bottle hunt with around 50 ACL bottles

[Erik T]

Hello,
My name is Erik and i'm new to this site. I am from Toronto and I recently got interested in bottle digging/collecting (about a month or so ago) and so here are some of the bottles I found on my first ever bottle hunt I am interested if anyone could tell me the values of any of the bottles I know they won't be much but It would give me an idea on their values so I can make a fair trade with them in the future. Also I am interested when Wilson's (Toronto) and Pure spring (ottawa) went out of business. I found these behind an abandoned barn in a pile. Thanks for any help and I hope the pictures turn out..................Apparently I can only upload 1 photo per post so I will try to post some more pics later.

 

[Erik T]

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[Erik T]

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[TJSJHART]

welcome to the forum,,,you've got a great start there ..quite a variety of sprites and the wilson i've never seen before , but i have not as maney as a few fellow members . keep postin ...try this web site to find out about some or all if them...http://gono.com/museum2003/paintedlbottles/paintedbottlehomepage.htm

 

[Anthonicia]

Hello Erik! Welcome to the forum! People on here are very friendly, so if you don't get your answers right away dont get frustrated. Someone will help you out eventually.

I cannot give you any values on your bottles. In general, bottles are worth what someone is willing to pay like in some other hobbies. I am not sure if their are any Canadian bottle collector guides? Have you tried searching that out? Toronto is of course a big city, so no doubt there are people who share your interest in collecting. You may find someone on here.

Did you find a lot of the Wilson's bottles? I am interested in buying one off of you if you want?

Sorry I am not much help, hope someone can help you out.

 

[TJSJHART]

yes ,,yes that is something i forgot to mention in my post from late last nite...i might be interested in a few of your find that is if you want to thin it out,,,or there is the trade option to expand it ..

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

TJSJHART ~

I hope you don't mind my taking the liberty here to re-post your gono link. If it is not spaced/separated away from the black type it automatically picks up on that and cancels it out. Great link, by the way ... one of my favorties and a "must have" for all soda bottle collectors! Additionally, for those not aware of it, you can also "copy" a black-type link and "paste" it directly to a Google or any other internet search box.

SPB

Gono Link : http://www.gono.com/museum2003/paintedlbottles/paintedbottlehomepage.htm

 

[sha11s]

Welcome to the forum Erik! Nice to see another collector from Toronto! I have been collecting for a couple of years, and have only met a handful of soda pop bottle collectors from TO. As to the value of your bottles, they typically sell locally for a couple of bucks. No doubt you will see them priced higher than that at antique stores, flea markets etc, but I don't really think they sell.Sorry, I don't know of any strictly Canadian pop bottle price guides. If you can find a copy of UNITT'S Bottles &Values& More, you will find pricing on a few pop bottles. PM me if you want some other bottles as I have lots of extra.
Congrats on your finds!

Scott
PS I think Wilson's stopped making Ginger Ale in the late 1980's Can't help you on Pure Spring.

 

[TJSJHART]

no problemo i get lazy at times...still interested in trades i've got 16 oz. pepsi , mountain, slice & coca cola 8-packs i'm willin to break up for trades i like that wilsons