white sox bottle?

[psmason73]

anyone see this bottle on ebay?starting bid is 2500.00.did a little research,the story seems to check out.dont know if they reproduced this one or not.just wondering if it is that rare? i dont know if that 1938 on the bottom is the date or not.

 

[cyberdigger]

Here's the LISTING ..I was expecting something a bit more glamorous

 

[epackage]

Cool bottle and all but if they were made for 18 years, even if only used at the ballpark, you would think they wouldn't be soooooo rare....I need to do some research now....

 

[epackage]

http://www.suntimes.com/chicago/know/1011481,CST-NWS-this18.article

 

[epackage]

Then there was this auction in 2007 where one in a group of 5 bottles didn't even sell....

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Collection of (5) baseball themed decorative bottles c.1910-40's. Includes "Batter Up" bottle with decorative label (11" tall), "Hit" drink bottle (11" tall), Chicago White Sox soda bottle (8" tall), "National League" bottle with embossed lettering (11" tall), "Will C. Keck" bottle with baseball bat graphic (11" tall):

Range VG-NM ($500.00-$750.00) DNS


http://www.huntauctions.com/online/view_lots_items_list_closed.cfm?auction=23&start_number=701&last_number=800

 

[morbious_fod]

"The White Sox were the first team to make soda in the ballpark during the teens and early '20s. That's where orange soda was invented. The first time it was manufactured was in Old Comiskey Park. They came in little eight-ounce bottles. Very thick glass with two crossed bats, a baseball in the middle and "W" and "S" for White Sox on them."


I gotta call bullpucky on the highlighted. Orange Soda existed long before they were bottling it in this ball park. I'm looking at a 1909 ad from the Dixie Bottling Works of Bristol, VA that lists all of the flavors they bottle and there it is Orange. The guy is a baseball broadcaster what does he know about the history of soda, most likely repeating some local legend.

 

[psmason73]

i agree about that not being the orgins of orange soda. but still just curious about the value of these bottles and there rareity.

 

[celerycola]

" They came in little eight-ounce bottles. Very thick glass with two crossed bats, a baseball in the middle and "W" and "S" for White Sox on them."

His description of the bottle doesn't match the one on ebay: that one has a sock not a baseball embossed.

 

[celerycola]

RE: white sox bottle - a little cheaper

This one is more like it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1938-Chicago-White-Sox-Baseball-Soda-Bottle-/390252747600?pt=Vintage_Sports_Memorabilia&hash=item5adce05b50#ht_530wt_1131