GREEN ~ STRAIGHT-SIDED ~ ACL COCA COLA BOTTLE

[SODAPOPBOB]

Speaking of embossed green Coca Cola Bottles ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Bases ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. The makers mark on the embossed bottle appears to be ... 3 <(I)> 7 Which is an Owens-Illinois mark and (if I'm seeing it correctly), the 7 is most likely for 1937. With the 3 indicating it was made in Fairmont, West Virginia (which began operation around 1930).

 

[celerycola]

Every now and then I stop by the Soda Forum to see if sanity has returned but am always disappointed. The handful of people who generate these fanciful and ridiculous threads do a disservice to the hobby and especially to new collectors looking for reliable information. Anyone who challenges these flights of fancy bears the brunt of personal attacks for their attempts to bring discussion back to earth. Not long ago I reviewed the rules everyone agrees to when subscribing to this forum and currently they are selectively applied like a popularity contest. Fortunately, there are other online forums for serious collectors of soda bottles and advertising. Until this Forum returns to a friendly place where where honest questions are asked and knowledgeable answers provided anyone looking for a link to good information shared by a friendly group of serious collectors please PM me. I will gladly respond if I am not banned.

 

[T D]

Amen. Life was better before we went down the rabbit hole...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

This topic falls into two basic categories ...

1. Providing proof that the green acl Coca Cola bottle is genuine.
2. Providing proof that the green acl Coca Cola bottle is a fake.

It has to be one or the other and cannot be both. If we jump to conclusions in either direction without providing the necessary proof, then all that leaves us with is opinions. Opinions carry a certain measure of wealth but are still not proof. And when we include words like "obvious" fake, I am compelled to ask what is it about the bottle that indicates it is "obviously" a fake? Is it just because no one has ever seen one and that pictures of one cannot be found in a book or on the Internet? Or is there something about it that I have overlooked that proves it's a fake?

I think the main word we are overlooking here, and which was used in the eBay listing, is the word "Prototype." Have any of you who are 100% certain it's an obvious fake ever examined the bottle or one like it? If so, please tell us about it. But if you have never examined the bottle personally or one like it, then how can you be so certain?

I do not deny I am leaning toward the bottle as being genuine, but I will never know that for certain without doing the necessary research and find the answers to support my opinion. But you will not hear me say it is either fake or genuine without providing the proof to substantiate my opinion.

And if it does turn out to be genuine, I feel it will be a significant discovery among soda bottle collectors worldwide.

Please remember, it was not I who posted it on eBay and was asking $699.00 for it. Nor was it I who described it as a prototype, that information falls squarely on a seller by the name of strawberryblonde. I merely stumbled onto to it and it naturally caught my eye as you would expect it would. And let's also not forget, as another member pointed out earlier, the seller seems to deal in high end bottles and just might know a thing or two about the green one in question that we don't.

And yes, if it becomes available I just might purchase it!

Respectfully,

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. I just might purchase it, providing that a certain collector I know doesn't beat me to it!

 

[zecritr]

GREAT ANSWER BOB IF someone wants to be a "serious" collector then someone has to ask questions,instead of gee that's a pretty bottle. Statements are just that, statements, not proof. InFormed Opinions are great,just let us know how you were informed please and Thank You.

 

[Plumbata]

Well, when did Coca-Cola start offering their product in 12 ounce bottles? Why would a hefty 12 ounce portion cost a mere 5 cents, when a standard 6.5 ounces was priced at 5 cents? Also, why is the "D" in "Drink" skewed and floating above the level of the rest of the letters, if not the more recent work of an amateur forger?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

zecritr and Plumbata: At this juncture I feel this thread has pretty much run it's course - at least to the point that not much more can be said until such time if/when proof (by a hands on examination of the bottle)can be done to prove either the bottle's legitimacy or fraudulence. Unfortunately, I cannot provide either at the moment and recommend anyone interested to contact the seller. As to my discourse regarding a possible connection with the rare "Export" bottles, that was a side path of my own doing primarily because the export bottles were the only varieties I was aware of that were emerald green in color and of a similar shape. As far as I know, the contents/size has not been established, yet. The key word now (at least as far as I'm concerned) is "Prototype." Thanks Bob