New & Shiny vs. Old & Moldy |
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by Robert Gornall #2058 (Excerpts from article published in Summer 2008 edition of The Keg) |
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I have the argument all the time with collector friends. Why would you want to collect micro coasters when there's plenty of the "old moldy stuff": out there? Many of the micro collectors really get fired up when I tell them. I believe microbrewery coasters have no character, no associated history, little value and most are downright ugly! It's all meant in fun, of course. I do collect some micros because I collect coasters from the states of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and the District of Columbia, and those states have (had) microbrewery coasters. But thank God I have most of them. I keep no micro traders. And, in the "ugly" department, I have my share of those as well, as I collect Coors and Miller, and some of their newer issues definitely qualify. I want to share a little coaster story that makes the case for the "old and moldy." I challenge any collector of the "new and shiny" stuff to match it. |
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| Enroute home to Cumberland, Md., from the NABA convention in Bay City, MI., last summer, a collector in the Denver area e-mailed me he wanted to sell his coaster collection. Within several weeks, six or seven large boxes albums were deposited in my garage. The albums eventually made their way to my winter home in Big Pine Key, FL., where each coaster was removed from the album, placed in a plastic sleeve, identified and filed by appropriate state and brewery. Then they went back to my home in Cumberland. Since August 2007, these coasters have registered 4,148 miles. This purchased collection contained a wealth of brewing history. It also contained a pretty good sampling of older micro coasters which were promptly sold to a good friend who collects the "new and shiny" stuff. More .... | ||
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