Schmidt Coke Museum Auction

[SODAPOPBOB]

The original links below show ...

Bottle Selling @ $240,000.00
Sketch Selling @ $228,000.00


Prototype Bottle: https://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/37/lot/11931/from/find-lots/

Concept Sketch: https://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/37/lot/11930/from/find-lots/

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Irregardless of the official winning bid price, the winner of my contest is ...

Uncle_Jarvis @ $175,000.00

1. Member acls @ $75,000.00 (Posted 11/8/2011)
2. Member Wheelah23 @ $100,000.00 (Posted 11/27/2011)
3. Member Uncle_Jarvis @ $175,000.00 (Posted 11/30/2011)
4. Member surfaceone @ $155,500.00 (Posted 11/30/2011)
5. Epackage proxy guess @ $500,000.00 (11/16/2011)

Congratulations to Uncle_Jarvis. Good Job!

Please let me know either here or through a PM as to which $25.00 "Buy It Now" ebay item you would like me to purchase in your name. Plus, I will need a full name and ship to address via a PM only.

Thanks.

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

An iddy-biddy P.S. reminder ...

(Even though I am exempt from my own contest)

My final guess for the bottle was $225,000.00.

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SPB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Hey Jeff!

In case you don't have a calculator with you ...

$240,000.00 Bottle
+ $228,000.00 Sketch
= $468,000.00 Total

So where did you say everyone was meeting for champagne? (Lol) []

Congratulations, again.

Bob

 

[surfaceone]

Bottle Selling  @  $240,000.00
           Sketch Selling @ $228,000.00                                                     

Hey Bob,

Was that final value, after auction fees? I was trying to watch the auction in peace but had a world of interruptions going on.

I did notice that the auctioneer had a complete change in demeanor following the Harrison Pamphlets proceedings. I guess I'm surprised that the bottle did not get into the Action #1 atmosphere. I'm also surprised the sketch did not bring more than the bottle

I hope the Dean Family is pleased.

A tip of the hat for Uncle_Jarvis, and SODAPOPBOB, too.

Hey Dean boys,

Did your grandfather design the Coca-Cola flavor bottle as well?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

surfaceone ~

The Deans can better answer your questions about the additional amounts tacked on to the prices, but I believe they were fees of some kind like premiums/comissions, etc. They seem high, don't they?

And while I'm here, I want to remind Uncle_Jarvis that the ebay purchase is $15.00 + $10.00 S&H = $25.00. I wish it could be more, but that's what I came up with.

Thanks.

Bob

 

[JeffDean]

Thank you all. To answer Surfaceone's questions, the hammer prices were 200k for the bottle and 190k for the sketch. The additional amounts added on are the 20% buyer premiums. The 240k and 228k amounts are the total amounts paid for the items. Hope that clears thing up.

JD

 

[surfaceone]

Hey Jeff,

Thanks for clarifying. My distracted recollecting wasn't so bad. So what do you guys think? If I may be so bold, and I apparently am...

What about that flavor bottle?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

The following is primarily for those who are not familiar with certain aspects of the prototype bottle's original creation. And by "creation" I mean the actual and physical production of the first dozen or so prototypes that were made on that historic day back in 1915. For the entire story I recommend buying the Norman L. Dean book, "The Man Behind The Bottle."

Of particular interest here is the fact that it took the prototype's creator, Earl R. Dean, approximately 22 hours of almost sleepless work from start to finish to create the bottle that sold yesterday. You will have to read the book for the details as to why the project was "rushed," by just suffice it to say that it was considered necessary at the time.

Not only did Mr. Dean complete the concept sketch in that 22 hour time period, but he also had to hand lathe the mold from a blank, or what he refers to in the book as a "rough." And once the rough was ready, he then had to hammer with a chisel the intricate details of the lettering, numerous convolutions, and panels, which I understand would normally take days, but in this particular case was only a matter of hours.

And now, thanks to the talents and devotions of Mr. Earl R. Dean, we now have what is considered the most recognized soda bottle in the entire world ... not to mention the most valuable. And to a soda bottle collector like myself, that's a really big deal!

The picture below is of a 1915 Coca Cola mold and "production" bottle from The Coca Cola museum in Atlanta, Georgia. The text is a little confusing in that it states "Prototype Bottle," which it clearly is not. But it will serve to give everyone an idea of what Mr. Dean had to work that day, and just how daunting a task it must have been to accomplish so much in just 22 short hours. My hat is off to Mr. Dean for his amazing "creation."

SPBOB

Bill Porter said this is a standard 1915 mold and bottle ~ but does not know if it is a Root mold or from some other glass maker.

If necessary, just zoom the image to more easily read the text.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Jeff ~

If I may, I have a couple of quick questions for you ~ that is unless you are "on vacation." []

1. Did the same bidder win both the sketch and the bottle? (I missed the bidder's numbers yesterday).

2. Do you have it recorded or know of a site where we can replay the portion of the auction where the bottle and sketch were bid on and sold?

Thanks a lot.

Bob