Breweriana Art Auctions: Brewing with Taste

If you are interested in beer art, then Breweriana just might be what you are looking for. Breweriana is the special name for beer related artifacts. There are many breweriana pieces that are held for sale in several art auctions. Beer art collectors and aficionados consider breweriana pieces an ultimate reflection of the society that came before us as well as at present.

The search for more breweriana pieces can take you into several art auctions that you do not typically attend and enable you to rub elbows with people you do not normally bump into. Among some interesting breweriana pieces that have been featured in art auctions are the following:

An art auction in Wisconsin featured an old breweriana piece, one that is for Ziegler Beer, which was created in the 1930s. Another art auction showcased a 1940’s Lone Star Beer sign. A Cajun man over a Jax Beer sign, made in the 1930s is fantastic a breweriana piece that you can expect to go into a bidding war if it happens to show up in an art auction. The Cajun can even go for as high as eight hundred dollars. This piece is said to be a part of New Orleans history.

Meanwhile, porcelain breweriana signs have become a highlight in art auctions all throughout the country. One interesting piece is an oval, double sided breweriana that is for Supreme that was created in the 1930s. On the other hand, consider yourself fortunate if you can find, much less win any tin breweriana piece such as for Washington Beer from the 1930s, as this type is seldom being featured in art auctions. Ceramic breweriana signs are not difficult to find though, as these are everywhere.

Breweriana pieces that run from the 1930s and 1940s are usually popular picks among beer art collectors but you can find other signs worth acquiring as well, ranging from the neon and antique types. What’s more, there are some art auctions that even sell brewerianas for cheap.

An art auction in Indiana held a somewhat chipped Goetz Country Club Beer sign for sale but was sold anyway because it was considered to have a high collector’s item value.

There was also a two-piece cardboard breweriana that was sold cheaply at an Ohio art auction. Another art auction in Rochester, New York held for sale a Standary Dry Ale reverse painted glass sign. The said sign was said to have hung in a bar until it shut down in the 1960s. Other breweriana signs, such as for Velvet Beer and Stratford Beer, both from the 1930s were more colorful than the tin brewerianas. Moreover, there was this breweriana illustrating the original Miller High Life Brew sign prohibition era. Its red and black symbol would make for a fantastic wall decoration whether alone or along with other breweriana signs.