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From: Jerry in North Carolina
Remote Name: 205.188.209.82
Date: 01/20/2004
Time: 06:26:47 PM
Hi Aundra,
You have a character stein with a bowling theme which was made either by Mathias Girmscheid or by one of the members of the Steinzuegwerke group. Stein authorities have credited it to both operations. In my non-authoritative opinion it was made by Mathias Girmscheid based on the type of thumblift it has. It has the Edelweiss floral thumblift which was only used by a couple manufacturers and Mathias Girmscheid used it on most of his character steins although he didn't mark his name on character steins. It comes in two versions, both with and without the pewter rim around the lid. Although the beer stein book lists the stein in the $250-350 price range, if perfect, I have generally seen it go on eBay for between $200-$275. Again, that assumes it is in perfect condition.
Jerry