Hey Bob, wow...it's been a real long time! Glad to see you're alive and well. By chance, did Gary S. ever sell his rare coke bottle? I tried emailing him directly, but never got a response. ~JD
Re: RE: Schmidt Coke Museum Auction
My pleasure Bob. And just for the record, it was Samuelson that donated a prototype bottle to Coca-Cola. And to be honest, I'm not sure why Samuelson was in possession of it. I'm guessing that Chapman J. Root must have given it to him. Not sure if you were...
Re: RE: Schmidt Coke Museum Auction
The concept sketch is now owned by the Coca-Cola Company and the Prototype bottle, formally owned by the Dean family, is now owned by the Root family. The bottle is currently on display at the High Museum in Atlanta...on loan.
Just received an email from Gary, the gentleman with the Ray Graham bottle. He says feel free to email him anytime with questions, interests...etc, about his bottle. You can email him here:
Here is a recent pic of his bottle encased.
What I find interesting is that you can see how the designer took his stab at thinking outside of the box to come up with his interpretation of a distinctive bottle.
4. We believe there that there was 11 contenders.
5. Before being contacted about this particular bottle, it has been...
1. Not sure. Most likely "Trademark Registered" I'll have to get a confirmation on that.
2. He sounds like he wants to sell it.
3. The perp has since passed, which may mean that he committed the perfect crime [;)]. But I can tell you that someone...
Hello all,
Imagine if you will, going back in time to the 1916 Bottlers Convention. As you know there had been numerous other design entries from numerous bottling companies throughout the country hoping that their bottle design would be chosen as Coca-Cola's new distinctive bottle. To date...
Hi Bob, you're the second person to bring this to my attention. Yes, it's a bit annoying to say the least. My father and I have been experiencing this type of thing for years. One moment they credit my grandfather, and the next the credit goes right back to Samuelson. I'm going to try to...
SPB - Wonderful letter to my grandfather! I see we both share many of the same "what ifs". I will share your letter with my father when I talk to him again. I'm sure he will appreciate it.
As promised, here is the play by play video of the auction on Dec 3rd, 2011...
I just went back to the HC video and noticed the there was a comment made by me, alias name, GavinMacQueen. Here's what I wrote:
I found four errors in this presentation: 1. There was never a wooden prototype bottle made. 2. Never did the Coca-Cola or the Root Glass Company ever refer to...
Bob, funny, I forgot all about that History Channel piece. It's actually quiet old...I believe the show first aired around 10 years or so ago. And yes, I did try to contact them to let them know that they had many of the facts wrong. One bit of misinformation they stated was their claiming that...
Yes, both my brother and I video taped the moments as our items were on the block. I'll let you know when and where it can be seen. I didn't catch the bidder numbers. It's still a mystery who one the items. Come to think of it, that should be your next contest, to see who can figure out and...
Thank you all. To answer Surfaceone's questions, the hammer prices were 200k for the bottle and 190k for the sketch. The additional amounts added on are the 20% buyer premiums. The 240k and 228k amounts are the total amounts paid for the items. Hope that clears thing up.
JD
They updated the link, go to this link to watch the auction live. This link will show all the info. http://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/live-sale/id/37/
They're starting right now, but our bottle and sketch lot numbers are 1008 & 1009. I believe they are starting with a lot number of around 800ish, which means that our items will be up around 10am or later. I would just have your computer logged on to their site and check in to see we're there...
Nice BBC news segment of the Bottle and Sketch.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16016333
Another report:
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_northamerica/2011-12-03/coca-cola-bottle-prototype-up-for-auction.html
Thanks for all the well wishes and a special congrats to Susan Boyle on her Grammy nomination ;)
Well, we are in the 11th hour. I thought we might want to listen to the father of the contour Coca-Cola bottle one more time before the hammer drops tomorrow morning. Listen as my grandfather...
I have to respectfully wonder what the heck my brother was respectfully disagreeing with me about...lol.
I must have read your post three or four times and all I can say is that you pretty much conveyed what I said with possibly some elaboration. When I said that we were turned away from one...