RARE SODA BOTTLE BOOK ~ By J. L. JONES ~ COPYRIGHT 1972

[OsiaBoyce]

Last week I noticed where one was for sale on Amazon for around $80.00.............. did not last long.


I'll get the next one.

 

[epackage]

Looks like a great book Bob, have a good time dissecting it....[]

 

[FitSandTic]

I know I have at least one copy of that book, which is my fathers copy. To be honest with you I had no idea they were so sought after.

 

[judu]

fantastic book that is pretty much a must have for us south carolina collectors until the new book comes out at the next columbia show......took me a long time to find mine.......

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

The most valuable Coca Cola bottle in the J. L. Jones book is one found on pages 86 and 87 and described as follows ...

2014. Augusta, Ga. Coca Cola, HUTCHINSON TOP.
7 3/4 in. 8 oz., Name & City bottom front only.

25.00-30.00

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

However, I think most of you will agree that the bottle pictured it is not what I would describe as a Hutchinson bottle, but rather one with a Blob-type closure. This is a little confusing for a number of reasons ...

1. Based on other Hutchinson bottles pictured in the book and references referring to them, J. L. Jones obviously knew the difference between a Hutch, a Blob, and a Crown. And yet he describes this one as a Hutchinson.

2. To be honest with you, I wasn't aware that Coca Cola ever produced a Blob-top bottle. I have three hardbound copies of Allan Petretti's Coca Cola books and there isn't a single Blop-top Coca Cola bottle pictured in any one of the books.

Maybe the description was just a typo of J. L. Jones, which might very well be the case. But even with this said, how do we explain the existence of a Blob Coca Cola bottle? If anyone has an example of this bottle and a story to go along with it, please share it with us.

By the way, I wonder what one of those bottles is worth today?

Bob

 

[FitSandTic]

I have seen doctored coca cola straight side bottles before. It is not uncommon for people to glue different lips on bottles. I have seen Norfolk VA bottles with whiskey style lips on them. I am not saying this is one of them but it happens all the time.

 

[epackage]

I have a machine made blob dating to 1912, so this is a possibility, but I have no clue if it's the real deal. I can't think of ever seeing one in my time here on ABN or in my searches on eBay....

 

[FitSandTic]

I have never seen a blob top Coca Cola before. Has anyone else?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I'm still searching for a blob-top Coca Cola bottle but not having any luck. Here's a link that might help with dates and other sorted information about blob-tops.

Blob Closure Link ...

http://www.sha.org/bottle/soda.htm#Blob

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In the meantime, check out this postcard I got in the mail today. The attached picture is of the back of the card but it is the same type of postcard of the J. L. Jones Cola Company that I posted earlier. However, this one is special because it was sent by J. L. Jones himself and even has his handwritten initials on it. (Sort of like an autograph). I'm still researching the name who the card was sent to and see if a Dr. F. T. Hallem/Hallam/Hallom might have been a bottle collector or possibly a stamp collector. And for all I know he might have been a coal customer or any one of a million other acquaintances. But irregardless of who it was sent to, I think it's cool because of the initials. As for the date, postcards required 3-cent postage between 1958 and 1963. However, the stamps themselves were produced in 1954. So it looks like one of a couple of things ...

1. He used too much postage on a 1954 mailing.
2. He used old stamps (1954) on a later mailing (1958-1963).

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U. S. Postage Rates History ~ 3-Cent postcard postage was required between 1958 and 1963

http://www.akdart.com/postrate.html

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Thomas Jefferson 2-Cent Stamp ~ Page 36 = Issued in 1954

http://www.usstampgallery.com/search.php?st=&ss=&t=2&s=140&syear=&eyear

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George Washington 1-Cent Stamp ~ Page 35 = Issued in 1954

http://www.usstampgallery.com/search.php?st=&ss=&t=2&s=136&syear=&eyear

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Cashiers, North Carolina according to Wikipedia ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashiers,_North_Carolina

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Bob

[ Back of postcard ~ Circa ???? ] [ Notice it was mailed from Cashiers, North Carolina ]