Most valuable acl soda bottle in your area

[tsalz14]

Here is my Pux. The Weide collection just got one in December so it must have been hard to get!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Taz

Thanks! Have you been able to date it?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I did a forum search for "Pux" and found this from 2010 ...

https://www.antique-bottles.net/showthread.php?332986-Painted-label-soda-bottles

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's a Kentucky ACL to watch for ...

Mammoth - Glascow, Kentucky (Mammoth Cave)

Listed as VR in Sweeney's 2002 book

Worthpoint Listings ...

2007 = $53.32 (Mid Grade)
2007 = $460.50
2012 = $354.94
2013 = $374.76

 

[hemihampton]

Thanks for the info Bob. LEON.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

On numerous occasions during the course of this thread I have referred to certain bottles to "watch for." But this time I'm going to focus on a particular bottle to "watch out for." In other words, just because certain bottles sold for big bucks in the past doesn't necessarily mean they still do. And by the "past" I'm referring to pre eBay which was founded in 1995 but probably didn't attract everyone's full attention until around 2000. As for myself, I didn't get all that involved with eBay until about 2005.

The ACL bottle I'm focusing on is a ...

Chief Washakie ~ Worland, Wyoming

... which is a very popular acl and is often available on eBay these days.

For starters, notice what it was selling for according to this listing I scanned from Rick Sweeney's 2002 ACL book ...






(To be continued shortly)

 

[andy volkerts]

Great work Bob!! as allways you have given a great amount of your time to this aspect of our hobby. I find acls kind of fascinating , mainly, because of all the character in a lot of the labels. This thread is surely a help to collectors of ACLs, keep up the good work......Andy

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

If you average out the "sold for" prices in the 2002 Sweeney book, they were selling for about $120.00 between 1993-2001

However, when we look at the more recent sales on Worthpoint between 2006 and 2014, we discover ...

(All of which are described as being in great to excellent condition)

2006 = $80
2007 = $16.50 - $26.00 - $73.00
2008 = $63.00
2009 = $98.79
2010 = $60.00
2011 = $93.67 - $135.00
2012 = $75.99 - $158.49 - $176.00
2013 = $18.50 - $36.35 - $38.00 - $51.50 - $62.00
2014 = $48.55

And when you average out these 18 sold for prices between 2006 and 2014, it comes to about $65.00 each, which is about half the average price they were selling for between 1993 and 2001

Likely what occurred, which can apply to many acls these days, is that with the advent of eBay and collector forums like this one, a lot more of these Chief Washakie bottles have surfaced and become available to collectors. Whereas prior to about 2000 you had to rely on clubs and other sources to acquire certain bottles.

So the bottom line is this, if you are looking for a Chief Washakie acl, my recommendation is to be patient and not pay big bucks for the first one you see because other, more affordable examples will eventually come along that you can probably nab for about $50.00 or less.

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1. Bottle Front
2. Bottle Back
3. Close Up of Label
4. Original photograph of Chief Washakie. Obviously the photo the acl bottle was designed from

http://madeinwyoming.net/profiles/washakie.php

 

[ACLbottles]

Bob, here's one I'd like for you to check for a price on Worthpoint if you don't mind: it's a Spring Bank Beverages acl from Louisville, KY. It's probably not as expensive a bottle as most of the others shown on this thread, but I do know it's pretty rare and it does have a nice Indian picture label so it has potential.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Great work Bob!! as allways you have given a great amount of your time to this aspect of our hobby. I find acls kind of fascinating , mainly, because of all the character in a lot of the labels. This thread is surely a help to collectors of ACLs, keep up the good work......Andy

Gracias' Amigo - You're too kind - Not to mention I'm currently in the process of selling the majority of my collection to a local collector, so I guess that now makes me a soda bottle seller and I should probably change my handle to Sodasoldbob. I have been thinking about selling out for several years and finally found a local guy who is willing to buy the majority of what I have. There comes a time when I expect a lot more of us will be doing this, especially those of us whose children have absolutely zero interest in collecting bottles. That's one of the reasons I spend so much time researching - its the next best thing to collecting!