Brewery pin badges are in big demand. Andrew Burnyeat reports
Patrick Keogh has been a collector all his life. Indeed his mother once told him: “If there’s more than one of anything, you’ll collect it.” He started off as a boy scout, collecting the kind of badges boy scouts have to earn, rather than buy.
(Never mind loans for peerages – just imagine the scand...
By Andrew Burnyeat
from Issue 6 published on 18/05/2006
The history of the British beer can is being kept alive by a small group of enthusiasts. Andrew Burnyeat reports
Almost all breweries – either by luck or design – have a can collection of some sort. When they close, as they so often do these days, the cans all too often die with them.
Why does it matter? Well, to some, it may not, but a lot of the artwork, symbolism and sheer financial value is lost when a pa...
By Andrew Burnyeat
from Issue 5 published on 24/03/2006
Playing cards have long been used to promote beer. And now, says Andrew Burnyeat, they are becoming collectors’ items
Adolf Hitler and scantily-clad women are hardly the words you’d expect to read at the start of an article about brewery playing cards.
Yet Hitler is depicted in a card issued during World War Two with a derogatory reference to his past life as an artist. Strange to think that had Hitler won the war...
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from Issue 4 published on 27/01/2006
Some global brands have their own following – and Guinness is among them. It even has its own collectors’ club. Andrew Burnyeat reports
Guinness is possibly the best known beer brand across the world. And it’s by far the most distinctive-looking pint.
Its Irish heritage and a long history of smash hit advertising have helped to create one of the most loyal brand followings there is. The fact that the Irish have travelled far and wi...
By Andrew Burnyeat
from Issue 3 published on 12/01/2006
Historically significant pub signs are in serious demand. Andrew Burnyeat takes a look at what’s on offer
Ever played British pub sign cricket on a long car journey?
It’s not so much a game for the motorist but for the passengers, who score as many runs as there are legs on each pub sign they spot, but are deemed to be ‘out’ when they come across any sign with a royal reference. Signs with no legs scor...
By Andrew Burnyeat
from Issue 2 published on 16/11/2005
The collecting of beer memorabilia has become highly popular. In each issue we’ll have a look at some of the trends. Andrew Burnyeat reports
Some of the most expensive beer cans in the world are being bought and sold on the internet every day.
The law of supply and demand operates with the same force in this market as it does in most others – the rarer an item is, the more someone will pay to get it. A can of Fitzgerald’s Burgomaster be...
By Andrew Burnyeat
from Issue 1 published on 26/08/2005
