Michael age 16 started collecting California cans after moving to California

Michael finds Mint and best known Coronado Can age 17 in Reseda, California

Close up of the Coronado Can by Monarch

Michael with Three Mint Alta Instructionals found inside a wall in Los Angeles

Michael with Bruce and the Alta find

Michael and Bruce holding the two sided porcelain Eastside sign found in the back of an old liquor store in Los Angeles

Michael and Bruce with the “Fresno Collection find”

Michael with reverse on glass Grace Brother’s sign

Michael and Ted showing off one of the two mint Eastside Bock’s

Michael pretending he is an important beer can dealer of the time

Michael with some new cans in the late 1980’s

Michael with a mint Better Foods can he found in an attic

Michael with a mint Eagle Low Profile cone top and the best known Brownie can from his collectior