1940's Pepsi Cola Glass Bottle Never Open

[Virginia Calonge]

I found this in the house, We have ton of antiques in our home, kinda like Cracker Barrel but hadn't really noticed it until today. Can anyone tell me its value?

 

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[jewelerguy]

that bottle cap is not the same vintage as the bottle. Cap looks to be probably 1980's or 90's. Since the bottles were returnable, it wasn't unheard of to pull a vintage bottle out of a vending machine. A friend of mine got the same bottle from a machine back in the 80's except his was missing a majority of the paint. As far as value, I have no clue.

 

[ajaj]

Bottle looks to be 1953.

aj

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Your bottle is what collectors call an "ACL" which stands for Applied Color Label. Yours has a 1953 date code. It's got quite a bit of "rack wear" or "case wear" which is the whitish rings around the high spots where it rubbed against other bottles for a long time. It's a cool bottle, I have a couple in my collection but mine have lost all the paint. ACL bottles seem to be a strange area in collecting and I can't make sense of what makes one valuable or not, but judging from what similar bottles have sold for and the condition issues, I'd guess 10-15$ possibly a little bit higher if that bottling works is a rare one and a couple Arkansas collectors both really wanted it.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[against the wind]

Pepsi Cola hits the spot,,
First you burp,, then you fart,,

 

[Trezurehunter]

Can't help on the value, but its a neat piece.

 

[islamoradamark]

Welcome from florida nice cola

 

[ajaj]

Pepsi Cola hits the spot,,
First you burp,, then you fart,,

Coke man myself.




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