West Coast Favorite

[captcadillac]

My sister in law gave me this beautiful S.F. soda for Christmas. She received a deeper cobalt one from a friend/dealer in No. Cal.
Its my only West Coats soda in my collection (wait a minute, I forgot I have an early Babb,so its my second one)
Its never been in the ground. Just love the style of the bottle.
CaptCadillac

 

[captcadillac]

Here is the back

 

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The lip area

 

[captcadillac]

The base. I think these come only in a smooth base.

 

[Wheelah23]

That is cool! What a unique shape. I've seen those online before, what a nice addition!

 

[Penn Digger]

You poor gift receiver!

PD

 

[captcadillac]

What a bummer to have received such a nice bottle!
These come in shades of cobalt, green and aqua. There is a blob top example which I think is a little more uncommon than this one.
I saw a display at a show (Reno?) of these and there were about 10 to 15 different examples in various shades and tops.
Recently on ebay an aqua one went for over $300.00 I was surprised that it went for that much. Are the aquas more valuable?
CaptCadillac

 

[Dabeel]

Hey Captain,
Doug here in Oakland, CA to let you know that the variant you have so wonderfully received fall in the $150.00 to 200.00 range.(previous auction prices)
The aqua one with a blob top can go $300-$400 because it is rarer. If you find a green one in the same style as yours you are looking at 1,000 +.

Great gift by the way, I still don't have one in my collection yet.

Hope this helps,
Doug

 

[captcadillac]

Hey Doug,
Thank you for the information on the bottles. My brother and I dug two green ones over twenty years ago in Napa county. Also, my neighbor
dug an aqua blob top in the same area. All turned out really well as far as condition.
I gave my green one to a friend because he had about 5 examples of this bottle. I collect mainly Eastern & Southern sodas, so I thought he would like the green one.
I had no idea that they were worth that much.
CaptCadillac

 

[Lordbud]

Beautiful example almost royal blue. I bowed out of the local soda collecting once they went past $40-50 apiece. Now I have to pick and choose carefully according to budget with perhaps one or two expensive bottles per year, if that.