Most valuable acl soda bottle in your area

[SODAPOPBOB]

However ...

I'm keeping my rarest, most sought after, most valuable bottles. Those I will never part with! :flag:

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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.
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Here's everything I was able to find on Worthpoint for a "Spring Bank" bottle ...

2014 = $35.56



2013 = $19.95



2013 = $102.50

 

[ACLbottles]

Thanks Bob. The one that sold in 2014 is actually my bottle that I won a couple of years ago. I feel like I got a pretty good deal on it, but I've never seen another one for sale so I don't know what I could sell it for. Thanks!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's an ACL that sold on eBay today. I have been watching it for several days but didn't want to draw attention to it in case a member was vying for it ...

Puget Sound - Bremerton, Washington

Be sure and read the seller's description - its pretty cool!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PUGET-SOUND...GG3s9CMg4KN4JNfXzibEg%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc


February 21, 2016 ~ $490.00 (20 Bids)

 

[tsalz14]

SPB-

My Pux bottle is dated 1944. Glenshaw glass co

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I was curious about what was the most popular themes of the rarer acls seen so far, and came up with this tally ...

Animals = 6
Caricature = 12
Femme Fatale = 8
Flight = 1
Historical = 7
Indian = 12

Based on this count, it looks like Caricatures and Native Americans are tied!

Caricatures include Clowns, Paul Bunyan, Sailing Ships, and/or just about anything that appears animated.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I thought it might be of interest to see some of the "Top Dog" acls that have sold in recent years. I would have done this sooner but I just discovered that my subscription to Worthpoint allows me to do a refined search by price. Earlier I was just doing random searches. So this time I am only posting acls that sold for $500.00 or more. Because not all eBay sellers use the term 'ACL' my search wording is simply "Soda Bottle" which pulls up 4,023 soda bottle related items, the majority of which in the $500+ range are early blob-tops and tons of straight-side Coca Cola bottles and other rare embossed bottles. But there are a lot of acls in the $500+ price range as well. And of those that follow, the bottle you see is the actual bottle that sold for the price indicated, and not all of them are in excellent condition. Which suggest that if a certain bottle was in better condition, it might command and even higher price.

Note: These are actual "Sold For" prices but do not necessarily establish a bottle's true value - but then again, maybe they do.

2014 - Grumpy - Wahpeton, North Dakota - $621.26



2014 - Tec-umseh - Nebraska - $675.76



2012 - Viking - Salt Lake City, Utah - $777.52



2011 = Liberty - Wahiawa Oahu Hawaii - $910.00



2014 - Mickey - Pittsfield, Mass. - $1,175.00




(To be continued)

 

[hemihampton]

Wow, Big Bucks. LEON.

 

[ACLbottles]

I think some of the Pa-Poose Root Beer acls can sell for quite a bit too for some of the rarer versions. There's another one to check on worthpoint if you'd like, Bob.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

There are about 25 Pa-Poose bottles on Worthpoint that come in three variations and average in sold for prices of ...

1. Yellow Label = $35.00 Average
2. White Label = $125.00 Average - One example sold for $375.00
3. Paper Label = The example shown here has chip damage and sold for $25.00 and was the only paper label bottle on Worthpoint.












Note: I will be posting more $500+ ACLs just as soon as I'm done with another project.