BANG for the BUCK! Crazy good for cheap.

[acls]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item27c67b1bff&item=170833681407&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&si=B1oZ2GWL0DkJimk3InRYrDtP9v0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[acls]

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Couldn't find a Drinkmor pic. Looks like the Kleer Kool is Pat's.[]

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Was mine......now it belongs to a feller in Iowa.

I guess this one makes the $10.00 list now.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Drink-O-Knoxville-Tennessee-Tn-/170834711141?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c68ad265

I'm trying to thin my bottles out to where I have nothing but my Georgia and Carolinas bottles. The way I look at it if I can't see them or display them in my house..........why have em'.

 

[fishnuts]

Overview Part One: National...Regional...Major Players.
The number after the bottle name is from Collecting Applied Color Labels, Vol 3.
Not are are pictured in there.

Brownie 143
Chocolate Soldier 202
Dad's Rootbeer 215
Frostie Root Beer ---
Howell's Root Beer ---
Kickapoo Joy Juice 517
Mountain Dew hillbilly ---
Mason's Root Beer 607
Royal Crown Cola-pyramids ---
Royal Palm 866
Salutaris 899
Squeeze 961
Sunrise like 1001
7 Up ---
Vess- party bottle 1103
Virginia Dare 1113
Upper 10 1087
White Lightnin' 1149

Many of these brands have several variants besided the ones noted.
Any one? Any others that need to be included here?
BANG FOR THE BUCK!

There's nearly one hundred more nominated so far...make some additions now if you can...any picture bottle that is consistently below $10...has been, is now, will always be...or something just recently found in quantity, like the 3-color Valleys (now below $10...I think several cases showed up.). It's be cheap for a while...
Later.

 

[fishnuts]

Here is the beginning of the list of non-national bottle brands BANG FOR THE BUCK.
Again, the numbers are from the Collecting Painted Label Soda book.
And if you have additions or corrections...
All American 31
Arctic 36
Barrelhead Root Beer 57
Big 10 81
Big Boy 85
Big Shot 101
Black Kow 115
Big King ---
Big Top ---
Brook ---
Brownie Club 144
Bucks 145
Buckeye ---
Caravan 166
Cardinal 169
Carousel 172
Champ 181
Colonial 238
Cub 257
Diamond --- Neb.
Diamond Head 277
Dixie grape 282
Donal Duck ---
Duffy's 301
Dunn's 304
Dr. Enuf 295
Eskimo 318
Fox 335
Frank's Nectar ---
Green River ---
Goody 385
Gregg's 395
Garrison hill 350
Gold Dot 369
Glen Rock ---
Good Guy 381
Hall of Waters 397
Hage & Hage ---
Harmony Club 401
Hillybilly Brew 439
Home, Leonmeister 552
Husky 468
Icy Brook ---
Jefferson 488
Jefferson Club 487
Jet Up 490
Julep 501
Kayo 510
Kramer's 528
Kick...like a mule ---

Note: Often these BIG BANG bottles are similair to or like the numbers mentioned. Often there are sleight variants of numbered bottles, size variations and color variations which could increase the total BIG BANGS to much higher. For convenience we'll stick with brands rather than itemizing variants.

End of the listing later...

 

[fishnuts]

Part The Second: BANG FOR THE BUCK

Little Chute 572
Little Tom 575
Lazy B 538
Lakeview ---
Lonesome Pine 579
Love 584
Life 562
Magic Valley 596
Manhattan 600
Mixer Man 632
Mozark 650
My Pic 665
Nemo 679
Nemo 681
Nezinscot 687
Old Colony 701
Old Newberry 706
Orchard 721
Pelican 748
Pep 750
Players 780
Pokegon 786
Popland ---
Oscar's ---
Raleigh 821
Ranch Club 824
Ski 908
Sour Puss 936
Soda Pop City ---
Southway 938
Spring grove 958
Ski-Club 909
Tiny Tim 1041
True Treat 1069
Twin Lights 1080
Twins ---
Valley Beverages 1093
Viking 1112
White Eagle 1147
White Rock 1154
Yankee Doodle 1180
Zill's 1195



That's it! Clearly some pretty good looking designs in this batch. So design is obviously only a portion of what makes up the desireability (and, value) of a picture acl bottle. We know that one CAN build a collection of a hundred picture bottle for under $1000.
But because a thousand spent on these bottles will never amount to more than, if even, the buyers original thousand.
Now, all we have to do is determine WHY?
Just beginning?
Quantity vs quality?
We love them all?
Regional/state displays?

Have fun with the list! Add to it!