Road down to the antique store today...

[Robby Raccoon]

I think I'm going to post the Detroit Bottling Works bottle in another chat area here to see if anyone can answer me it, but thanks for the compliment. I dig the marble too. It looks nice in my small collection.

 

[ACLbottles]

You did okay at $25.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

ACL, super. I was afraid I overpaid.

 

[antlerman23]

$25 would be top of the mark. I usually pay $1-$5 for abm sodas, but id be willing to pay a little more for locals. the insulator is a great window piece but probably only worth a buck or less, since they are ultra common.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Other than the marble, the insulator was cheapest--made between Prohibition and I love Lucy. Then the Detroit Bottling Works bottle. Then NuGrape, then the Crush bottle. My mom wanted me to pick up the Crush, my friend the NuGrape and so did I for the NuGrape. So, I got both. I mostly deal in ABM soda-pops, so I'm willing to pay a little more for a pop than most people. As long as I don't go over 150 dollars, I'm still certainly making money if I ever sold my collection (Assumed lower-end value of all 50 bottles, be them tiny like an inch or so for the medicines, or normal like a pop, or tall like a beer.) Just have to balance it out, see what you're willing to pay verses what the whole thing is worth. They're looking pretty nice, a clear between one that's coloured. Only issue is, I'm running out of room in a very small room to display them. I don't trust wall-mounted shelves anymore, either.

 

[CanadianBottles]

25 dollars is probably about right, though maybe a bit on the high end. I think ABM Detroit sodas are pretty common, though that is a really nice one. Marble could be pretty good, though. The insulator is only worth a dollar or two, unfortunately. There are still lots on the poles around here. They still sell well though, if they're cheap enough. I accumulated a bunch over the years and managed to sell the whole lot of them for a dollar each over the course of a garage sale and one day at a flea market. They're popular as decor, especially among younger people who haven't seen them before. As for the Orange Crush, that's an interesting one. I don't think I've ever seen one with "O C Beverages" on it. But Orange Crush bottles never had the city on them, as far as I know. I don't think I've ever seen one that did, anyway.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

I saw two that had a city name on them. I never took a picture, but they did. One was a southern town, one was from Michigan. Check these out I got at a thrift shop today and a garage sale. The yellow one is a repro of a Bitters bottle for ROOT BITTERS and looks like it says OWZO or OW7O beneath that.The next is a vintage "HIRES / HOUSEHOLD EXTRACT" "FOR MAKING / ROOTBEER / AT HOME" "MANUFACTURED BY / THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO." "PHILADELPHIA, PA. / U.S.A." and is exactly how I see it unless part is worn off. If it isn't worn off, HIRES should be HIRES' and it appears ROOT BEER is one word, as ROOTBEER. Incorrect. I got it for a quarter. It's light aqua, and worth every penny. Also got several books for a dime each there. Will be going back tomorrow, once the neighbor pays me the $52 dollars he owes me for labor. Then I also got the candle holder in olive green for a quarter. I can stop using my broken-in-half S.S. Coca-Cola bottle as one.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Hires bottle

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Hires bottle final side, books. The Mammoth Hunters should be unique, also got Treasure Island 1948 (last copy I held I think was 1920s and I had to burn it because a cat urinated on it.) This isn't old at all, as I know books as well as bottles, but I always wanted my own copy. Rage of the Mountain man, National Geographic The Photographs, and Hideaway I cannot get to upload a picture.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

That might have been a 6 at the base of the bottle for Hires. It's too weak to be 100% sure.