Customer Reviews

Beer Signs for the Collector

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Very disappointing... This book is nothing more than a bunch of pictures of 1 or 2 collections. The guide is VERY far from comprehensive. If you are just starting out in the hobby, it might be interesting, but it will not be much of a collecting aid and certainly not at all a pricing guide (relative or otherwise). Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of books out there covering beer signs. This one is certainly a worthy coffee table book. Serious collectors will want to save their money for the next sign.

This book was a huge disappointment and the title and book cover are very misleading. There is really nothing inside of interest to a true breweriana collector, nor to educate someone new or potentially interested in the hobby. It's nothing more than photographs of a selection of signs - many of them newer and quite common - from a list of random breweries in alphabetical order that come from a couple of collections. The cover art is very enticing as it has some beautiful older signs, but I say it's misleading because there is little else of significant interest inside. The Straub book on beer trays, Baley Book on backbar figureines and Haydock book on breweriana are far superior.

I found the book interesting and informative in a wide variety of different beer signs. A great addition to anyone's collection.

A good start for an overlooked field. There has been little effort to catalog or value these collectables in the publishing field . I enjoyed the book,and hope there will be more to come ..