Need help with two hutchinsons

[ACLbottles]

I recently found two Hutchinson bottles that I need help with. The first hutch is embossed: C. A. Tolle (underneath it says "CAT" in a logo) Registered Litchfield, Ill. The base of the bottle says C. A. T. The next hutch is embossed: Enterprise Water Co. Registered Pittsburg, Pa. On the other side of the bottle it says "This Bottle Is Never Sold". Does anyone know the value of either of these two bottles? Any help is appreciated.

 

[ACLbottles]

Close up of C. A. T.

 

[ACLbottles]

Enterprise.

 

[epackage]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Clean-Aqua-Illinois-Old-Hutchinson-Soda-Bottle-C-A-TOLLE-LITCHFIELD-ILL-CAT-/281127601097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417482c3c9&nma=true&si=Vd5MQ%252BedlaYOqt9n0mxOyRAv%252FUc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[epackage]

I'd think the Enterprise would be more in the $10-15 range...

 

[ACLbottles]

Thank you for the reply, epackage. However, the bottle in the ebay auction is a little different than the one I have. I don't know if it matters or not, but mine has a little diamond on the left side if the 'C'. Also, the C is a little different than mine is.

 

[epackage]

I see that, hopefully a Illinoisin will chime in...lol

 

[Bottleworm]

The one that sold on EBay is the one I have. Yours is a different variant of mine. Then there is a completely different variant than yours and mine but was still made by the same company. Mine has no periods and no diamond. Mine also says G A Tolle and the monogram in the middle is up side down on mine making a G and not a C in your case. From my experiences yours would be at the same price range or a little higher than the one on EBay. Depending on what the condition of yours is.

 

[appliedlips]

Tolle hutches are fairly common as Illinois hutches go. I think the example on eBay sold for top dollar.

 

[jays emporium]

ORIGINAL: appliedlips

Tolle hutches are fairly common as Illinois hutches go. I think the example on eBay sold for top dollar.

I definitely agree with that. The one on ebay had FREE shipping so the value of the bottle would be about $15. I have been seeing the CAT bottle at shows and antique malls for years in the $10-15 range
Both of those bottles are listed on hutchbook.com and are rated as SCARCE, which means 10-100 examples estimated to exist. Tolle would be on the high end of that number if not higher than 100. The Pittsburg bottle I'm not familiar with. It might sell a little higher but there are tons of hutchs from Pittsburg.