There are at least two more supersonic wind tunnels which have not yet been decommissioned..... I know of the one in Langley, VA....what's the other one? I was not aware of the one in Langley. There is one in the Bay Area (Moffett Field) - just think of all the CA brands you might find. I heard the...

Thanks kamsquared for the great research and photos. I can attest that there were many more misprints in the older cans from the Boeing wind tunnel. Once the misprints were exhausted (and QA processes improved), they had to fill orders with production quality cans. Being mid-50s in Seattle, this mea...

Hi @Randy Karasek , any chance there is a web-based BMV in the future? I can't get it past my Norton security to run locally on my PC.

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Never heard of Cans Inc. before. Learn something new every day!

This is a red shift (print error). More obvious misprints from this same American Can Company plant ended up in the Boeing wind tunnel. This was minor enough to get past the QA. Note that Calcans did dig a Rainier Jubilee misprint with one color totally upside down. Many more of these were rejected ...

Does anyone want/need pint sized crimped steel Tenant's girls? I know a guy selling a bunch.

Great work Randy! Well, I have the 7th most pages at least.

The PNW cans I follow went well below any recent numbers on the Morean site. Has the bubble burst?

My best single find of 2022 occurred while I was on vacation out of state. Someone contacted me through the Internet saying they were looking to liquidate their dad's estate including his can collection. After seeing the initial photos, I knew I had to act quickly. pic 5.jpg pic 4.jpg pic 3.jpg pic ...

Here's the similar research and article I published in my Rainier Chapter newsletter.

Outstanding signs!

Awesome job on the display Kurt!

Hi John,
I love the Heidelberg guy peaking out of the Rainier R. Lots of great misprints. I did not know you scored so many Cartoon Jubilees.

That would be quite the operation to take on with all the lidding possibilities.

Good luck.

Nice addition to the Soda references. This is one from our digging trip, right?

The parking/hiding theory is certainly part of it- driven by people with large amounts of dirty money or those who wish to commit fraud. When two or more of them start playing, they can buy and sell to each other, essentially laundering their profits, just not so quickly as to arouse suspicion. I b...

I would love to know who is buying all these items. Are they new collectors with deep pockets? Are they just investors looking for a place to park their cash? How many unique buyers are contributing to this insanity? What do they see that the rest of us are missing? And most importantly, can I pleas...

Would be interesting to know who is bidding in Dan's auctions. That could help answer the 'why' question when things do not make sense on the surface.

I hear there's a huge dump in Guam from the end of the war...

Hi @Conehead I would like to review the WA cones for any missing. My email is beercanner@aol.com. Thanks.

Oldstyle OI or Rheinlander OI "OD"

Yep, that is the transition Heidelberg can and placed chronologically correctly. Maybe as many as 50 of them recovered from the wind tunnel find.

The can on the left is a tough transition label. We found about 20-30 of these in the Boeing Wind Tunnel find. These came from that find.

@jimw630 What an awesome job!!! Thank you!

The ugliest can in the hobby and it's in my core collection scope.

Awesome trio!

Such a loss for his family and for our hobby. RIP Dave.

That can was missed in the inventory. @Scott Field has an original (filled) one as do others. I'm sure this transition can was just overlooked, but it does not get much love.

Great work by all!

Congrats! Newsletter editing is tough, but rewarding, work.