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These collectibles include: Coors ceramics, beer labels, tap knobs, beer ash trays, beer openers, patches, match books, miniatures, and occasionally beer cans. You may jump to the specific collectable with the following links: Miniatures | Coors Ceramics | Labels | Tap Knobs | Ashtrays | Patches Openers | Match Books | Cans | Periodicals |
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"Acme Gold Label - Acme Breweries San Francisco and Los Angeles" -
Heavy, metallic, foil window display, 6" x 5" c.1953 - perfect for
framing or as an appliqué. Near Mint cond. $12 | |
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"Acme Beer & Ale" - "Kork-N-Seal" closure from the Acme Breweries. Used for resealing the ¼ gallon "Economy" or "Victory" size bottles. Could actually be used to reseal any size crown top bottle. c. 1940's, excellent cond. $4 (Shipping included) | |
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"It's the Age of Acme", beer coaster from the Acme Breweries, San Francisco, CA, c.1936-'43. Excellent cond. $12 (Shipping included) | |
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"Stegmaier" beer coaster (reverse same but in blue) from
the Stegmaier Brg. Co.,
Wilkes-Barre, PA. $3 | |
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"Primo" beer coaster c.1954, from the Hawaiian Brewing Co,
Honolulu. T.H. $5 | |
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Two "Gibbons"
beer coasters - from the Gibbons Brewery, Wilkes-Barre, PA. $4 | |
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"Tavern Pale" beer coaster from the Atlantic Brewing Co. of
Chicago - from early 60s. $5 | |
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"Knickerbocker / The Beer Drinkers Beer" from Jacob Ruppert Brg. Co., Brooklyn, NY. Often called tip trays, actually a metal coaster, c.1965. Excellent cond. $5 | |
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"Anheuser-Busch / Old Lager" on a 4" mug - official A-B product. Near mint cond. $8 | |
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"Anheuser-Busch / The Pale Lager" on a 4" mug - official A-B product. Near mint cond. $8 | |
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"Grand Prize" beer mug, in hard plastic, from Houston, TX. $3 | |
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"Pete's Wicked Ale - The Original American Brown Ale" on a 9" tall heavy glass beer pitcher. From the Pete's Brewing Co., San Antonio, Texas. (established 1986). Excellent cond. $12 |
Alpha-numeric references for these
Miniatures and the
Coors Ceramics below are from Robert Kay's
"Acme - Lager Beer" -
"Brewed by Cereal Products Refining Corp." c.1936 - designated [CA-5] 4¼", decal
label, made by Muth. Grade 1. $25 "Acme Beer", c.1940 from Acme Breweries, San Francisco, CA. "Acme Beer", c.1940 from Acme Breweries, Los Angeles (Vernon), CA.
"Acme Beer", c.1950 from Acme Breweries, San Francisco, CA. "Gold Bond", c.1935 from Cleveland Sandusky Brewing Co., Cleveland,
OH. "Kingsbury Pale Beer", c.1950-55, Kingsbury Breweries Co., Manitowoc, WI.
"COORS" with red lion logo on a 1⅞" tall
glass, mini-mug (shot glass or toothpick holder?) c.1965.
Designated [CO-12]. Near Mint cond. $5
Coors Export Lager, stubby salt - c. 1935-40
[CO-8] Excellent cond. $18
Coors, mini mug, 1½" high. Given away to folks who toured the brewery in the
late 40s & early 50s.
On the base: "A. Coors Co. / Golden, Colo." Mint cond.
$5 "Alt Heidelberg brand Beer", IRTP in burnished gold, 3.2%, 32oz., Columbia Breweries, Tacoma,
WA, 4" x 5" - Unused, c.1948.
$18 (Shipping included) "Alt Heidelberg brand
Bock Beer", IRTP in burnished gold, 4%, Columbia Breweries, Tacoma,
WA, 2⅞" x 4⅛" -
Unused, c.1948. $25
(Shipping included) "Columbia Beer", IRTP in burnished gold, 11 oz., Columbia Breweries, Tacoma, WA "Columbia Beer", IRTP in burnished gold, 11 oz., Columbia Breweries, Tacoma, WA "Columbia
Pale Ale", IRTP in burnished gold & green, 6%, Columbia Breweries, Tacoma, WA,
2⅞" x 4⅛" - Unused,
c.1948.
$12
(Shipping included) "Columbia
Pale Ale", IRTP in burnished silver, 12 oz., Columbia Breweries, Tacoma, WA "Columbia
Pale Ale", IRTP in burnished silver & green, 3.2%, Columbia Breweries, Tacoma, WA,
2⅞" x
4⅛" - Unused, c.1948. $12
(Shipping included) "Columbia
Pale Ale", IRTP in burnished silver & green, 4%, 32oz, Columbia Breweries, Tacoma,
WA, 4" x 5" - Unused, c.1948.
$15
(Shipping included) "Townsend Lager Beer" - Pre-prohibition label, c. 1906-1916,
from the Port Townsend Brewing Co., Pt. Townsend, WA, a branch of the
Olympia Brg. Co. of Tumwater. Unused. $4
(Shipping included)
"Property of / BBBB / Beverwyck Beer" and in fine print: " Beverwyck
Breweries, Inc. Albany, N.Y. Great enamel insert in marbleized knob with the
4 Bs incised on top rear of knob.
Overall very good condition, enamel insert perfect!
$65 "GB" on sheild, with "Finest Quality Beer" on a 4" sq. glass ashtray from the
Griesedieck Brothers Brewing Co., St. Louis, MO., c.1950s. Near Mint cond.
$8
"Hamm's BEER - Born in the Land of Sky Blue
Waters" on a fine china, 6¾" ashtray. Near
Mint cond. $8 "FORT PITT - Special Beer - Old Shay - DELUXE BEER" aluminum ashtray,
approx. 4 3/8" sq. c.1940s, Exc. cond. $8
"Miniature Beer Bottles & Go-Withs"
as is the grading standard.
Many of these mini-beers were sold in sets as salt & peppers,
however some were meant only for shaking salt in your beer and didn't have a pepper.
"Schlitz Export Beer", c. 1939, from the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI. Wooden opener,
designated [WI-114], with decal label: "contains 100 US pk units
Vitamin D".
Donald Bull's "Beer Advertising Openers" designates this style
opener as L-4.
Near mint condition.
$35
Designated
[CA-6] 3", aluminum salt shaker cap, with decal label. Scarce with annotation:
"Non-Fattening". Grade 2. $16
Designated
[CA-8] 3", aluminum salt shaker cap, with decal label.
Scarce
with annotation: "Non-Fattening". Grade 1. $20
Designated
[CA-12] 3", salt shaker cap, paper label, made by Muth.
Has annotation: "does not contain beer." Bold label with vibrant colors Grade 1-2. $12
Designated [OH-22] 4¼", salt shaker cap, decal
label, made by Muth.
Bright colors, minor flaw in decal over the d in Gold, perfect neck label. Grade
1-2 $18
Designated
[WI-80] 4", miniature, tan paper label, made by Bill's.
Has annotation: "does not contain beer." Grade 2. $7
Coors Ceramics

Production began with the end of prohibition in 1933, and ended with the outbreak of WWII.
The mini-bottles were salt shakers, popular in the 30s & 40s for salting the beer to invigorate the head.
Often these bottles are presented as salt & peppers, but they were not issued in sets.
The mini-mug [far left] was probably a matchstick or toothpick holder.
Labels
2⅞" x 4⅛"
- Unused,
c.1948.
$16
(Shipping included)
3" x 3⅝"
- Unused,
c.1948.
$12
(Shipping included)
3" x
3⅝" - Unused, c.1948. $12
(Shipping included)
Ball Tap Knobs
Ashtrays
Openers
Alpha-Numeric references are from Donald Bull's "Beer Advertising Openers", copyright 1978 Style I-6 "Acme Beer Ale" - same on reverse. Acme Breweries, SF and LA. Very
Good cond. SOLD Style I-22 "A-1 Pilsner Beer, Arizona Brewing Co., Phoenix, Ariz." -
reverse: "H.R. Ransom & Co., Detroit, Mich., Easi-Ope, Pat. No. 2,517,422 -
other patents pending" - c.1950. Very Good cond. $8 Style E-11 "Budweiser / Anheauser-Busch" same on reverse. 4
5/8",
pat. 1915. Excellent cond. $7 Style E-14 "Lucky Lager / Aged for Flavor" same on reverse. 3½"
from West Coast - near Mint cond. $6 Style E-14 "Highlander / Pale Beer" same on reverse. 3½"
from Montana - near Mint cond. $7 Style E-14 "Regal Pale Beer / Light and Mellow" same on reverse. 3½"
from SF - near Mint cond. $6 Style I-12 "Rheingold - Extra Dry - Lager Beer" same on reverse - 3⅝"
- Excellent cond. $4 Style B-14 "Burgemeister Beer" - reverse blank - from the Warsaw
Brewing Co., Warsaw, IL. c. 1936-38. The opener was patented by Vaughn
as the "Special Pocket Bottle Opener" - it measures 2⅝"
long. Excellent Cond. Scarce $20 "The Breweriana Collector" a publication of NABA - the
National Association of Breweriana Advertising. This is issue #131 from
Fall 2005. Feature articles: the Weinhard Brewery, and the Collinsville
Brewery. Also the Frank Fehr Brewery and Falstaff near-beer labels. 40
pgs. $6 "American Breweries II" by Dale P. Van Wieren - This
represents the combined efforts of hundreds of breweriana collectors and
brewery historians to compile information on every brewery known to have
existed in the Unites States and in colonial America. This book is a
thoroughly reworked and improved edition of the landmark 1984
publication, American Breweries, which has become the bible of
brewery reference books. American Breweries II attempts to
capture the names, addresses, and dates of operation of all US breweries
past and present. I'll pack your items
for mailing and give you the total,
Style L-4, "Schlitz Export Beer", c. 1939, from the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI. Label states "contains 100 US pk units Vitamin D". Near mint condition.
$35


Unlisted in Bull's book.
Patches
Match Books
Cans
Periodicals
Whether used by a collector trying to date a piece of breweriana, or an
historian researching the beer industry, this book is an invaluable
tool. 427 pages plus an alphabetical index.
New - unused condition. $16
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