boozy collectors!
People collect all kinds of things! Stuffed animals (like me!), cars, shoes. What about booze-related items?! I found six boozy collections that I just had to share with you! Grab a drink, save the bottle cap, and read along with me!
get me some shades!
God’s Own Junkyard in London is a gallery consisting of 1,400 neon signs. Marcus Bracey’s grandfather, a coal miner from Wales, started the collection in the 1950’s, and his father, Chris Bracey, was one of London’s premiere neon sign designers. Admission to the gallery is free and it’s all for sale. Prices range from $400 to $60,000 (of course that’s in British pounds). And yes, the electric bill is high, at over $3,000 per month.
that’s a lot of cans!
One man’s trash (or recycling) is another man’s treasure. Jeff Lebo’s collection of over 100,000 beer cans is valued at over $3,000,000. He spent his early days collecting, over 45 years ago, doing anything he could to add new, unique cans to his collection, including digging in garbage dumps and even scuba diving in Scotland. These days his collection grows from trading with other collectors.
Jeff’s collection lines the walls of his guest house (named BrewHouse Mountain) in Yorktown, Pennsylvania. For $472/night, you can stay in this beer-themed hideaway on airbnb!
drink the whole bottle!
Rotem Ben Shitrit of Israel collects those mini alcohol bottles that we used to see, but are less frequently encountered, on airplane carts and hotel minibars. At 8,000 bottles, it’s the largest known collection in the world, with 3,000 of those mini-bottles full of American-whiskey.
wait, there’s more!
Thousands of beers on one menu, thousands of bottles on the wall, and way too many bottle caps. Check out the other booze-related collections that I found! Cheers! Pleep
