New ACL's from the Goodwood conection!

[Canadacan]

My connection is in Goodwood...the collection is 2 hours away, I never asked where...My friend sent me pictures and I just picked the ones I needed. You won't get them cheap...but hey when a fellow has bottles you've never seen before or you know are tough.I spent a little over $200 for 16 bottles....that may seem high but when you factor in that I nailed down that many in one place at one time, it was a good for me!...actually now when I do the math I did really well[]...and of course + shipping out to the west coast.I'll have a chat with him and see what the deal is, Yea some times people only sell to friends of friends or something like that.Cheers, Ivan

 

[Fleetbag]

I don't consider $200 for 16 bottles expensive if they are in good shape and you want them.Especially if you don't have to pay taxes or shipping. Assuming he is located in the Goodwood I know of which is 30 minutes from me.At $200 you paid average of $12.50 per bottle, I would happily pay $12.50 for a Kingston Thompson Bottle, Brockville MacKellar, Toronto Kop Beverages Ltd. which only operated from 1949 - 1952. Tell him we are friends[]

 

[Canadacan]

Yea he has some tough labels both Eastern and Western Canada!...hey you mentioned Bowmanville!...I have an ACL from there, Cold Spring Beverages...great label, One of the few Eastern bottles I have other than national brands.

 

[RCO]

I have a Thompson bottling co 6 oz art deco style bottle from Kingston , it doesn't actually say Kingston on it but know that's where is from . I think its the bottle they used before the acl bottle in the picture . its not for sale though , I oddly found it in an antique store in barrie don't think they know where it was from and didn't pay much for it . not sure how much I'd be willing to pay for those bottles , it concerns me he has more than 1 of some of them and that could in theory bring down there value as some not nearly as rare as previously though . there is a limited market for such bottles and only so many buyers on sites like ebay for them , I recognise some of the bottles in pics , I know there was a Collins bev from barrie on ebay a couple weeks back and it didn't even get a bid , I previously though that was a hard bottle to find as never once saw 1 at antique store in this area yet I now have 2 of that bottle in my collection and he has 8 ( 4 green and 4 clear ) so they can't be that rare . but anyways if he was type to make a deal I might be interested in some of them

 

[Canadacan]

It's always difficult to really nail down the value on many bottles...in the end the price is simply what one is willing to pay. Condition is the other factor and subject matter is important to. As to the rarity of said bottle/s I can't really comment because those are out of my field. I've had the situation where I've paid $30 for a bottle online to only latter find it locally for $5!....that is frustrating to no end but that's the chance you take.Not surprising he has that many...it's a 40+ year collection....I don't think his prices are that negotiable.For me like I said before, he had stuff I've never seen in 27 years of collecting...but with the internet/ebay I continue to see new unknown bottles....It's a great time to be alive and Collecting[] Ivan

 

[Fleetbag]

I have an 11 oz and 6.5 oz Cold Spring Beverages. I was thrilled when I found them, I figured they would be hard to find. Got both for $12! I actually have 4 of the 6.5 oz version. Just like having these local bottles in my possession.I like local but don't see much. I have a Smiths bottle from Bowmanville as well. What I would like to find is an ACL from Oshawa? RCO Have you ever been to the Courtice Flea Market? There is a guy in there that has hundreds of bottles. I got the Cold Spring Bottles from him and paid $6 a piece. I have bought some other ACL bottles from him as well. He has price tags on some but most he doesn't. His bottle prices are fair and he will negotiate. Its basically in my back yard I go in there once a month.He has lots of the national brands of course but also has several 1930's embossed bottles. Cant say what they are or condition as I don't care about embossed. When you enter the grounds he is in the barn on the right and has half of it, he has tons of crap, nascar, signs,oil/gas and junk.

 

[Canadacan]

Fleetbag you are missing the one I have[]...7.5 oz dated 1945 [attachment=Cold Spring.jpg]

 

[Fleetbag]

Just looked at my Cold Spring Bottles and they are actually 7.5 oz. I have 2 versions, one version is the same as yours with 7.5 on the label. The other version has 7.5 oz embossed on the back of the bottle.

 

[RCO]

I have been to the courtice flea market but that was years ago before I really collected bottles , have some relatives in Oshawa and I know we went there a few times when I was younger . I don't have an acl from Oshawa but I do have an art deco bottle from Hambly's Beverages of Oshawa . I found it at an antique mall in Peterborough and don't really know much about it . its listed in book as starting around 1929 and lasting until 1950 , and still open into 60's but added limited to name . I'd assume this bottle is from early days of companies operations . it also has Oshawa embossed on bottom . but in sort of rough shape has some chips and an odd haze I couldn't get off bottle . but unusual as haven't seen any others yet . hambly's is also listed is coca cola bottlers for Oshawa so not sure if later on they just bottled coke or if there is any other hambly's bottles out there .