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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 Weber Beer Tap Knob Waukesha Wi Enamel Insert$149.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 13 watchers
Rare 1992 Budweiser Budman Tap Knob Mib Never Used$113.61 Ends Thursday 2 bids 5 watchers
Collection Of Tap Handles$99.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 2 watchers
Sebewaing Mi Old Style Beer Ball Tap Knob Handle $99.00 Ends in 15 hours 2 bids 18 watchers
Foster's Beer Motion Sign W/tap Handle -new- Never Used$90.00 Ends in 21 hours 6 bids 12 watchers
Guinness Tap Handle With Faucet And Sankey$66.00 Ends in 22 hours 11 bids 9 watchers
Pabst Blue Ribbon Ball Knob Tap Handle, Vintage Pbr$56.00 Ends Monday 4 bids 10 watchers
Lot 35 Beer Tap Handles Petes Fosters Red Wolf Bud Bar$49.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 2 watchers
Vintage Hochgreve Beer Ball Tap Knob Green Bay Wi$49.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 6 watchers
Rolling Rock Ball Knob Tap Handle - Rare, Latrobe, Pa$49.00 Ends Monday 2 bids 27 watchers
Olympia Ball Knob Tap Handle Oly Very Rare. Olympia, Wa$47.00 Ends Monday 2 bids 24 watchers
Beer Bar Keg Tap Handles And Shelf Miller Killians Lot$45.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Indian Wells Fireman's Brewnette Beer Tap Handle; New$44.02 Ends in 21 hours 10 bids 13 watchers
Guinness 250th Anniversary Tap Knob$44.00 Ends in 14 hours 3 bids 3 watchers
Magic Hat Beer Tap Handle Circus Boy Hefeweizen Jp1$42.00 Ends in 21 hours 7 bids 8 watchers
Alexander Keith's Beer Tap Handles (two)$41.16 Ends in 18 hours 11 bids 9 watchers
Vintage Chrome Beer Tap Ball Knob, Lithia, Westbend, Wi$41.00 Ends in 21 hours 6 bids 29 watchers
Silver Label Lager Beer Lancaster Ohio Ball Tap Knob$41.00 Ends Thursday 4 bids 12 watchers
Budweiser Beer Faucet Tap Handle Bar Gameroom Spout$40.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 1 watcher
Antique Soda Jerk Tap Handles,lot Of,3,brass/nickle$39.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 2 watchers
Molson Hockey Goalie Helmet Beer Tap Handle$39.00 Ends Monday 7 bids 6 watchers
Buckeye Beer Toledo Ohio Ball Tap Knob$39.00 Ends Thursday 3 bids 25 watchers
Vintage Bakelite Beer Tap Ball Knob, Krueger$37.76 Ends in 21 hours 7 bids 22 watchers
Shiner Bock Ram's Head Beer Tap Handle$35.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 2 watchers
Leinenkugels Beer Birch Canoe Bar Tap Knob Seasonal $34.95 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 8 watchers
Guinness Tap Handle With Keg Connection $34.95 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 5 watchers
Dead Pirate Beer Tap Handle$34.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 1 watcher
Vintage Oconto Beer Chrome Ball Tap Knob$33.01 Ends Monday 8 bids 22 watchers
Draft Beer Chrome Tower Kegerator Tapper & Faucet Tap$33.00 Ends Monday 7 bids 8 watchers
Lot Of New Sam Adams Collectable Beer Tap Heads/knobs$32.75 Ends Friday 3 bids 4 watchers
Shock Top Beer Tap Handle Knob New In Box $31.50 Ends Sunday 2 bids 7 watchers
Hawaiian Primo Beer Tap$31.01 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 8 watchers
Budman Bud Man Tap Handle ~unique!~ No Reserve$31.00 Ends in 21 hours 8 bids 7 watchers
Landshark Lager Jimmy Buffet 11" Beer Tap Handle (new)$31.00 Ends Monday 4 bids 5 watchers
Vintage Kingsbury Beer Chrome Ball Tap Knob$28.00 Ends Monday 5 bids 16 watchers
Antique Solid Brass Barroom Beer Tap Side Handle Cleve.$27.50 Ends in 19 hours 6 bids 13 watchers
Guinness 250 Anniversary Beer Tap Handle$26.00 Ends in 22 hours 3 bids 14 watchers
Budweiser Bakelite & Enamel Tap Knob.1930's-40's$26.00 Ends in 17 hours 4 bids 16 watchers
Northwest Trail Blonde Lager Kayak Beer Tap Handle$25.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 3 watchers
Kona Longboard Tap Handle$25.00 Ends in 1 hour 4 bids 1 watcher
Tetley's English Ale Tap Handle$25.00 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 1 watcher
Beer Tap Handle Woodchuck Draft Cider Beaver New Nib$25.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 4 watchers
Goose Island Beer 312 Tap Handle New Tap Knob $24.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 6 watchers
Leinenkugel Canoe Tap Handle Leinies Berry Weiss New$24.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 1 watcher
Ace Berry Cider Beer Tap Handle (1338)$24.99 Ends Wednesday 1 bid
Vintage Pabst Blue Ribbon Tap Handle Knob Milwaukee$24.99 Ends in 20 hours 1 bid 11 watchers
Shipyard Brewing Co. Pumpkinhead Ale Beer Tap Handle $24.51 Ends in 8 hours 11 bids 8 watchers
Dubois Budweiser Beer Tap Handle Mint In Bag Unused$24.01 Ends in 23 hours 4 bids 8 watchers
Leinenkugel Leinies Summer Shandy Tap Tapper Handle$23.50 Ends Wednesday 8 bids 8 watchers
Pabst Blue Ribbon Ball Knob Tap Handle, Vintage Pbr$23.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 11 watchers
Beer Tap Handle Lot!$23.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 5 watchers
Vintage Narragansett Laber Beer Tap Handle$22.72 Ends in 16 hours 4 bids 27 watchers
40s Tap Handle Lang's (gerhard Lang Brewery, Buffalo Ny$22.35 Ends Wednesday 3 bids 14 watchers
Kona Longboard Island Lager Beer Tap Handle$22.16 Ends Monday 2 bids 3 watchers
Vintage Banner Brass Tower Murphys Ale Tap$21.50 Ends Monday 2 bids 12 watchers
Guinness Draught Beer Ceramic Tap Handle-new$21.50 Ends in 13 hours 3 bids 10 watchers
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Tap Handle + Rat Rod Shift Knob$20.50 Ends Wednesday 6 bids 9 watchers

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