Stopped by an Estate Sale & Bought ...

[AngliaGT]

... a dictionary - I'm getting older & forgetting
how to spell correctly (50 cents!),& bought a box of
metal bottle openers - Lucky,Hamms,Olympia,Burgermeister,
Coors,& Falstaff ($5).Are the openers worth anything,besides
scrap metal?

- Doug

 

[GregW]

...Are the openers worth anything,besides
scrap metal?

- Doug

I'd say so. They open beer bottles after all.

 

[equiprx]

I bet no one under the age of 20 will be able to identify a 'church key'. I found one in perfect condition a few months back and keep it handy on my tool wall.

 

[DrEntropy]

:lol:

Same here. Top drawer, left side... I can find it in th' dark. :wink:

 

[SilentUnicorn]

:lol:

Same here. Top drawer, left side... I can find it in th' dark. :wink:

Makes it easy for those late nite visits to Church. You never know when the mood for prayer will strike.

m

 

[scoutll]

Doug,
If you put them on Ebay, they would probably be worth $5 each. But why do that? Just have one in every room..

 

[judow]

Great wall art and usable. Enough said.

 

[jessebogan]

Plus, if you develop a sudden urge to remove rain gutter chrome molding from old cars, nothing else works quite as well.

 

[AngliaGT]

I forgot to mention that there were 241 openers in the box.
Some have suface rust on them,but you can still read the writing on them.
And the box that I got them in was an old "Lucky Lager" box,in really good
shape.

- Doug

 

[rick_ingram]

:lol:

Same here. Top drawer, left side... I can find it in th' dark. :wink:

Makes it easy for those late nite visits to Church. You never know when the mood for prayer will strike.

m

....or communion.

 

[scoutll]

I forgot to mention that there were 241 openers in the box.
Some have suface rust on them,but you can still read the writing on them.
And the box that I got them in was an old "Lucky Lager" box,in really good
shape.

- Doug

Well, now you are going to have to start adding rooms onto the house, aren't you?

 

[Guest]

Falstaff ($5). - Doug

The bowling pin shaped one, or was that Jax?

 

[AngliaGT]

Just a regular old metal one.
For the younger ones here - stores used to give them
away.All cans/bottles required an opener.I think Canada,
& Oregon are still that way for bottles.

- Doug

 

[jessebogan]

Got any for Anchor steam? I might have a couple to trade...

 

[DrEntropy]

I've a Falstaff and a Stroh's. And several "CocaCola" ones. All worthless, IMO.

 

[Guest]

My grandfather was head of vehicle mainteneve for Falstaff. I used to collect Falstaff stuff but I don't anymore.

 

[DNK]

Are you saying,Doc, any beer you need one on is over kill?

 

[AngliaGT]

The Lucky Lager box was marked "JAN 31,59"-how cool is that?
If anyone's interested - I'm willing to let a lot of them go.PM me
if you're interested.

- Doug

 

[TR4nut]

Doug-

For five bucks you grabbed a bargain. I'd keep em, but if you want to flip them for money ebay is great - that's how I started a few years ago. For several years I collected those 8 oz. bar tapper glasses with old brewery logos. Got up to about 120 different ones and then realized I had no idea what to do with them. A couple months on ebay I was $1500 happier and I think breweriana collectors were happier too.

Randy

 

[William]

Two hundred church keys? Sounds like my neighbor-his shed is full of cardboard boxes, all of which are full of things like bottle tops, shoe horns, and old key rings bearing the logos of long-defunct products (Teem soda? Marathon bars? nothing newer than about 1980).

If you're gonnna sell them, try and weed out rare or regional brands. For example, you'd get a better price for a Fox Deluxe opener from someone who collects Chicago memorabilia.