Is That Old Coca Cola Bottle an Antique?
If you asked four different coca cola bottle collectors what the term antique coke bottle means to them, you most likely will get four different answers. The answers would be something like this: • An antique purist may say any coke bottle that is more than 100 years old • Another collector may say any coca cola bottle that is more than 50 years old • One may answer the question by saying Hutchinson bottles • Another by responding any bottle that is older than himself In the world of soda bottle collecting, the question of how old does a soda bottle have to be for it to be considered an antique is often confusing. To add to the confusion, the popular auction website eBay, lists coca cola bottles from 1900 to present day as modern, and anything older than 1900 as antique. Yet respected websites specializing in coca cola bottles, such as Reggie’s Antique Coca Cola Bottles, list bottles through 1965. Generally, most old coca cola bottle collectors use the term antique for bottles that are
If you asked four different coca cola bottle collectors what the term antique coke bottle means to them, you most likely will get four different answers. The answers would be something like this: • An antique purist may say any coke bottle that is more than 100 years old • Another collector may say any coca cola bottle that is more than 50 years old • One may answer the question by saying Hutchinson bottles • Another by responding any bottle that is older than himself In the world of soda bottle collecting, the question of how old does a soda bottle have to be for it to be considered an antique is often confusing. To add to the confusion, the popular auction website eBay, lists coca cola bottles from 1900 to present day as modern, and anything older than 1900 as antique. Yet respected websites specializing in coca cola bottles, such as Reggie’s Antique Coca Cola Bottles, list bottles through 1965. Generally, most old coca cola bottle collectors use the term antique for bottles that are
