Specific Areas of Collecting Interest:

• Regimentals - Old or New? - How to identify reproductions

• Student Association Steins - The basics

• German Student Societies, History and Traditions: A Bibliography

• Studentica - The artifacts of German student associations

• Student Association Steins - A Pictorial Essay

• A Mettlach Look-Alike - A striking comparison of two student steins

• Jugendstil Steins - A Pictorial Essay

• 4F Gymnastic Steins - Turnvater Jahn, Turnfests, Phys Ed

• US Military Steins from the Cold War Era - Popular collectibles!

• German Kinderkrüge - Children's Steins

Glass Steins:

• Glass Beer Steins - An Introduction

• Glass Techniques - Blown, mold-blown, cut, pressed, enameled, etched...

• Cobalt-Blue Glass Steins - Pretty to look at, delightful to hold... but to drink?

• American Cut Glass Steins - American brilliance!

• Prunts, Glass Stein Decorations - Now you know the correct name

• Jeweled Lids: Myths and Superstitions - Poison, fidelity and health?

Reference Works:

• How to Detect Stein Repairs - Helpful hints for ceramics collectors

• A Stein Collector's Bibliography - The most common - and useful - books

• Pewter Fittings Through the Ages - Dating steins from their pewter

• The Essential Mettlach Marks

• The Basic Marks - A Beginning

• Stein Marks - (External site) Photos of marks and artists signatures appearing on steins.

• The Beer Stein Library - (External site) Includes excellent articles and pictorial catalogs (Access to catalogs requires an annual subscription)

• The Character Stein Book - (External site) A work in progress, but containing a wealth of information on character steins.

• Der Oktoberfestkrug - (External site) A pictorial catalog (German)

• Added Dec 2011: MySteinCollection.com - (External site) Stein catalogs and more

Translation Aids:

• What Does This Blasted Thing Say? - Deciphering the old German lettering

• Added Dec 2011:Steinologists' guide to old German print and script - More on deciphering the old German lettering

• On the Subject of Translations - Literal or Lyrical?

• Added Dec 2011: Some Simple Beer Stein Cognates - Helpful step to understanding German

• Added Dec 2011: Translations Illustrated - Translated verses with pictures and interpretation.

• Introduction to Les Hopper's "1,001 German Translations"  

• Added Dec 2011: Les Hopper's "1,001 German Translations" - Side-by-side German-English translations

• Added Dec 2011: Supplement to Les Hopper's "1,001 German Translations"

• Added Dec 2011: Example of Expressions on a Stein: - The Verses of Mettlach # 171