A Very Good Day!!

[potters66]

Has a safe hiding place from the wife right now.

Steve

[keithker]

@potters66 I have a Manhattan Ale I'd trade you for it.......you said you really really need that ale....

[Senator Seebs]

That is a good decade.

[potters66]

@potters66 I have a Manhattan Ale I'd trade you for it.......you said you really really need that ale....

Yes I do...… but I have a better chance of finding that can then ever having a chance at this one again...… I do have a few Hull's Lagers??
Steve

[pinnacle-project]

Just very good? I think your day was more than very good.

What's the story behind that? Lucky antique store find? Purchase from another collector?

Congratulations!

[potters66]

Just very good? I think your day was more than very good.

What's the story behind that? Lucky antique store find? Purchase from another collector?

Congratulations!

RB member and collector , so even though I do know most of the history on this can there is no great story except it stayed in the RB.

Steve

[Sea Monkey]

I wonder what a GREAT day looks like in your world...lol. Congrats!

[Matt Menghini]

Can was featured decades ago in the BCCA magazine. Later Lewandowskis contacted the owner who sent it to them. Later I got it from Lewandowskis. I sold it on eBay to Rand. He sold it recently in his auction. The buyer in the auction then turned around and resold it right away. That's the history of that can.

[Kotto]

The rumor-mill back in the 1980s was that the can was originally found outdoors somewhere in Florida. That always seemed a bit improbable to me, but no one (to my knowledge) was ever able to offer any reliable evidence that it was found elsewhere. The St. Louis ABC brewery sent cans all over the country (mostly west), so who knows, maybe a few cases of Triangle were sent to Florida.

Jay S found his a few years ago in southern Missouri, and the can pictured in the BCCA flat/cones book was also found in Missouri. Those are the only three that I'm aware of.

[kb]

always enjoy a good can history read... good work Steve

[Rand]

http://moreanauctions.com/Triangle_Delu ... T1164.aspx

[keithker]

The rumor-mill back in the 1980s was that the can was originally found outdoors somewhere in Florida. That always seemed a bit improbable to me, but no one (to my knowledge) was ever able to offer any reliable evidence that it was found elsewhere. The St. Louis ABC brewery sent cans all over the country (mostly west), so who knows, maybe a few cases of Triangle were sent to Florida.

Jay S found his a few years ago in southern Missouri, and the can pictured in the BCCA flat/cones book was also found in Missouri. Those are the only three that I'm aware of.

@Kotto John......if the can has the original lid and it was shipped to Florida it would have had the Florida stamp on top. The lids on this can were replaced. I searched newspapers.com without any luck. I tried "Triangle beer" and "Triangle Deluxe" without any luck across the entire USA.

[Mike S]

Nice score!

Mike s

[Leon]

Here's the recent ebay Auction. LEON.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Triangle-Delux ... 663.l10137

[potters66]

Well... quite the story behind this can. All I can say is it has a nice home!

Steve

[Rand]

Just for a bit of clarification on where I got the can.....it was not on ebay but through a direct transaction with a RB person .....but not Matt. Matt may have had a different one he was trading! :-)

[H8UF]

Hey everyone, I just want to be clear. Needed to sell some cans to pay for the new house......if someone on eBay wanted to throw out a crazy price I would mull it over.....I reached out to a few RB'ers before it went to eBay and wanted it to stay within this organization, I even mention the RB in the auction, Steve made an offer and I was sure to find him over here and be sure he got the can for what I paid for it plus lunch.

I've never bought cans from generous people here to turn and flip for big $$$$. I've always gone back to sellers to see if they missed the cans before I moved them to someone else.

I MISS THE TRIANGLE ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Larry H8UF

[potters66]

Hey everyone, I just want to be clear. Needed to sell some cans to pay for the new house......if someone on eBay wanted to throw out a crazy price I would mull it over.....I reached out to a few RB'ers before it went to eBay and wanted it to stay within this organization, I even mention the RB in the auction, Steve made an offer and I was sure to find him over here and be sure he got the can for what I paid for it plus lunch.

I've never bought cans from generous people here to turn and flip for big $$$$. I've always gone back to sellers to see if they missed the cans before I moved them to someone else.

I MISS THE TRIANGLE ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Larry H8UF

Larry...…. I will send you a picture every Christmas!!!! THANK YOU AGIAN!!!!!!!

Steve

[mrlager428]

I am Curiously Wondering why whomever Re-Lidded that Can used those Shinny incorrect Lids??......I think the Can Would be so much Cooler with Rusty or at least Tarnished Period correct Lids!?!....I just have to Wonder and ask

[conesplus]

I know Mike Reilly Had one back in the '90's.
Larsen ended up with that one.

Is this a different one, or the one that Steve has?
Anybody know?

PAGING Mike Reilly,
is this the same one as you had???
Neil

[Pbama]

Based on all the chatter about this windfall of $28k I thought I'd bring back this post for what is known of can's history. Congrats Steve!!!