So where do I find a guide for Art Deco Soda bottles?

[Lbrewer42]

Glad to oblige!
The large window in my current house is shown. Then I posted a few eye candy pics where I too the time to arrange some in the window for photos. The tall backlit case pictures are older ones also. And some of the pieces in them are in the first window shot as well. But this gives an idea of the number of them in my main room. The last pic is form my ld house but shows the other display case. Both that one and the one tall case are in my room with the main window and the lineup of art deco pop bottles.

I was one of the first ebay insulator sellers in the 90s and so was able to build a great collection b/c West coast collectors normally had little ability to get Eastern glass and vice versa until the internet.

Add to this I have a lot of large plastic totes that hold 4 dozen insulators each sitting in the attic and basement, and you can see why I grudgingly have to limit my adding anymore bottles anytime soon (except when I find a Brookfield made one due to my current vein of research for a book). I need to do a lot of downsizing first.

 

[bottle-o-pop]

Wow! That is the most beautiful display of antique glass that I have ever seen! The variety and depth of colors is amazing.

 

[Lbrewer42]

Thank you! In the insulator hobby almost all collectors follow a saying made up at the start of the hobby: "Color is King."

If its not clear glass, and not a shade of aqua, its typically worth more to a collector.

Of course there are rare exceptions where clear or aqua are rare for that specific profile. Each profile is assigned a "CD number" for "Consolidated Design number," and the system was implemented b/c multiple companies very often made the same profile - hence an easier cataloging system for the price guide.

You can see a lot of aqua pieces (shades - green, blue at different intensities) b/c I research the specifics in an attempt to find more about the factories making them. For example, i the first main picture of the window, the 3rd shelf (not pieces in front of the shelves), starting from the left has 9 different of the same shape in varying shades of blue, green, and shades of aqua. This is a rare lineup of colors in these b/c almost ALL of this CD (CD 162.5) are a typical plain aqua (such as common med. bottles). But the lineup also represents all the known molds know to make this CD. So while not many WOW! colors, the molds represent a set of molds telling me about when they were made (b/c I also have extensive research into the machinery over the years Brookfield used to make insulators with). Since this is long enough already, I will leave it as anecdotal, but I do have supportive data indicating these were likely first made in September 1906 using 8 different molds on a totally automated machine in Old Bridge, New jersey for the PRR railroad (they are marked P.R.R. on top).

Other aqua piece in the display have similar historical research reasons for being there. I keep them on hand (besides looking nice) so I can always have them to compare in case something new comes up (been a long time though).

Oh - those CD162.5s I mentioned. Since mostly everyone "knows they only are ever aqua when you find them," the colored ones don't carry really high and valuable premiums (75.00 for true emerald, or true green, and 120 for teal blue if you can find someone who is looking for one!). This makes it much easier for me to study and own LOL!

 

[Yellow26]

So you know about Brian’s book. I’ve been looking for years. Not many are collecting Art Decos. I certainly am. Good ones used to show up more often on eBay. Shows? I wouldn’t know. I have some nice duplicates if you want to contact me. Here are some of mine (have hundreds).

I would love to have a few of those

 

[new2bottles]

I would love to have a few of those

 

[HouTxSoda]

Does anyone know anything about the "Gold Dot" in picture 5 ? I know it was a franchise, but that is about it.