is this a true mountain dew bottle??

[SODAPOPBOB]

Jim ~

Thanks. You're too kind. Plus you are a knowledgeable guy yourself and to be commended for your many helpful contributions to this forum.

And to clairfy what I meant by the two bottles being "alligned" the same ... notice on both bottles how the gap between the embossed Yummy Yummy is directly over the painted 'ai' in Mountain. In the world of random acl application, you'd think that would be pretty hard to duplicate.

But I think the real question still remains ... Is it worth $200+? Obviously somebody thinks so, just look at the bid count, and it still has several days to go. Who are those guys anyway and do they know something we don't? And are they the "real" experts and not us?

SPB

 

[epackage]

I did the photo comparison and saw the same thing Bob, If I were the scammer who made the original and saw these selling on E-Bay I'd be making up a few more, that's for sure...

 

[Eric]

Current one seems to have a little more wear and tear on it.. (scratches and little flea bites)
you could make vinyl masking and paint these easy.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Hmmm ... Maybe I am an expert after all? (Lol) Hardly, but I did find what could be a significant clue regarding our mystery Daube's Mountain Dew bottle.

I did an advanced search and found the original eBay auction for the 2011 bottle. WorthPoint is a website that list "jillions" of past eBay auctions and is one of my favorites ...

Here's the link: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/32-oz-daubes-mountain-dew-1959-dated-173840082

Notice the picture below of the base on the current 2012 bottle and how it has "stippling" on it. (Stippling is the hundreds of little dots or bumps that was first introduced around 1940).

Following this post I will show a picture of the base on the 2011 WorthPoint bottle and how it appears "not" to have the same stippling. However, the embossed info on the bases of both bottles "appears" to be the same. (But I'm not really sure about that part just yet).

Check all of this out for yourself and see what you make of it.

Q: Are these the same bottles / same bases or not?

SPB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

And here's the base on the 2011 WorthPoint bottle ...

 

[epackage]

Markings are the same, but the bottoms are deifferent, not the same bottle....I use Worthpoint alot...[]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

epackage ~

If what you say is true (and I'm leaning in that direction myself) then what we have here are ...

"Two entirely different bottles"

Which means ...

???

(Are you thinking what I'm thinking?)

[]

SPB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

PS ~

Here's an interesting quote from the 2011 WorthPoint / eBay description ...

"This was an attic find and has never been in the ground. All paint is perfect and like the day it was made. This is the only one of these I've ever seen and is the only one I have."

SPB

 

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ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB

epackage ~

If what you say is true (and I'm leaning in that direction myself) then what we have here are ...

"Two entirely different bottles"

Which means ...

???

(Are you thinking what I'm thinking?)

[]

SPB

I'm not sure what to think to be honest...[:-]

 

[epackage]

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB

PS ~

Here's an interesting quote from the 2011 WorthPoint / eBay description ...

"This was an attic find and has never been in the ground. All paint is perfect and like the day it was made. This is the only one of these I've ever seen and is the only one I have."

SPB

I know the seller of the first one knows his stuff, I guess as long as 2 people think it's real it's gonna keep on going for good money...