I started collecting beer cans in 1980 when I saw my friend's collection of a few hundred beer cans. After that I wanted every beer can ever made and at one time I had 2500 different beer cans. I downsized my collection to 190 cans and concentrated on quality instead of quantity. In 1999 I sold my collection and just recently decided to build a new collection. During the last few years the interest in the hobby has increased with an emphasis on specialization.
Many collectors collect beer cans from only a certain geographical area or a specific brewery.
This increased specialization has increased the demand for scarce and rare beer cans. Better 1970's pull tabs are also increasing in value as many people that stopped collecting have rekindled their interest and are trying to obtain cans they once had. Also there are many people in their 20's and 30's becoming interested in beer cans and are creating a future backbone for the hobby. I continue to look at the hobby as growing one for years to come. We owe a large success of this hobby to many of the excellent beer can organizations.