keep a record of what you paid for them for future referance, sales or trades? I've bought several lots of cans lately, mainly to obtain 3 or 4 that I really liked. I guess I could just average out the prices to put a base value on each can. I was just wondering how close you guys keep records on your cans. Obviously, I'm not talking about high dollar cans....those are easy enough to remember.

I keep an Excel spread sheet that shows book reference numbers as well as what I paid (or traded) for cans in my collection. After awhile I forget what i have on the shelves so it comes in handy at shows. I have one sheet for Flat Tops and one for cones.

If the can has a sticker on it , Ill it on the can, its fun to go back years later and see what you piad for something vs now

out

Dan

I keep all my OI's on a spread sheet, but not my "other" collection. On the sheet I record the can, ale/bock/beer, Lilek page number, rarity rating, Lilek population estimate, and price I paid for the can not including shipping.....or what I traded for it. On the bottom of the cans I put all that information as well except obviously the name of the can.

When I buy a bunch of cans I don't want just to get one of the bunch, to my way of looking at it I am paying all that money for that one can. The others that come along with it in my book are "free".

Rand

Remember the pics of my messy can room with all the piles/pyramids? Well, my books are just as neat .

I do keep the Rusty Bunch records a little better than that, so you guys can sleep at night.

Steve

My shelfer Ronz cone has a piece of masking tape on the bottom of the can that simply says::--
3-3-85-$30
Glen Smith

I always thought that was so cool and will remain there forever!!

Later--Brent

Brent, Should be a note saying "COURTESY OF LEON" on the bottom of that Ronz Leon.

Yea---I always appreciate how you helped me aquire that can Leon.

When I found my Pabst Export find---I did the same thing on numbering the different Var. as I was clueless back then and just knew I had a whole bunch of cans and 4 of them were different.

So I just put masking tape on the lids and marked them--1,2,3 or 4 just so I would know how many traders I had of each can and my shelf cans still have that tape! ---Just belongs there if you know what I mean


Well---I sure did not answer Bryan2 question

Later---Brent

Rand:

I sure appreciated your sticky notes on the bottom of the cans I got from you when trying to catalog them. Figuring out which Lilek can I had was much easier already having the number on the bottom. I don't own an electron microscope to differentiate some of those smaller variations.

Scott

> I sure appreciated your sticky notes on the bottom of the cans I got from you when trying to catalog them.

Have I ever let you down? Now...on another tangent I was thinking....if we're going to get your kids a nice Ivy League education, you're going to have to start digging up something really interesting. Turns out I have some big Monogram size holes on my shelf....see what you can do about that ....ok?

Rand

Gosh those are some big holes to fill. The last time I found a Monogram was when I was still living in California (betcha never thoght I dumped one!!). In Northern Oregon though it's not gonna happen. I'll do my best to find the killer O/I's up here however.

The Monogram was found behind St. Mary's College in Moraga California (last team to beat Gonzaga in league play). They have a big statue out in the woods behind the college to honor the WWII dead. We found a six pack of Kool's, one Monogram, a Tru Blu O/I and some other stuff as kids out there. It's a goody two shoes catholic college so it only makes sense the cans were in the woods behind the school, most pre-date the statue.

On a side note of sports since I mentioned it earlier, the three best college football teams during the war were Army, Notre Dame and St. Mary's. They got all the top athletes the other two did not during the war. Sadly they have not done much since.

Scott