This is great!! I think this is something that really needed talking about. What a range of opinions.
Gulf, Sinclair, Shell, Conoco and Richfield were all big into embossing lids. Cities Service also, but they tended to use product names such as Koolmotor. I'm sure there are more but I've yet to realize them except for the Gilmore products that I've learned about.
I, like many people, have a budget and that will dictate what I can afford. Everyone has their preferences and guidlines, natually. I believe in doing homework when I can. I watch a lot of cans on FBay just to see what happens. Trends do lean toward better prices on full cans if everything is equal. Lids do seem to matter as well. Please don't get me wrong, there are also other factors that figure in.....rarity and availabilty is a biggie. But take a RARE empty can and an equally nice condition full can, the full one will USUALLY win the bigger money. So when it comes to the financial end of things Tara had the order right. DB was right about those million and a half Falcon cans but I have one because it's another can that needed to be aquired. Oddly enough, it was this can that started me on the path to learning about lids. At the end of the day, I buy what I like and what I can afford even if sometimes it's outside the parameters of my collecting habits........Happy collecting.......Dave
