Self Opening States Only

If you're not partial to any geographic area, try something else. How about

Cans with numbers (7-11, 102, 905)

Cans with animals (Purple Cows, White Whales Red Birds, Foxes and Lions)

Different brewery products (Ale, beer, bock, draft, malt liquor)

Different size cans

Cans you drank yourself

Anything goes: Do What'cha like

Most collectors search for cans from their home area or region so in "CANS BY STATE" I'm grouping the cans by geography. Yes I know Chicago, Maier, Esslinger, etc are not states but I think you'd agree that each are deserving of their own window.

Go back in time to the Sizzling Sixties and Sexy Seventies - Be Loud and Be Proud

Presidents: Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford

Assassinations, Vietname, Landing on the Moon, Watergate, Resignation, "Free Love"

Elvist, Beach Boys, The British Invasion, Woodstock, Sonny Liston, Muhammed Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foremen Shelby Mustangs, Camaro Super Sports, Hemi-Cudas, GTO's, Chevelles, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch, Mickey Mantle, Wilt Camberlain, Joe Namath, Bobby Orr, Richard Petty, Bonanza, M*A*S*H, James Bond, Three's Company, Happy Days and "The Fonz", Malt Duck, Playmate, 007 and Soul.

Go Back and Witness the Passing of an Era

My 2 cents:

This hobby is like a “treasure Hunt”. The BCCA recently published the two USBC books so each of us can now zero in on our own individual collecting targets. Imagine collecting coins without any reference books to guide you. It would be virtually impossible to even know what you’re looking for. eBay (like it or not), is another important source of information as it is an open forum to monitor actual selling prices. Like most things in life, if you’re going to be successful, knowledge is the key.

Food for thought

Currently I believe the record price ever paid for one individual Beer Can is the on-grade “Class” can. I have no idea that it actually sold for but I’ll assign it a value of $100 K just for my discussion. Let’s compare to other hobbies:

Coins: 1804 Silver Dollar (15 known) $3.5 million

Stamps: 1918 Inverted Jenny (100 known) $977,000

Cars: 1971 Hemi Cuda Convertible (11 known) $3.5 million

Baseball cards: T206 Honus Wagner (60 known) $2.8 million

The beer Can hobby (just emerging from its infancy) has more than its share of passionate collectors that aren’t going anywhere. The Class can, with only three known, may be a heck of a bargain…..