There are probably hundreds of crates worth of the 1980 Georgia championship Coke bottles out there. They are literally in every antique/junk store in Georgia. They are 5-10 dollars at best
UncleBruce , I’m not trying to hijack LA313’s post , but figured your knowledge on the subject could help us all. I’ve always heard as ROBBYBOBBY64 said that these were made by Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company. Were these used for products of Adolphus Busch or were they sold to other...
I’m 40 and occasionally my dad and I will go to a spot he’s known about for a long time looking for bottles and marbles. One day we were looking at shards of slug plates lying around and I made the comment that it was a shame all the good broke ones everywhere, he laughed and said “ Yeah there’s...
I found these 2 broken pieces scratching around at one of my spots. Are the marks on the two bases pontil marks or something else ? I’m kinda new to the pontil stuff and most stuff I find at this spot is late 1890’s to around 1915.
The one with the star is awesome , and I’ve never seen one like the first one with that triangle inlay like stamp in it. Those are cool man , definitely more interesting than most we find here in Georgia.
In Scott Benjamin and Wayne Henderson’s book “Oil Company Signs - A Collectors Guide” , it is listed as an 18x18” flange sign. On their rarity scale of 1 to 5 , it is listed as a 4 being rare to very rare. It’s listed as being used from 1918 to 1923. It’s a cool piece of history and petroliana...
A little further research shows the people responsible for the said prohibition of the aforementioned plant also had financial ties to the plastics and chemical corporations of the day , who’s products were threatened by this sustainable and renewable resource. Yes it was all about $$$$$$ , sad...
Any pics of the whole sign ? Stanocola signs can be pretty rare ( I know a little about early petroliana) , if you can get some pics of the whole sign and the dimensions I’ll look it up in Scott Benjamin and Wayne Henderson’s book.
What is it with this very common element that has us all so mesmerized ? I’ve got a double dose of it because I collect Quartz specimens of different varieties from rare localities in the Southeastern United States as well. I really enjoy my rocks and bottles !