Are These Rare?

BobbyCommonBottles · Aug 6, 2014

I dug these myself the other day. Wondering about the value if any of these. The Mason's jar has 26 67 on the base..and what looks to be a "231" on the base also. The Coca Cola bottle says bottling works Rochester, NY with A.L. Anderson on the base.

BobbyCommonBottles · Aug 6, 2014

Here are the pics

MichaelFla · Aug 6, 2014

Can we see pics? Bottom, top, and sides, please.

BobbyCommonBottles · Aug 6, 2014

bottom...

BobbyCommonBottles · Aug 6, 2014

the tops and sides are normal. No cracks or chips. No other embossments other than what's in the pictures.

MichaelFla · Aug 6, 2014

That Coca Cola bottle is nice! I've no idea the value, though. The Mason jar is probably worth about $5-$8 if it has no damage. They are very common.

Robby Raccoon · Aug 6, 2014

The Coca-Cola bottle is a Straight-Side. They should have stopped production in 1915. Yours is likely like mine, 1905-1915 time-period. So, until someone else chimes in with more, assume it's 1910ish. As for value, I have no idea. Clear bottles tend not to go for as much. Also, some S-S Coca-Colas are worthless in the market whereas others go for huge bucks. Yours is a round slug-plate, which isn't as embossed as mine are so I'd guess under the value of mine. Around $25, perhaps? We'll see what others have to say who know more on these than I.

MichaelFla · Aug 6, 2014

Best way to find an estimated date range on the Coca Cola bottle is to determine when they were in business with A. L. Anderson as the manager. For example, I can find no references to a Coca Cola bottling plant in Rochester, but I did find, according the Beverage Journal for May 1922, that A. L. Anderson was incorporating the Orange-Crush Bottling Company in Rochester that year. Perhaps they got the Coca Cola contract after this date and the bottle is actually later?

BobbyCommonBottles · Aug 6, 2014

Never thought of that......sounds quite possible. Thanks for the input.

Robby Raccoon · Aug 6, 2014

Coca-Cola would have had everyone switch out to the standard Hobbleskirt design. They wanted the drink to be easily identifiable anywhere--in the dark, on the shelves, among competitor's bottles... Unless it's not American, it's probably pre-1920, more likely pre-1915.

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