QUICK "POPEYE SODA" QUESTION

[morbious_fod]

Porto Rico Root Beer label.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Since I can't find the real deal I decided to make a fake. I started by printing a copy of Morb's label and then enhanced it with colored pencils. I then cut it to size and taped it to the back side of a Dad's root beer bottle. Of course, I'm not 100% sure it was an amber bottle, but according to the cardboard sign that's how it is depicted. Following this post will be another photo of the label on a clear glass bottle. Both bottles are 12 OZ, just like it says on the label. But this doesn't mean I am giving up the search. But rather to give us a better idea of what one might look like.

SPBOB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

And here's the clear glass variation that I put on a Anchorr bottle. I thought the anchor image tied in good with the Popeye theme. And it may be of interest to note that most fruit flavored bottles are typically clear glass so as to indicate the flavor. In this case I made it "Tropical" like it says on the label. I'm guessing again, but I suspect it was something like Hawaiian Punch.

SPBOB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Lastly, here is a closeup of the label I colored. I'm just guessing on the actual colors, but thought it turned out pretty good.

Hey Morb ~

Would it be possible to have you post all of the exact wording on the label? Especially the small words located between Popeye and Tropical Beverage.

Thanks,

Bob

 

[OsiaBoyce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0tc2D9ehnk []

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Osia ~

Thanks. I like this one too . Lol []

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzdhMc6K8e0&feature=related

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Osia ~

Your point about having time on my hands is valid. Plus, I thought this would as good a time as any to share with everyone a little more about myself. For starters, when I am not providing care for the elderly residents who reside in my home (ranging in age between 88 and 92) which is a 24 hour a day, seven days a week responsibility, I enjoy what little spare time I actually have on the internet, as well as painting oil on canvas. The photo below is one of my most popular works and is a rendering of Native Amerian rock art, (which is better known as petroglyphs). They are found throughtout the southwest and recognized as the type of rock art typically scratched (hand chiseled) into native stone. I have an entire collection of these sort of paintings that I have done. The one shown here is an original I did in 2001. It is of a Anasazi shaman with his staff and medicine back. I have done numerous repeats of this work, and at present they sell for about $250.00 each. I can paint one like this in about two days, and have sold no less than eight of this particular painting.

The only reason I mention this now is with the hope of illustrating that one man's "free time" is another man's supplemental income. I also write and am currently on page 170 of my latest novel. Nothing I've written has been published yet. But then, I have never submitted anything either. I guess I'm a crazy guy who just happens to collect soda pop bottles as well as a variety of other items.

I apologize to those who may consider this off-topic explaination as a waste of time, but I guess it's just another case of ... "I yam what I yam."

Respectfully,

Bob

 

[morbious_fod]

Unfortunately the pic I posted was from an extremely small printed label in a book so I don't think I could get it any better than that.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Sorry, OsiaBoyce. No bottle yet! [] But I'm trying and won't give up until I run out of spinach.

However, I did find this photo of a (New/2007/08) scale model boxcar showing "Popeye Root Beer." And based on what we learned in the past these so called fantasy items are often related to real items that once existed.

This item is currently on e-bay. I contacted the seller regarding a possible closeup or detailed description of the bottle that Popeye is holding (which looks slightly different than the last one) and hopefully I will hear back from them soon. So unless this item is entirely bogus, it appears there might have been a Popeye root beer as well as the tropical punch flavor.

SPBOB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

As most of us know, just about everything posted on this website, as well as others like it, eventually (if not immediately) end up on Google. In fact, if you Google search "Popeye Soda Pop Bottle" right now, this thread will be the first reference link on the list. (At least it was five minutes ago). And just how this happens I am not sure, but I have always thought it was interesting. So with this said, I post these particular comments not only for Antique-Bottles.Net members, but essentially for the entire world, and/or anyone who uses Google. (And who doesn't?)

So whether it be five minutes from now or five years, this is especially for that lucky individual who has or finds a Popeye soda pop bottle and is researching it. And, I might add, you have come to the right place. As far as I know at present, this is currently the only website on the internet involved in the discussion and search for a most unique and as yet undiscovered soda bottle. If you have one, it could very well be a one-of-a-kind. (And certainly one of very few). And to further this, I would like to expound on what I call ...

~ SPECULATION TIME ~

1. It has already been established that a single Popeye bottle cap sold for unprecedented $162.50!

2. Just the other day I was in a book store and thumbed through a book about comic characters. And in the book I came across a listing for the exact same cardboard sign as the one discussed earlier, and shown here again, with an actual "sold at auction" price of $300.00! I did not purchase the book, but I do recall it was published sometime in the past five years. Of course, auction prices can exaggerate an items true value, but someone obviously thought it was worth that much at the time. Presently it seems these cardboard signs are just about as rare as the bottles and bottle caps. Only with time will we likely ever know the answer to these and many other questions regarding rarity and true value.

So here is the speculation part, which is entirely my own, and not intended to establish a true value.

If a cap sold for ............. $162.50
And a sign sold for ......... $300.00

My estimated value of a Popeye soda pop bottle, in excellent condition - no nicks or cracks - with a fully intact paper label - also in excellent condition, would, as of today's date October 15, 2010, be worth approximately ...

$800.00 to $1200.00

Personally, if I walked into an antique shop today and saw one of the bottles for sale anywhere in the above price range, I would through down my credit card faster than you can bat a "pop" eye! []

SODAPOPBOB

Example of cardboard sign that sold at auction for $300.00