Americana in a Bottle: The Ordinary Becomes Collectible

no matter Inflatable Kids Toys what it would cost the compani to get it there. We easili can recal the rosy-cheek Santa Clau sip hi Coca-Cola while deliv hi treasures,What make Coca-Cola bottl such a covet collectible? Not onli ha Coke plai a part in mani peopl s fond person memori of childhood dai gone by but it ha also been interwoven throughout American cultur and history. Artwork from America s Golden Age of Illustrat by renown artist Norman Rockwel and N.C. Wyeth wa us for advertisements. 1928 initi an unpreced partnership with the Olympic Game as the soda travel with our Olympic Team to distant shores. In 1941 the US enter the war and The Coca Cola Compani respond by sai that ani serviceman anywher in the world would be abl to get a Coke for 5 cent a bottle. or the jingl of It s the Real Thing or the imag of children of the world hold hand on a hilltop sing I d like to bui the world a Coke speak to tumultu time of the late 60 s and earli 70 s and their desir to bring about a sweeter time. In 1985 it even becam the first soft drink consum in outer-space. It almost becom blurri as to whether the memori is of the event, the era or of the Coke itself. What is clear though is that Coke wa there. And those ar power associ to drive collectors.

0,In 1912, Coca-Cola sold for penni a bottle. Todai that same Non-Amber Straight Side Script Coca-Cola Bottl can be purchas as a classic collect for close to $150. That s more than three time the current valu of on share of Coca-Cola stock. So while it might have been wise in 1919 when the Coca Cola Compani releas share of common stock to have purchas some, I might also have been clever to have kept a six-pack of Coke hidden under my mattress for 87 year or so and sold it todai for over $900. In fact, even the bottl carrier on it own would catch a collector s ey today!