IF THAT WASN ’ T ENOUGH FOR RARE NEW ULM PIECES . THE HAUENSTEIN MOTION SIGN WITH THE LITTLE CHARACTER SWINGING HIS HAMMER COMES UP ON EBAY . BORDER BATCH MEMBERS WATCHED WITH BAITED BREATH AS THIS SIGN HIT A RECORD HIGH JUST OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS .
THE GLENN MILLER AUCTION IN TOMAH WISCONSIN ALSO PRODUCED SOME COOL PIECES INCLUDING THIS LOT OF NEW ULM PIECES INCLUDING THIS NINETEEN FORTY-TWO NEWSPAPER BOY EMBOSSOMATIC CARDBOARD SIGN WHICH BROUGHT THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE LOT .
A HAMM ’ S NEON ADVERTISING BOTTLES AND CANS WHICH I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE BROUGHT SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS . AND I ’ M PROUD TO SAY IT ’ S BEEN ADDED TO MY COLLECTION .
AND FINALLY JUST BEFORE WE GO TO PRODUCTION ON THIS SHOW A RARE GRAIN BELT SALES-CASTER IS PICKED BY MY PARTNER AT I-BUY-OLD-BEER-DOT- COM , BARRY TRAVIS . IT HAS FOUND A NEW HOME AT A FRIENDLY TAVERN ON A RIDGE IN IOWA FOR THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS .
THOSE ARE SOME FANTASTIC PIECES OF BREWERIANA THAT HAVE SURFACED AND SOME LANDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF AREA COLLECTORS . KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A GREAT PIECE OF BREWING HISTORY MAY COME YOUR WAY . UNTIL NEXT TIME HAPPY COLLECTING ! STEVE #
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