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Beer Collectibles
7 Lots
 Lot 301. 1950s Iron City Beer Advertising Four-Figure Plaster Display. Produced by a Pittsburgh firm to call attention to the city’s home-brewed beer, this three-dimensional display is up to 14.5” wide, 10” tall and 3” from front-to-back. It shows a bartender and three patrons, apparently in the 1860s, singing as they enjoy mugs of their favorite local brew. Impressed letters at the base of the display note that production of the beer began in 1861. This example is outstanding. Typically, these displays are found with chips on the patrons’ feet, which protrude beyond the base. This display is flawless. It remained wrapped in plastic, which we removed to photograph the item and to remove a spider web. This is the finest example of this display that you’re likely to find!
Winning Bid $95.
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 Lot 302. 1950s Iron City Beer Advertising Four-Figure Plastic Display. Capitalizing on the success of its plaster advertising displays, a Pittsburgh company created a plastic version of its most popular sculpture, which depicts a singing quartet composed of a bartender and three patrons. The display emphasizes that Iron City has been on the Pittsburgh scene since 1861. There is a hairline ¾” crack on the left. The plastic displays are much less common than the plaster.
Winning Bid $70.
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 Lot 303. 1950s Iron City Beer Advertising Two-Figure Plaster Display. This three-dimensional plaster sculpture depicts a bartender and one of his customers having a discussion while enjoying their mugs of beer. A Pittsburgh firm produced this sculpture and others to promote the city’s home-brewed beer. This three-dimensional display is up to 14.5” wide, 10” tall and 3” from front-to-back. Impressed letters at the base note that production of the beer began in 1861. This example is nm-m, showing insignificant dirt that could be removed and a couple of very minor chips on the base. This version is scarcer than the sculpture with four figures.
Winning Bid $75.
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 Lot 304. 1950s Plaster Advertising Display for Regal Pale Beer of San Francisco. Originally created by the M. J. Goldin Co. of Pittsburgh for hometown Iron City Beer, these three-dimensional sculptures became popular enough that they were ordered by other brewers. This version, which has three patrons holding mugs of beer and singing with the bartender, is up to 15.5” wide, 10” tall and about 3” deep. It shows some minor chips to the base and on the top rim of the circle with the brewer’s logo and some insignificant soiling. Ex-m. These displays made for breweries outside of Pittsburgh are very scarce.
Winning Bid $50.
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 Lot 305. 1950s Plaster Advertising Four-Figure Display for Tech Premium Beer. Pittsburgh’s M. J. Goldin Co. created these sculptures to promote the Pittsburgh Brewing Company’s Iron City Beer. Tech was another of the brewer’s brands. In this three-dimensional display, the bartender joins three patrons, each holding a mug of beer, in singing. The sculpture is about 14.5” wide, 10” tall and 3” deep. It is nm-m with a small chip on the back of the base and insignificant soiling.
Winning Bid $68.
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