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wonkapete

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I hit a local estate auction yesterday and was excited to find about 150 bottles in the garage. I grabbed them all, which averaged out about $1 each. Not only that, there were some really good ones in there that I didn't have.

Here's a few of them!


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6 pack of amber Orange Crush bottles. Notice the carton, "Advertised in LIFE"
They are from the following towns:

Dixie Maid Ice Cream Co. - De Ridder, Louisiana
Orange Crush Bottling Co. - Abilene, Texas
John G. Epping - Louisville, Lexington, KY


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Double Treat - Greene Double Cola Bottling Co. - Nashville, TN
Real Quality Beverages - Seven-Up Bottling Co. - Ruston, LA
Hycee Beverages - Hycee Bottling Co. - Macon, GA
City Club Beverages - City Club Bottling Co. - Thomasville, GA
City Club Beverages - Bainbridge Bottling Co. - Bainbridge, GA


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Brownie
Brown Cow Beverages - Frostie Bottling Co. - Jackson, Miss
Big Shot Beverages - Jefferson Bottling Co. - New Orleans, LA
Bucks Beverages - Tom Buck, Columbus, GA
Cheerwine

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Grapette - Grapette Bottling Co. - Jackson, Miss
Red Rock - Red Rock Co. - Atlanta, GA
Frost King - Howard McGhee, Jackson, Miss
Nesbitts
Suwannee Valley Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Trenton, FLA

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Common ones

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Various RCs from:

Nehi Bottling Co. - Montgomery, AL
Royal Crown Bottling Co. - Opelika, AL
Royal Crown Bottling Co. - Frisco City, AL


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Common ones

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Zetz Beverages - 7up Bottling Co. - Vicksburg, MS
Zetz Beverages - 7up Bottling Co. - Vicksburg, MS
Pay Day - Central Bottling Co. - Jackson, MS
LC Beverages - Selma, AL
Koelling

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Lime Cola - Lime Cola Co. - Montgomery, AL
Orangico
Chero Cola - Newnan, GA
Diet Rite - Nehi Royal Crown Bottling Co. - Wynne, ARK

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Tru Ade - Tru-Ade Bottling Co. - Savannah, GA
Common ones

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Double Line - Double Cola Botting Co. - Forsyth, GA
Buffalo Rocks - Birmingham, AL

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Buffalo Rocks - Birmingham, AL
Mission Beverages - Mission Orange Bottling Co. - Tuscaloosa, AL
NuGrape
Pop Kola Junior - Williams Bottling Co. - Fitzgerald, GA

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Buffalo Rock - Birmingham, AL
Grapette
Pepsi - Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. - Tuskegee, AL
Mission Beverages - Huntsville, AL
True Grits - a very cool bottle, full of grits from the Independent Decorators of Glass Containers company. Story on back about the company.

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Byran & Nims Beverages - Opelika, AL
Teague's Beverages - Teague's Bottling Co. - Eclectic, AL
Pat-T-Pak
Pat-T-Pak
Hartman's Beverages - Hartman Beverage Co. - Knoxville, TN

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This is the back of the Byran & Nims Beverages bottle. This is different!

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De-Lux Beverages - Grant & Kirven, Montgomery, AL
Gould Beverages - Orange Crush Bottling Co., Atlanta, GA
Red Rock - Barq's Bottling Co. - Jackson, Miss
King-Hi Beverages - King Hi Bottling Co. - Opp, AL
Nehi - Nehi Bottling, Montgomery, AL

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Talley's Beverages - LaFayette Bottling Co. - LaFayette, AL
M-E Beverages - May-Elmore Bottling Co. - Troy, AL
Fosko - Fosko Bottling Co. - Mobile, AL
Pip's Beverages - Pipkin Bottling Co. - Atmore, AL
Ionia Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co. - Ionia, Mich

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Tea Cola - Tea Cola Bottling - Atlanta, GA
Soda Water - Chero Cola Bottling Co. - Tallassee, AL
NuGrape - Montgomery, AL
Gruel & Ott - Port Huron, Mich
Try-Me Beverages - Birmingham, AL

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Upper 10 - Nehi Bottling Co. - Birmingham, AL
Grapico
Grapico - Orange Crush Grapico Bottling Co. - Birmingham, AL
Grapico - Grapico Sales Company - Roanoke, AL
Hep - Red Rock Bottling Co. - Knoxville, TN

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Drake & Co. - Lowestoft
Christmas Coke - Louisville, KY
U.S. Beverages - U.S. Beverages Co. - Montgomery, AL

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The Drake bottle - very unusual, thick top, somewhat threaded

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Here's the grape bottle up close

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A heavily embossed beer
 

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Nice score. It's an instant collection! Congrats on your new bottles. Paul
 

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Good job, Pete. That Big Shot bottle caught my eye. I have an embossed version of that going on ebay tonight. The odd thing about mine is that one shoulder is red ACL and the rest of the bottle is embossed, picture of the guy with cigar and everything embossed except that one shoulder. Transition bottle from the 1930's I guess.
Quite a variety in that collection you picked up. Were they a bottle collector or just an accumulation?
Jay
 

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Hey Jay, I'll have to check your Big Shot out. I've had the ACL Big Shots before, but can't say I have an embossed one. Seems this guy collected a little bit of everything. Part of the auction was comprised of guns and coins - a few signs, thermometers, gas pump parts, etc.
 

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Nice stuff Jerry. It never ceases to amaze me at the bulk of bottles that you run across. There are several very cool acls in the group. I am interested in trading or buying one out of these. I'll pm you...
 

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nice score.

even with the wear on some of those, it's an awesome find.

I'd be thrilled with an auction with that many bottles, I've yet to see any ACLs at an estate or auction sale, once in a while a couple at the local flea...

gotta keep looking, I guess .

thanks for sharing.

~ AL
 

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Do any of them say "LC Bot Co" on the bottom? I found a (primarily) soda bottle dump and found some of the LC (Lime Cola) bottles, but I found one w/ nothing on it and it says "LC Bot Co" on the bottom. . .just curous. . .
 

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