The
"maxlugar" Collection
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April
2003 - from maxlugar
Hi everyone at SCI.
I was just washing my collection of steins tonight and thought I should
take a
picture of some of my favorites while I had them out on the basement
bar drying.
I've been collecting for about ten years now and really love it. Thank
God for
this web site. It is so great to be able to ask a question in Stein
Talk and get
it answered so fast!
Anyway, my pride and joy is the giant stein in the middle. I had been
seeing it
in the window of this junk store in Manhattan where I work and after a
few weeks
I broke down and bought it. The picture doesn't come close to showing
how nicely
painted it is. A real work of art. My other favorite is the Navy Cap
stein
(white body, in the middle at the right). It has a nice lithophane as
well. A
great story about that one is I bought it at lunch time on a Friday in
some
antique store and that night after work I went out bar hoping with some
friends.
I think I must have forgotten it at three bars and had to keep going
back to get
it. Finally I lost it for good and the next morning I was kind of like
"oh
well it was just a $20 dollar stein". Then I started thumbing through
The
Beer Stein Book and there it was! And it was listed with a value of
$450 bucks!
Needless to say I called every bar I was at and found someone who put
it aside.
I picked it up that day and still laugh when I look at it. I have no
idea if it
is a fake or not but that stein has some history to me.
Well thanks for everything SCI. I can't wait to add some character
steins to my
collection. I really love the skull on the book steins. If
anyone
every wants to unload one let me know!
Brian...
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