Title: Bottle Show in St. Louis
Post by: Eric on March 18, 2007, 03:40:21 pm
Well it's no Chicago Show but it's all I got this time of year.
It's a bottle show once a year here in St. Louis.. hundreds of soda bottles, carriers, patches, openers
clocks, mason jars, insulators and beer stuff.
Nothing like it use to be but what show is....
I remember when I could have bought 1923 Coke display bottles for $90 (should have bought them all... or
at least one since I don't have any....)
Anyway here's a display from out in the lobby and the 2 bottles I bought and a nice clean crate.
It's a bottle show once a year here in St. Louis.. hundreds of soda bottles, carriers, patches, openers
clocks, mason jars, insulators and beer stuff.
Nothing like it use to be but what show is....
I remember when I could have bought 1923 Coke display bottles for $90 (should have bought them all... or
at least one since I don't have any....)
Anyway here's a display from out in the lobby and the 2 bottles I bought and a nice clean crate.
Title: Bottle Show in St. Louis
Post by: Eric on March 18, 2007, 03:51:25 pm
here's the other two images... they didn't attach to the first sorry....
Title: Bottle Show in St. Louis
Post by: aspbear1 on March 18, 2007, 04:01:23 pm
I like the 7 up crate that is really clean. I dont think I have ever seen one that sharp, I would say it did not get thrown into the truck to many times.
Title: Bottle Show in St. Louis
Post by: Seven181 on March 18, 2007, 04:14:47 pm
Eric,
Nice pick ups! When was the show??? I would have gone to that! Any other good 7up items? Any old bottles or displays?
Brian
Nice pick ups! When was the show??? I would have gone to that! Any other good 7up items? Any old bottles or displays?
Brian
Title: Bottle Show in St. Louis
Post by: FDNY1975 on March 18, 2007, 04:15:57 pm
Nice pickup you know what is kind of ironic I used to use the same type of bottles I collect today as target practice for my pelit gun when i was a kid. Maby I didn't hit them all I should go back and check ,the woods are still there where I shot. Anyway you're pictures of all the bottles just got me thinking. Happy hunting
Title: Bottle Show in St. Louis
Post by: Eric on March 18, 2007, 07:43:14 pm
There will be another bottle show in Collinsville, IL in August..
A different group puts it on but same type stuff.....
The crate came from Wilow Springs, MO that plant had a huge sale
a few years back... thousands (and I ain't kidding) of bottles... Well...
it was a bottling plant..... hundreds of crates, bottles and a few
square tops that I should have bought...
The two Pepsi bottles are clean.... one was $8 and the other $1!
Funny how people price these things... prices are
all over the place..
but wait long and they're gone... So you run through check prices and condition then try and remember where the best bottle was.....
There were a few fan pulls in 7up and a few 7up bottles but not much
anymore.....Most brands in good condition are getting hard to find...
I have about 4 crates of Coca-Cola hobbleskirts that are mint
to near mint++ and I've paid anywhere from .50 to $30 each the $30
was a blue-ish bottle from New York a sweet look'n bottle.. but about
75% were $2-3 bucks flea market finds... taken years to find all of them... I try to always find a bottle when I do a road trip.
Gotta have bottles for the carriers and crates I have.
A different group puts it on but same type stuff.....
The crate came from Wilow Springs, MO that plant had a huge sale
a few years back... thousands (and I ain't kidding) of bottles... Well...
it was a bottling plant..... hundreds of crates, bottles and a few
square tops that I should have bought...
The two Pepsi bottles are clean.... one was $8 and the other $1!
Funny how people price these things... prices are
all over the place..
but wait long and they're gone... So you run through check prices and condition then try and remember where the best bottle was.....
There were a few fan pulls in 7up and a few 7up bottles but not much
anymore.....Most brands in good condition are getting hard to find...
I have about 4 crates of Coca-Cola hobbleskirts that are mint
to near mint++ and I've paid anywhere from .50 to $30 each the $30
was a blue-ish bottle from New York a sweet look'n bottle.. but about
75% were $2-3 bucks flea market finds... taken years to find all of them... I try to always find a bottle when I do a road trip.
Gotta have bottles for the carriers and crates I have.
Title: Bottle Show in St. Louis
Post by: Seven181 on March 18, 2007, 08:45:42 pm
Awesome! I would like to attend the summer show! I am always looking for 7up stuff. Going to concentrate on getting what I have done for now though.
Brian
Brian