Breweriana at Art Auctions

My sweetheart's father is very interested in beer art.extend to items from the 1930s and 1940s. I've tried to
Breweriana is the special name for beer relatedkeep this in mind when I find new acquisitions.
artifacts. I've been watching for special pieces toI generally stay far from neon or illuminating
include to his collection at art auctions I've beenbreweriana. I just do not think it fits in alongside the
attending.feeling of my father-in-law's collection. The antique feel
The first breweriana piece that I acquired for myof everything is nice. He has taken up beer making as
better half's father was a 1940s Lone Star Beer sign.a hobby since his wife passed away, so it is not a far
He was so pleased with this find at the art auction thatleap to beer art collecting.
he asked me to keep finding him interesting bits ofThe Goetz Country Club Beer sign that I won at an art
beer history. I feel like finding breweriana at art auctionsauction in Indiana was somewhat more chipped than
is definitely an article on today's society.the other pieces I've gotten. I was serious about
I found another really old piece of breweriana at thewinning this sign because Goetz was my
very next auction I attended. It was another sign and itfather-in-law's mother's maiden name. He was so
was from the 1930s for Ziegler Beer. I was at an artcontented with this old piece of breweriana as a result
auction in Wisconsin and had to ship that sign to myof the name on it that it instantly became the focal
in-law by freight.point of his collection.
My search for breweriana has taken me to someI found two bits of cardboard breweriana at an art
auctions that I would not have ordinarily attended andauction in Ohio. I choose that they were going to sell so
I've met people that I do not ordinarily meet. I got into acheaply that I could buy them and frame them for the
bidding war with a Cajun man over a Jax Beer signcollection. I'm glad I went to that art auction.
from the 1930s. The auctioneer said that it was aI won a sign for Velvet Beer and another one for
piece of New Orleans history.Stratford Beer. They both were from the 1930s and
The Cajun outbid me at every opportunity. I had athey were more colorful than tin breweriana signs that
restrict that had been set by my better half's fatherI'd purchased at other art auctions. The framer that I
and we were closing in on it when he finally stoppedused framed both pieces for fifty dollars.
bidding. I won that piece of breweriana at the artThe art auction that I attended in Rochester, New
auction for 0.York turned out to be to be very fruitful for my
The porcelain breweriana signs are turning up at artfather-in-law's breweriana collection. There was a
auctions all over the land. I found another one from theStandard Dry Ale reverse painted glass enroll at
1930s for Supreme Beer that was double sided andauction. The sign had hung in a bar until the 1960s
oval. I was really pleased when I was in a position towhen the bar closed down.
present that one to my sweetheart's father.The most recent piece of breweriana that I bought at
The tin breweriana signs are actually not coming outan art auction was an original prohibition era Miller High
as often at art auctions. I felt fortunate when I foundLife Brew sign. The red and charcoal sign looked great
one from the 1930s for Washington Beer. The ceramicon the wall with the other signs in the collection. My
breweriana signs are more commonplace.sweetheart's father plans to build an out of date bar in
After my initial few purchases of breweriana for myhis home, in any case the decorating is complete!
better half's father he settled on that his taste really did