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    2013 retrospective: Slow year, I blame my teeth... But How Did You Do?

    ...and the dentist who after a thorough cleaning, examination, six fillings, two extractions and a crown or two, charged me so much money that I was forced to grow the collection slowly. And keep him fed and clothed.So...what were YOU able to afford this year to knock socks off?Three colas of...
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    Pre- Dr. Pepper AM&B round bottom HELP!

    Any help would be appreciated on this one. Light green rounded bottom with small hole indent in base. Slugplate reads top to bottom: RETURN TO ARTESIAN MFG...
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    Tulsa Bottle Show report & results

    First, pictured for your enjoyment is a pair of the AR embossed sodas I was able to add to the collection. One is a Star flavor line bottle by Coca Cola of Little Rock and the other a Bellingrath/Coca Cola of Little Rock. An all time high number of vendors were in attendance at this years...
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    ARKY'S New Finds

    Got to go on a short safari to return with two full cases of soda bottles. Sure had a great time, finding twenty bottle to flip and 28 new additions. Of that number, fifteen are Arky bottles and ten of those are brands, locations, or variants I didn't have on my list...including white Pop Kola...
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    Another clear Leonard's, eh?

    From the same vendor. Closed one April 29...and here's another. How many more could there be? How can it be an invisible bottle, then two from the same vendor. Within six weeks...uh oh. Anybody smell something?
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    Brass Dies for making soda crates...

    Pictures are some brass dies that were used in the debossing and printing of the sides of soda crates. Also knows as flats, or shells. There used to be a manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, AR. The dies came from Banner/Chicago. All of these pictured in the lay out on the table will go under...
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    Seeking brian Wade's Deco Soda Book...

    Tried this over in b-s-t, and now here. Anyone have an extra copy or a no longer used copy for sale? DECO SODA BOOK by Brain Wade. I feel as if I am still stumbling along without it... Please? Will buy one. Or trade? I currently have picture acls, some deco and slug emb. soda...
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    Book on DECO SODA BOTTLES? Wanted...

    Anyone have an extra copy or a no longer used copy for sale? DECO SODA BOOK by Brain Wade. I feel as if I am still stumbling along without it... Please? Will buy one. Or trade? I currently have picture acls, some deco and slug emb. soda. Comics, 45rpm rock n roll records, original comic...
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    Dub L Valu in all red acl?

    Anyone? Again, for those of you that don't know, I collect and display picture labels. Mostly that means that know next to nothing about national, regional, franchise brands, etc...other than how they relate to my Arkansas accumulation. Saturday led me to find an all red Dub-L-Valu acl from...
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    Whats your best single bottle buy? EVER?

    Doing the brief research on the BANG FOR THE BUCK acls I had a random thought. Jeeze, I have lots of random thoughts, but this one semed germaine to the topic BIG BANG for not many BUCKS. TO WIT: What is the most expensive, valuable and prized bottle that you have in your collection that...
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    BANG for the BUCK! Crazy good for cheap.

    Divorcing myself momentarily from thinking, talking and pontificating about all the high price painted labels sold lately, I thought about a little project building a great picture collection on the cheap. To pass the time. Those have been some great looking bottles...holey cow, though...
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    SCOPEL'S Insanity

    Find it now on Ebay at two to three times retail? Insanity! imho Beautiful? Yes! $283 worth? Hardly. Insanity. Will the loser please contact me, as I'd love to sell you one just like in the auction lot.
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    Boll Weevil acl

    [font="Tahoma"]Seems to be a slow news day...[/font] Here's some great information. I have had the Enterprise Beverages red on white acl on my want list for ever since I can remember. Whats not to like? It has pictured the statue built in tribute to the boll weevil that is in the town...
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    Cleo Cola

    Let's look at the bottoms of a six pack of Cleo Colas, shall we? We all know Cleo Cola is a very early painted label...and, ohh la la, what a label. I want to share what these Cleo Cola bottles tell me when I examine them. First let me point out the various pieces of information that appear on...
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    Summer adds the to acl displays

    I'm pretty far behind times right now...lots of irons in the fire and lots of internet connectivity problems which included not allowing me to post photos here. All better now, so. Here's a shot of some recently aquired acls. Enterprise, the soda with the monument to the Boll Weevil! Chief...
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    ANKLE DEEP Deco Soda

    I received delivery on this wonderful deco earlier this week. Had anyone else heard that the name was a 'play' on Nehi? Does anyone know if there is a clear glass variant? This bottle had been on my want list long before I began collecting deco sodas. Bottled from 1928 to WW II, Ankle...
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    Waisted days, waisted nights

    Haste makes waist? Thought someone would get a kick from seeing some of the deco embossed that I've collected that all have waists. First photo includes the following: Aunt Ida from Dumas, AR Buster from Parkesrsburg WV Double Strength Sugar Beverages...no city Evangeline...no city. There...
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    Coke brand, not Coca Cola

    Coke. Appears that is the brand. Not Coca Cola as the bottle is far older than CCC's trademark and use. Share what you know. The other stuff is recent additions...a couple with frost and the Tri County that was in the forum a while back. In the diplay the glass is sleightly pinkish, not...
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    Bottle display attacked by wild animals...

    I have to preface this by passing on to you that I have broken soda bottles every conceivable way:dropped, tipped, thrown, shot, stepped on, bad packing, clumsy or in a hurry table set-up/ takedown, smashed in the trunk, dropped something on top of, filled bottle frozen and exploded. And many...
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    Quality: Quantity & Quality Survey

    I've been collecting embossed deco sodas since last September. One of dozens of fascinating aspects of this part of the hobby is their commonality. I've written posts before about acls where I've found same labels by different bottlers. I call them 'twins'. I've found same brand names with...

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