Update on my Nichol Kola

[coke_and_stuff]

Chest looks great Eric, As far as the signs I say real Ive seen a few of them and have owned a fair share of them including a few that were just destroyed.

Joey

[Eric]

Destroyed?... What happened?... Where you been?.....As far as the signs I'm talking
about those little 8X11 signs, soft embossed, no dates, none mint... look alot like the ones
Desperate Signs put out in the 70s except these don't look like they are line screened
like old ones they almost look like all the colors where layed at once.... But I'm no
expert.... Would love to find them around 2'X3' and some cardboards!
Missed the only cardboard I know of with the bathing beauty on it around Christmas...
NOS $145! Aghhhh!!!! ....
There's one for buy it now but it's water stained and $250?....  don't want it that bad....
I need a crate and 24 bottles for the cooler when it's done.

[halehouse]

This is an original Nichol Kola sign I bought out of the shipping box it came in.  I just framed it. It is 20" x 28" and has the drum major type guy on it .  Marked:  A-M Sign Company Lynchburg, VA  6-41.  I framed it.

[coke_and_stuff]

NOS I have it in my antique booth for $125.00





Joey

[Kilroy]

So Joey is the second  sign NOS and is  up for sale?

[Chedki]

 
The original Nichol Kola sign that has the "drum major type guy" on it is named Long Nick.

[MoonDawg]

     Welcome to the group Chedki.

     Is it the sign or the drummer named "Long Nick" ?   

[halehouse]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1941-Nichol-Kola-Advertising-Tin-Sign-N-R_W0QQitemZ220200292004QQihZ012QQcategoryZ35698QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[SIGNGUY]

Great looking progress on the Nichol Cola Cooler Eric... Just chiming in now as was out of town for 10 days.

Looks great , cant' wait to see more...

Call me when you get a chance about the stuff we where talking about a few weeks ago...

Thanks

[halehouse]

I got this PM'd to me:

i see alot of posts on smc wondering about " nichol cola". i was a nicholson company employee from 2003- 2006 .lead mechanic-maint. manager. nichol cola came about as a responce to the volstead act aka. prohibition. there were tons of people making beer bottles then prohibition came along .the nicholson company capitalized on the glut of glass on the market to get the bottles cheap.they originally sold for a nickel .nice tie in since the owners last name was nicholson. the company finally went bankrupt in the spring of 2007.due to some bad business decisions.it was bought by the firm clement pappas of nj. check out h.r. nicholson.6320 oakleaf ave. baltimore,md 21215.it really pisses off bob nicholson to see those nichol cola signs in cracker barrel....so i hear .also check out albris.com harry robert nicholson wrote a book about the h.r. nicholson company titled "the house of quality" they sell for upwards of 100.00 dollars.!!! trust me its a real snooze fest.but does have alot of company history. if i'd have known the price of those books i'd have snagged a case before i flew the coop... tony ellis

I suggested he post his info. I received the following:

if you want to post my responce or if anyone has any questions about the company i'll try to answer them. the time is was there we only produced cans in the #2.5 and the #10 sizes (think big soup cans and the big mega-sams club cans)bag in the box (think box wine)and aseptic packaging (think swansons chicken broth) style . i don't think anyone was left from the cola days. we had a murder-suicide by cop in the production area. it really signaled the downturn of the company. the last nicholson ,bob nicholson is alive and well on his multi-million dollar horse farm in northern baltimore county.. thanks again for the trip down memory lane , tony ellis