The Phone Was Ringing, It Was The Grail Calling

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Not the Holy Grail just the regular grail......well it wasn't actually the grail calling, it aint got no hands, it was judu, not the kind of judu you use to kick someones ass but, but judu just as well, and that's what he calls himself here. Well I know him as Dan, met him a few times, I like him.......................................................

Sooooooooooooo I pick up the phone and hear, "Pat, didn't you say you needed a 'Sunflower' from Clinton?"

That was a real intention getter..............."There's one on ebay I've just seen......a 'buy it now'......................". I've been on the hunt for this S.C bottle for a while.

It didn't take but just a second for me to get up and go track it down, and in less than a minute it was mine............beat Henry and others to it......... good.

I don't know the story behind this bottle, I do know it's rare as hell. I've only seen this one. Another collector has one,and there is a woman in N.C. who is a non-collector w/ one. The 'Evil One' does not [;)][;)][;)][;)][;)][;)][;)][;)]. I'm sure there are more floating around. Even heard there was a blue and white version...........that might be what the woman in N.C. has.

For some reason this bottle made it to this list
http://www.fohbc.org/PDF_Files/SC_Top25_July%202003.pdf

You have to look way at the end of the article. Knowing most of the panel, not an acl fan one in the bunch, I do not see how this one painted bottle made the list other than they had run out of bottles to name, or this is really rare/desirable bottle.

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Now it has good company in a new home.


............................................and Dan, thanks again.

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It always feels great to add a new one that you have wanted to the shelf congratulation!!
 

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Wow Pat, that's niiiize. I'm glad you got it, but I will admit, I wish I had it! Dan is a super good guy- glad he put you on to it.
 

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Cool find, doesn't your's say Marion Virginia on the back too Pat?
 

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Would this be the Blue & White, is it even the same company, both are from Virginia...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-SUN-FLOWER-BEVERAGES-Glass-Soda-Bottle-Tip-Bottling-Co-Norton-VA-12-oz-/170892750202?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27ca006d7a
 

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Cool find, doesn't your's say Marion Virginia on the back too Pat?

Yes, but what sold me on it was the Clinton, S.C. on the bottom.

Here's the ebay listing so you can see.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130741990925?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

As far as blue and white goes, what I've been told the blue and white is the same style as the one I have......a dancing flower.

Here are some N.C. 'Sunflower's. There is another, a kinda brown on brown paint combo that is a killer and rare too.

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It is a nice bottle; I don't know a thing about it's rarity/age so I hope you don't mind that my attention was drawn to your "Big Nickel" soda. A buffalo nickel (more-or-less) depicted on a soda... That is so super cool. Great stuff.
 

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