Billings Tap cone find

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Billings Tap cone find....soon to hit market....not mine

[OhioCanGuy]

Wow, that is significant!

Who will be selling??????

[Woody]

Terrific condition!!!! Can't wait for the story!!! Looks like at least 16 of them!!!! Wood

[Boardman]

There are 17 of them at $800 ea.

Any crowns? When were they found?

Michael

[Pokey]

There are 17 of them at $800 ea.

Any crowns? When were they found?

Michael

There were no caps shown in the craigslist photos.

[Scott]

The cans have been purchased from the contractor who discovered them and will be available soon. They were recently found in an attic among blown insulation in Portland, Oregon during a remodel. Amazing that they were not Olympia's or something equally common. Here's a better photo of one of them without any further cleaning. High resolution photos do an excellent job of magnifying every tiny little flaw as they are in fantastic condition overall.

[MI-Cans]

Here's the Craigslist link:

https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/atq ... 03380.html

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[kamsquared]

The cans have been purchased from the contractor who discovered them and will be available soon. They were recently found in an attic among blown insulation in Portland, Oregon during a remodel. Amazing that they were not Olympia's or something equally common. Here's a better photo of one of them without any further cleaning. High resolution photos do an excellent job of magnifying every tiny little flaw as they are in fantastic condition overall.

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I wonder how much $$ the homeowner received?

[Beamer]

The cans have been purchased from the contractor who discovered them and will be available soon. They were recently found in an attic among blown insulation in Portland, Oregon during a remodel. Amazing that they were not Olympia's or something equally common. Here's a better photo of one of them without any further cleaning. High resolution photos do an excellent job of magnifying every tiny little flaw as they are in fantastic condition overall.

Billings.jpg

I wonder how much $$ the homeowner received?

$4300?

[Daev Larrazolo]

I see Seamonkey’s $4300 is still the butt of a joke. I bet if they looked they would find the crowns

[Sea Monkey]

I saw one of them already hit eBay. Will be interesting to see how much they bring.....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Scarce-Billing ... 1438.l2649

[OhioCanGuy]

This eBay can is not part of the find.

My guess is the seller heard about the find and wanted to get his can out in front before the others hit the market.

Or, could just be a coincidence.

[josh]

I saw one of them already hit eBay. Will be interesting to see how much they bring.....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Scarce-Billing ... 1438.l2649

That can used to be mine. It was also a Portland find originally though..

[Sea Monkey]

Seller is smart to get it out there before the prices start coming down!

This eBay can is not part of the find.

My guess is the seller heard about the find and wanted to get his can out in front before the others hit the market.

Or, could just be a coincidence.

[MI-Cans]

Found this from 1984 Missoula newspaper.

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[mountainrust]

$800?

[renokenn]

Highlander screw top can???

[ConeAddict]

One of the surprising things for me since I got back in the hobby is the amount of indoor finds there still are, I guess I thought the years would take their toll even on hidden cans or that there were just less cans remaining out there to be found. 17 nice cans like this surely will have a big impact on how tough this can is going forward. I think I saw a lamp built with a few of these sold on ebay in the last year as well. Still waiting for those Royal Finest's to fall out of a wall in the Philippines.

[jeffHurley]

Found this from 1984 Missoula newspaper.

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Do you have a more legible picture of the article? It looks like an interesting read

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[idigrust]

Is this a goog candidate for the Big Finds Forum?

[MI-Cans]

jeffHurley wrote:

[quote]Do you have a more legible picture of the article? It looks like an interesting read

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It's the full size (as I clipped it). If you click on the picture, it should open a new window and as you place the mouse cursor over the picture, the cursor should change to a plus sign indicating that it can be enlarged. I'm describing what should happen on a computer/laptop etc. I don't have a clue as to what happens when it's viewed on a phone. (I only use my phone for making calls.) Here's a screen capture of the image on my laptop (17" screen) when clicked on and then enlarged.

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