Antiques Newsletter Archives – March 2, 2006 features articles about Brewerania and Beer Can Collecting; the Seaside Flea Market on
the Rock; Record Auction Prices for Photos of Georgia O’Keefe’s Hands; Collecting Hood Ornaments and a Would be Antiques Thief who
left a note for Police. Antiques Newsletter Archives – March 2, 2006 also highlights upcoming antiques shows & flea markets,
antiques auctions and Estate & Tag Sales. Northern Virginia Antiques is the mid-eastern
NOVA-Antiques.com was designated as a resource for antiques and collectibles flea markets in an article published in the Weekend Section
of the
brewerania - collecting beer cans
It seems like just a few years ago people were collecting cans of Billy Beer, the beer that was named after President Carter’s brother. However, beer can collecting began long before that. It is believed by some that collecting beer cans began with the advent of the can itself, produced first by the American Can Company. The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company was the first to introduce us to beer in a can in 1933 when they distributed 2000 cans of 3.2% beer.
Beer can collectors have their own organization, called the Beer Can Collectors of America (BCCA). According to Mark Benbow, owner of rustycans.com, the association has been around since 1970 and by 1976; the association had more than 8000 members. In the late 1970’s and 80’s, with a glut of beer cans aimed specifically at collectors, interest actually waned and many people gave up their collections. The hobby of collecting beer cans is now making a comeback and the BCCA currently has about 3700 members.
Another thing we learned from Mr. Benbow is that Billy Beer cans are pretty much worthless since the market was flooded with about 2 billion cans from four different breweries in the late 1970’s. A can of Billy Beer, whether open, closed, with beer or without is probably not worth more than twenty five cents.
UPCOMING ANTIQUES SHOWS & FLEA MARKETS
NOVA-Antiques.com & The NOVA-Antiques.com Newsletter provide and extensive list of upcoming antiques flea markets and shows.
There is a brand new flea market opening in
seaside flea market at the rock
DUMB MIKEY
Mikey wanted to get married again but needed money for the wedding. So he gets the bright idea of asking the lord for help. He goes to church and prays, “Dear Lord, please let me win the lottery tonight.” That evening he goes home and watches the news to see, to his disappointment, he did not win the lottery. The next day, he goes back to the church and prays, “Dear Lord, I don’t know if you heard me yesterday, but I need money to get married, please let me win the lottery tonight.”
record auction price for stieglitz photos of georgia o'keefe
He took many, many pictures of her hands alone, and recently it is one of these pictures that sold at Sotheby’s
collecting hood ornaments
From the 1920’s through the 40’s our streets were teeming with animals; jaguars and lions to name a few, roamed freely and carefree
and no one even batted an eye. Other things also traveled our streets, including graceful birds, Indian chiefs and airplanes. No, we are not talking about the real things, and some of you may have already figured out that we are talking about hood ornaments
on cars, or mascots as they are referred to by the Brits.
Hood ornaments were a work of art commissioned by automakers to distinguish their autos from the others. And they didn’t just use any old artist to come up with a sculpture that would make their cars stand out. No, they used some of the best artists in the world, such as Rene Lalique and Ettore Bugatti as well as Louie Lejeune. Later, others copied their works to supply a growing demand by the public to decorate the hoods of their cars. Hood ornaments were usually cast of brass or bronze and then chrome plated.
This goes under the annals of dumb crook. It was recently reported by Fox News that a man named Gerald Levertt Mack of
would be antique crook leaves note for police
UPCOMING estate & tag sales . . .
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Hood ornaments have now become very collectible and collectors pay top money for these great sculptures. But for those of us
who are nostalgic and want to put a hood ornament on our car, there is Jud Turner, artist and sculpture. His site features many
different types of metal sculptures. However, he can be commissioned to make your very own hood ornament. Please use the
link below to visit his site.
