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| Du Bois Brewing Co., Du Bois, PA | 12 inch round, Famous DuBois Beer. Probably 40's vintage. Nice, shiny black background that looks super straight on. With angled light, you can see some areas of spidering. | 8++ | $.00  |
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| Pittsburgh Brewing Co., (Eberhardt & Ober)Pittsburgh, PA | 12 inch round, E&O Beer. Probably 30's or early 40's vintage. Note that this one has a tad more fading to an orange color than appears in the photo. There are some scattered little pit specks on the face. Has a very faint crease and tiny dent in the area of the "E &". Outer rim lip has some pitting. Backside has a fair amount of blistering. Displays really well at arms length. Nicer than it sounds. You should be very happy with it for the price. | 7+/8- (See Descr) | $.00 |
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| Theo Hamm Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN | 12 inch round, Hamm's bears tray. Outstanding condition on this very popular tray. Front is like new. Backside has a few minor little scratches. | 9+ | $19.00 |
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| Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO | 12 1/4 inch round, Bud Light Spuds MacKenzie. Dated 1986. Neat "before" and "after" graphics of Spuds getting ready to be the "party animal". Super shape. | 9++ | $.00 |
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| Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI | 12 inch round, Leinenkugel indian maiden. 50's or 60's vintage. Nice shape. One light vertical scratch on the face you hardly notice. | Nice 9 | $.00 |
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| Jacob Ruppert, New York, NY & Orange NJ | 12 inch round, Ruppert Knickerbocker beer. One of their later trays, but a little less common. Probably early 70's. Super shape and nice graphics. | 9+ | $.00
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| Louis F. Neuweiler's Sons, Allentown, PA | 12 inch round, Neuweilers brewmaster. I think this is late 40's or early 50's vintage. Different versions of this, but this is the O.I.C. version with the nice colors. Great shape with great luster. If you inspect with angled light, you can see some very light scuffing. | Nice 9 | $19.00 |
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| F&M Schaefer Brewing Co., Lehigh
Valley, PA (Strohs) |
13 inch round, Schaefer 150th year. 1992 commerative tray for Schaefer Beer. This tray was actually distributed by Strohs Brewery of the Lehigh Valley who bought the brewery and rights from the Lehigh Valley Schaefer Brewery when they went out of business. Not much around with the Lehigh Valley designation. Great shape. | 9+ | $.00 |
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| G. Krueger Brewing Co., Newark, NJ | 12 inch round, Krueger K-Man tray. Nice 40's vintage tray. Looks great at arms length and in the photo, but NOTE that there is some scattered light rust specking / light staining and some overall outer rim lip wear. Above average example with no major problems. | 8+ | $.00
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| Piel Bros., Brooklyn, NY | 13 inch round, Piels is Better Beer. Late 30's or early 40's vintage. One of the Burdick trays that held my well. Real nice one with some very faint stacking scuffs. | 9 | $.00
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| Piel Bros., Brooklyn, NY | 13 inch round, Piels Better Beer, Flavor that Challenges Imported Beers. 40's vintage. Scarce Piels tray and one of the sharpest lookers. Great, great shape. | 9+ | $.00
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| Pabst Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI | 13 inch round, Pabst Blue Ribbon Bartender. Popular 60's tray in great shape. | 9+ | $15.00 |
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| Mount Carbon Brewery, Pottsville, PA | 12 inch round, Mount Carbon Beer Aged in Wood. Scarce Mount Carbon tray made by Burdick. Probably late 30's or early 40's vintage. Has some small pit spots, scratches and some faint crazing, but main problem is the staining in the cream background in the center of the tray. Actually, it's not a bad example of this one. I'd rate it better than a filler, but one you'd probably like to try and find a little better. | 6+/7- | $.00
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| C. Schmidt & Sons, Philadelphia, PA | 13 inch round, Schmidts of Philadelphia tray. Pretty common, but nice looking tray. I think 50's vintage. A few scattered, very minor disturbances. | Nice 9 | $.00 |
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| Fitger Brewing Co., Duluth, MN | 12 inch round, Fitger's Rex tray. Suspect early 40's vintage. A little bit of scattered specking and faint, small spidering. Nice clean looking tray. There is a small nail hole that doesn't stand out badly. The nail hole not included in grading. | 8+ (See Descr) |
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| C. Schmidt & Sons, Philadelphia, PA | 12 inch round, Schmidts Beer & Ale. I think this one goes back to the 40's and one of the least common Schmidts trays. This one has some surface scuffing in the black background and a bit of rust pitting where the rim meets the face. A decent example of this tray. | 7/7+ | $.00
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| Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO | 12 inch round, Budweiser IRTP bottle. Probably late 40's vintage with the IRTP labeled bottle. Colorful tray with nice luster. Has a few pit marks and spider marks seen mainly at an angle. Displays excellently. | 8+ | $19.00 |
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| Minneapolis Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN | 13 inch round, Grainbelt mug and river scene. Partner to the one wirh the bottles and probably a little more scarce. Guessing 50's, maybe 60's vintage. Face is about perfect. Minor stacking wear to the inner rim and outer rim lip. | 9+ | $.00
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| Stegmaier Brewing Co., Wilkes-Barre, PA | 13 inch round, Stegmaier Quality Beer. I believe, later 40's vintage. Owens-Illinois Can Co made tray in really great shape with great luster. When in this condition, it's a really attractive tray. | 9+ | $.00 |
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| Joseph Hensler Brewing Co., Newark, NJ | 13 inch round, Hensler Popular wood grain. 1939 vintage. I normally do not list something like this, but I think it's quite scarce and may be needed as a filler for a speciality collector. This doesn't have any rust or dents, but it is covered with heavy staining of some sort. I'm pretty sure it will not come off. | Filler | $.00 |
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| Henry F. Ortlieb Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA | 12 inch round, Ortliebs "Premium" Lager. I think 50's vintage. Common tray, but very nice graphics. Great shape. | 9+ | $.00 |
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| Northampton Brewery Corp., Northampton, PA | 13 inch round, Tru-Blu Beer and Ale. 30's vintage pie-rim tray. Tray has a nice clean appearance, but there are a few things that don't show up very well in the photo. There are some scattered light pimple dents at very close inspection. There are a few pit marks you can see in the photo if you look closely with some light spidering at the marks. Displays very well at a short distance. | 7+/8- | $.00 |
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| Heineken, Holland | 11 3/4 inch round, Heineken glass. Interesting older Heineken tray that covers all the beer languages on the backside. Nice luster, but light overall wear. | Nice 8 | $.00 |
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| Heineken, Holland | 13 inch round, Heineken tray. Neat graphics with the images submerged in beer. Great shape and an older one, but not sure of vintage. Nicer look when you see it. | 9+ | $.00 |
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| Jacob Hornung Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA | 13 1/2 inch round, Hornung White Bock Beer. Scarce Hornung tray more often seen in the Oval version. Pretty sure this is mid to late 30's vintage. As you can see it has it's problems and should be considered a filler although it displays fairly well if you are not real fussy. The photo pretty much shows everything except some scattered small dents in the "Hornung's" section. Backside of tray has large rust spots. Ask if you have questions. | Filler | $.00 |
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| MacEwans, Scotland | 12 3/4 inch square, MacEwans, The Best Buy in Beer. Older tray in great shape. Nice graphics. | 9+ | $.00 |
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| Whitbread, UK | 13 1/2 inch square, Whitbread London Beer. Colorful, older tray with London scene. Has some minor, tiny nicks on the face and some places of a bit heavier wear on the outer rim lip. Remains of 2-sided tape on the backside. A nice one. | 9- | $.00 |
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| Aguila, Bogata, Columbia | 13 inch round, Cerveza Aguila. Very colorful, heavy decal on plastic tray. Recent vintage. Photo shows both sides. Neat bottle cap shaped rim. Unused. | 9++ | $.00 |
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| Tooheys, Australia | 12 3/4 inch round, Tooheys Draught. Nice shape with cool tab top can, but has a dent at 7 o'clock as seen in the photo. Dent extends slightly into the face. Most noticable on the edge of the outer tim. A little bit older vintage. | (See Descr) | $8.00 |
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| South Pacific, New Guinea | 12 inch round, South Pacific Lager. Pretty tyay with a few hairline scratches and scattered small nicks. Also a few small spider spots seen at an angle. | 8+ | $.00 |
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