Collector profile Leonid Kandinsky
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Leonid Kandinsky
Hi,
My name is Leonid Kandinsky, I'm from Moscow, Russia.
I started collecting beer crown caps in 2001 by putting apart caps from beer I was drinking. After some time my friends came to know about my hobby, so they started bringing me crown caps or even full beer bottles from their holiday travels and business trips. This was my way of collecting crown caps, and in 5 years I got about 700 beer caps.
Then in early spring 2006 my way of collecting changed radically, and I started active collectings.
How do I get caps? Generally, the ways are 5:
1. By buying beer in the stores and putting apart the caps.
2. By requesting caps from breweries or crown caps manufacturing factories.
3. By trading with other collectors at personal meetings or via internet.
4. By visiting collectors meetings.
5. By bying caps at Ebay or other auctions.
Collection
I COLLECT:
1. Beer caps
2. Caps from products similar to beer (non-alcoholic beer, malt beverages, radlers, kvases, etc.)
3. Used caps in good conditions or unused caps
4. Caps from all countries and all continents
5. Normal crown caps, twist-off caps, pull-off caps
6. Caps with different reverses
I DON'T COLLECT:
1. Caps from other beverages, except the specified above (mineral water, cokes, alcohol mixes, wines, etc.)
2. Other types of caps (PET caps, ceramic taps, cork taps)
3. Caps with same look but with different factory signs
4. Same caps from different breweries, cities or countries (if no visible differences)
5. Caps with small colour differences due to bad printing or bad maintenace
Links
- Crown Cap Collection.com. This is the web site with my collection.
