Happy Anniversay

[SODAPOPBOB]

Speaking of Earl Rollo Dean and 1917, here's something I bet most of you have never seen. Its his WWI draft registration card when he was 27 years old and still single ... [attachment=Dean Earl R Draft ...1917 (413x500).jpg]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Dean's design for the Hobbleskirt started with a visit to the Terre Haute public library in the summer of 1915 where he found a picture of a cocoa pod in a 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, which went from ... This [attachment=Cocoa Pod From Enc...text (432x600).jpg] To this (This prototype sketch sold in 2011 for $228,000.00) [attachment=Coca Cola Prototyp...592) (500x493).jpg] To this [attachment=Coca Cola Prototype For Comparison.png]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. We didn't know it at the time because it was a silent auction, but we know now that it was the Coca Cola Company who bought the prototype sketch in 2011 and paid $228,000.00 for it.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

This YouTube link is to the Julien's live auction video where the prototype bottle sold in December of 2011. It actually sold for $200,000.00 but there was a buyers' premium added to it of $40,000. Check it out ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WERmqcl3E7M

 

[Bass Assassin]

Thanks for the photos everyone! As always Bob, great information. I will check my bottle when I get home today.

 

[carling]

The original prototype is on display now in Daytona Beach. Here's the article: https://c1.liveauctioneer...n=20151117_AuctionNews

 

[Bass Assassin]

Thanks for the link
Bob, my Ruston,LA bottle is not marked Root 17, sorry to say.

 

[iggyworf]

Bob, if possible could you show us some pics of your 'root 17' bottle. So we can see the markings?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Bob, if possible could you show us some pics of your 'root 17' bottle. So we can see the markings?

Please stand by ... its currently packed away in my shed but I will take a quick look and see if I can find it before it gets dark. (I'm on the west coast and the sun is just starting to set).

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I found my ROOT 17 but lost the daylight for quality photos. I had to bring it inside and what you see is the best I could do after taking about 30 pictures. The tricky part about using artificial light is trying to eliminate the glare. Anyway, the word ROOT is in capital letters and is one inch away from the 17. Earlier I said the bottle was in pristine mint condition, but I just discovered that it has a couple of fisheye pings that I don't recall being there when I bought it and must have occurred later. The bottle is from Scranton, Pennsylvania and has numerous bubbles with heavy mold seams that can be felt to the touch. Its machine made but still crude in many respects. (The background is an oil painting I'm currently working on of a local mountain and lake) 1. Front2. Heel with ROOT3. Heel with 17 [attachment=ROOT 17 FRONT.jpg] [attachment=ROOT 17 ROOT.jpg] [attachment=ROOT 17 (3).jpg]