The Rusty Bunch

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.

I just wanted to say Thank You to Keith for this past year as BCCA President. You have moved the BCCA ahead on technology and raised the bar on communications. Even in the year of Pandemic you were able to attend many in person shows and lead the organization.

Job well done.

The HQ Rainier Ale's from this era are not too tough. That said, I have two different zip tabs and a pull tab, but not this fan tab.

I saw something from Eric about abruptly having to change the auction service. He was able to get all the auction data, but has to do everything else manually. He was asking for understanding to get through this. Hopefully Eric will see and can clarify. ISn't he Tavern Trove? Is that and CanSmart r...

I saw something from Eric about abruptly having to change the auction service. He was able to get all the auction data, but has to do everything else manually. He was asking for understanding to get through this. Hopefully Eric will see and can clarify.

Love the 11oz Western Style zip. I dumped ten of them many years ago. Best one is pretty nice still on my shelf.

Is a U tab considered a tab or a zip?

Missing from this zip search, as well as the supplement, are the Esslinger Parti-Quiz, Rainier Jubilees, Schmidt Scenics. I would like to see them in the supplement. With 6 designs and ~15 colors, there are potentially 90 12oz Jubilees and another 90 half quart ones - not including different zip to...

Nice way to display the Jubilees!

Nice upgrade, but did you try to soak the dumper? It should do well.

Heidelberg had a nautical advertising campaign back in the 60's.

@specks169 , that Alt Heidelberg du feine is a tough one too!

Here is what I believe to be my most rare can. I never see this can available on the auction sites (eBay included). I got this from Ed Scoglietti many years ago.

Here's a tough one from Washington state. Not mine.

Well deserved. Congrats Jim.