Jim Bunte

Jim Bunte is an author and photographer who has spent decades documenting American collectibles. In the early 2000s he photographed major breweriana collections for auction catalogs, recording serving trays, tip trays and back-bar advertising as they changed hands. Many of those pieces have since disappeared into private collections. Those photographs became American Breweriana, a two-volume full-color series: Volume I covers 1898–1930 and Volume 2 covers 1933–1984.

Jim's background is in collectibles publishing. He has written for Collecting Toys Magazine and Classic Toy Trains Magazine, worked at Lionel, and created the Antique Americana reference series and Grand Prix 1966. He lives in Blanco, Texas, and sells signed books and vintage beer trays at his various book websites.