I'm going in and I'm going in deep

[jays emporium]

Silversearcher, why did you post that here and not in your own post?

 

[MisterSilverSearcher]

Sorry! Can an admin remove that please! Didn't mean to hijack a thread. Was looking at this thread and thought I was on mine.

 

[beendiggin]

ORIGINAL: MisterSilverSearcher

Even if 12k was on the table, I wouldn't sell a bottle that took me that long to find. (Plus there's a $1200 eBay fee)

I don't want really want to sell it but you can't take it with you and I've got a mortgage, kids and plenty of needs that could be met with that kind of money. I will be shocked if it sells, honestly.


Like Jay said.........It's worth a try.

 

[ScottBSA]

I'm not really up on all things Coca-Cola. Can some one tell me if there was actual Coca-Cola in a bottle without the Coca-Cola in script? I am under the impression that unless it has a script Coca-Cola then it held like root beer or some other flavor. Regardless, the amber bottle is an early neat bottle.

Scott

 

[MisterSilverSearcher]

"Block Letter" type SS Coca Colas held various flavors, but never actual Coca Cola. (Unless the have the Spencerian Script)

 

[celerycola]

The idea that script bottles held Coca-Cola and block letter bottles held soda water is not an absolute. Before 1917 it was easy for a local franchise to use a non-standard bottle with non-standard lettering. Remember the straight side bottles all had a paper label for Coca-Cola or whatever flavor of soda water. Although straight side bottles were used for Coca-Cola as late as 1942 (Greenville, SC), most of the bottles with Coca-Cola in script from the 1920's and '30's held soda water. There are some great bottles like the 30 ounce script Coca-Cola from Rochester, NY that were soda water bottles. Even some of the earliest bottles with script Coca-Cola were soda water bottles. The Hutchinson's embossed Coca-Cola in script from Birmingham, Bessemer, and Jasper were soda water bottles.

ORIGINAL: ScottBSA

I'm not really up on all things Coca-Cola. Can some one tell me if there was actual Coca-Cola in a bottle without the Coca-Cola in script? I am under the impression that unless it has a script Coca-Cola then it held like root beer or some other flavor. Regardless, the amber bottle is an early neat bottle.

Scott

 

[MrSchulz]

Yep that guy is still buying. Bought 3 more from me today around lunch time.

 

[bottlescript]

ORIGINAL: celerycola

The idea that script bottles held Coca-Cola and block letter bottles held soda water is not an absolute. Before 1917 it was easy for a local franchise to use a non-standard bottle with non-standard lettering. Remember the straight side bottles all had a paper label for Coca-Cola or whatever flavor of soda water. Although straight side bottles were used for Coca-Cola as late as 1942 (Greenville, SC), most of the bottles with Coca-Cola in script from the 1920's and '30's held soda water. There are some great bottles like the 30 ounce script Coca-Cola from Rochester, NY that were soda water bottles. Even some of the earliest bottles with script Coca-Cola were soda water bottles. The Hutchinson's embossed Coca-Cola in script from Birmingham, Bessemer, and Jasper were soda water bottles.

ORIGINAL: ScottBSA

I'm not really up on all things Coca-Cola. Can some one tell me if there was actual Coca-Cola in a bottle without the Coca-Cola in script? I am under the impression that unless it has a script Coca-Cola then it held like root beer or some other flavor. Regardless, the amber bottle is an early neat bottle.

Scott

So which bottles actually held Coca Cola?