CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP ~ BOTTLES & MORE

[epackage]

These two each sold for $225 Bob, so maybe he's thinking somone will want one bad enough to go to $300 somewhere along the way, especially if he doesn't need to sell it...and just like his example these two seem just a rough



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item43b11d55af&item=290734298543&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&si=I91JQ5UofRCsTn2uOtfRjrZA%252BIw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item43b1765369&item=290740130665&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&si=I91JQ5UofRCsTn2uOtfRjrZA%252BIw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[OsiaBoyce]

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB

PS ~

I did some research on the 7up sign and discovered that the same excat one has been listed on ebay at least five different times going as far back as 2007. It appears the seller is having a hard time finding a buyer at his asking price. There have been three different offers on the current listing, (although I do not know how much the highest one was) but all of which have been declined. I suspect the seller is holding out for at least $300.00, which might be okay if it wasn't in such bad shape. Can you imagine trying to sell the same sign for five years? If it were me I think I would accept the first $200.00 offer that came along and be done with it!

SPB

Maybe he feels toward it like you do your 'Popeye' sign.......you know the original one you have ".....wouldn't take $500 for it.....".

or

Is his stuff garbage while yours is gold?

On another note:

Jerrys 7Up bottle is not one of a kind, sad to say........I've seen 3 just like it over the past few years. All from Atlanta

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

epackage ~

Thanks.

I found it interesting that the two ebay listings you posted were by the same seller but are two different signs which sold two weeks apart. And just in case I sometimes forget to eloborate in detail, I would like to clarify that when I use the expression "as far as I know," it means exactly that ... which is another way of saying "to the best of my knowledge." As far as I know nothing is emphatic in this old world except maybe ... ???

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

ORIGINAL: nym9nyj7

Bob,

Definitely post a photo of your painting when you've completed it, I'd love to see it!

Jared

Jared ~

I thought you might like to see the very first oil painting I ever did in 1976 when I was 24 years old. I'm 60 now and have done more than a hundred since then, but this is one I will never sell or give to family members like I did with all of the others. The painting is of Yosimite Valley in California as viewed from the south entrance of the park.

This winter I intend to do one or more of the Alabama Hills/Mt. Whitney area.

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's a photograph of the valley that was taken from the same spot as my painting ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Earlier in this thread I briefly mentioned all of the earthquakes that southern California has. Well, starting about four hours ago we have had a series of them - I think the current USGS count is at about 50 - with the biggest one (a 5.4) ocurring about 15 minutes ago. It rattled my soda bottles real good but did not knock any of them over as I have them wired in these days. If you don't hear from me in a week or so, then you will know that I fell in a crack!

Bob

 

[TheCaliKid]

Bob -

Great thread! I just got back from a 2 week vacation in Arizona/New Mexico/Colorado. Not much time for bottle hunting, but I did pick up two bottles at an antique shop in Aztec, New Mexico.

I took over 1,300 pictures ... but I don't think that I will have the time to share them here.


Happy trails!