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About Vintage Beer Tap Knobs

Now standard equipment along with back bar statues and coasters, tap knobs originally served a very specific function. When Prohibition ended in 1933, regulations required taps to be clearly marked with a beer brand. Thus the tap knob industry was born.

The most collectible knobs, called ball knobs because of their small, round shape, were the main type of knob used from the 1930s to the mid 1950s. They were usually simple, made of metal or resin, and displayed the logo of whatever beer was on tap.


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Vintage Baltimore American Beer Tap Handle & Knob Nice!$450.00 Ends in 2 hours 46 bids 27 watchers
Old Quality Champagne Tap/corkscrew - Marked Holborn$82.04 Ends in 23 hours 3 bids 26 watchers
Huge!!miller Lite On Tap Neon Beer Sign/brand New Cond!$51.01 Ends Thursday 2 bids 8 watchers
Bud Light Beer Lacrosse Figural Tap Handle Very Rare $49.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 13 watchers
New Genuine Shiner Boch Beer 3d Ram's Head Tap Handle!!$44.44 Ends Thursday 1 bid 3 watchers
Budweiser Bud Light Aligator Beer Tap Handle Nr$41.00 Ends in 5 hours 15 bids 14 watchers
Pittsburgh Steelers Superbowl Beer Tap Handle Kegerator$39.99 Ends in 20 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Lot Of 11 Beer Tap Handles$38.27 Ends Saturday 4 bids 6 watchers
Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout Tap Handle Ltd. Edition$37.23 Ends Sunday 3 bids 5 watchers
Leinenkugel Small Canoe Tap Handle$35.01 Ends Sunday 2 bids 3 watchers
Vintage Trommer's Beer Brooklyn Tap Ball Knob$33.76 Ends Sunday 4 bids 11 watchers
4 Tap Beer Tower W/ 2 Handles$31.00 Ends Friday 9 bids 24 watchers
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Tap Handle~~ Brand New$31.00 Ends Thursday 5 bids 2 watchers
Very Nice! Miller High Life Girl In The Moon Tap Handle$30.99 Ends in 4 hours 2 bids 5 watchers
Oakland Raiders Tap Coors Light Beer Topper Finial Keg$30.00 Ends Thursday 4 bids 1 watcher
1979 "lite On Tap" Neon Beer Sign$30.00 Ends in 22 hours 2 bids 5 watchers
Miller High Life Mirror With Working Tap Handle.$30.00 Ends Friday 1 bid 2 watchers
* 4 Different Used Leininkugel's Tap Handles *$30.00 Ends in 3 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Labatt Blue Light Tap Handle Special ~ New$29.99 Ends in 4 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Fling Tap Handle Pyramid Beer Keg Metal Figural New$29.50 Ends Thursday 1 bid 3 watchers
Coors Rodeo Clown -bobble Head- Beer Tap Handle Nib$27.56 Ends Sunday 6 bids 8 watchers
Leinie's Leinenkugel Bock Beer Canoe Tap Handle Nib$27.55 Ends in 5 hours 5 bids 4 watchers
Molson Canadian Maple Leaf Beer Tap Handle - Used$26.00 Ends Thursday 10 bids 3 watchers
Landshark Lager Jimmy Buffet 11" Beer Tap Handle (new)$26.00 Ends Friday 2 bids 11 watchers
Leinenkugel's Leinie's Northwoods Canoe Tap Handle$25.05 Ends in 5 hours 2 bids 2 watchers
Molson, Rare Strange Brew Tap Handle$25.00 Ends Friday 1 bid 11 watchers
Magic Hat * Spring * * * Vinyl Lager * Tap Handle$24.99 Ends Saturday 1 bid 6 watchers
Yuengling ** Signature ** Tap Handle$24.99 Ends Saturday 1 bid 7 watchers
Casket Ale Micro Beer Tap Handle Wood Inlay Coffin New$24.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 9 watchers
Rare Vintage Rogue Beer Tap Handle Yellow Snow Ale 11"$24.99 Ends Saturday 1 bid 20 watchers
Woodchuck Amber Beer Tap Handle Knob *brand New* Tapper$24.50 Ends in 20 hours 1 bid 7 watchers
Vintage Fort Schuyler Beer Tap Knob Utica Ny$24.50 Ends Sunday 4 bids 3 watchers
Shock Top Belgium White Tap Handle Knob Rare~ Orange$24.38 Ends Thursday 6 bids 4 watchers
Guinness Draught Beer Ceramic Tap Handle New$22.89 Ends in 5 hours 6 bids 12 watchers
Guinness Draught Tap Handle With Spout$21.50 Ends Saturday 3 bids 8 watchers
Bacardi Silver O Surf Board Beer Tap Handle Used$21.50 Ends Saturday 8 bids 2 watchers
Bells Solsun Tap Handle$20.65 Ends Friday 5 bids 4 watchers
Star Beer Tap Handle Dubuque Iowa Mint$20.55 Ends in 6 hours 3 bids 17 watchers
New Leinenkugel's Classic Amber Canoe Beer Tap Handle$20.53 Ends Sunday 3 bids 13 watchers
Shock Top Belgian White Beer Tap Handle Nr$20.50 Ends Sunday 4 bids 6 watchers
Castlemaine Xxxx Beer Koala Bear Tap Handle New$20.50 Ends in 5 hours 7 bids 15 watchers
Newcastle Beer Keg Knob Retired Tap Handle England$20.50 Ends Thursday 1 bid 2 watchers
1930s Schlitz Ball Tap Beer Knob Enamel Insert Nr!!$20.49 Ends Saturday 2 bids 10 watchers
Budweiser Game Dart Beer Tap Handle$20.49 Ends Thursday 2 bids 4 watchers
Leinie's Sunset Wheat Canoe Tap Handle$20.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 1 watcher
Guinness 250 Anniversary Beer Tap Handle$20.00 Ends Saturday 1 bid 6 watchers
Tap Handle Honey Brown Beer W/ The Bee Dundee$19.99 Ends Friday 1 bid 2 watchers
Ekhardt & Becker On Tap Beer Detroit Michigan Mich Mi$19.99 Ends Friday 1 bid 13 watchers
Leinenkugels Original Tap Knob (new)$19.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 3 watchers
Guinness Draught Beer Ceramic Tap Handle-new$19.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 2 watchers
Vintage Hamm's Beer Tap Handle Mint$19.95 Ends Thursday 1 bid 11 watchers
Fire Hydrant Figural Beer Tap Knob Handle Firefighters$19.95 Ends in 2 hours 1 bid 5 watchers
Utica Club & Coors Light Tap Handle$19.95 Ends in 18 hours 1 bid 3 watchers
Iron City Roberto Clemente Tap Handle$19.50 Ends Monday 2 bids 1 watcher
Widmer Drifter Pale Ale Tap Handle Budweiser Made$18.50 Ends in 8 hours 5 bids 2 watchers
Lucite Miller High Life Tap Handle$18.00 Ends in 16 hours 1 bid 1 watcher

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