a great activity for children looking for a hobby. The vast majority of pictures are of 1 can per beer. Reference guide with a history of beer cans and over 7,000 photographs of us and foreign beer cans in the following categories. Krueger brewing companys introduction of the beer can to the public in early 1935, other breweries quickly began using beer cans, which had advantages over beer bottles. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. Beer can and breweriana search 1st beer can site on internet. You can still look at the card or signed football or whatever, hold it in your hand, etc. Here youll find a helpful list with links to buy the books. The official price guide to beer cansspans collectibles from the 1935 cone tops to modernday poptops, covering all the major breweries including regional breweries. This is the subreddit for all things related to bottle cap collecting. Today, coaster factory and canada coaster, based in north america, and the katz group, based in weisenbach, germany, produce approximately 75% of the estimated 5. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. A value guide to beer can collecting by art and pete ressel, 1976.

The beer can collectors of america bcca, founded in 1970, was an organization supporting the hobby, but has now renamed itself brewery collectibles club of america to be more modern. Dont be fooled by fluctuating ebay and dealer retail prices. These signs came in all shapes and sizes, while the materials used to make them ranged from wood and porcelain to steel, neon, and celluloid. The term we ameri cans know as stein stems from this definition. There are a number of good reference books on beer can collecting and on the history of brewing. Notice that the diameter of the top and bottom are smaller than the body of the can. But if youre collecting a bottle of beer for collectings sake. The beer can a complete guide to beer can collecting. Downsizing huge 9,300 beer can hoard painful bbc news. Call me first and i guarantee you will not be disappointed. Hes put together a seven volume set of reference books on american labels.