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The empty bottle was called an "official blank". [3] This meant that, while most nickels inserted in a vending machine would yield cold drinks, one in nine patrons would have to insert two nickels in order to get a bottle. This effectively raised the price to 5.625 cents. [1] Coca-Cola never implemented this strategy on a national scale.
Metal cartoon-character lunchboxes with their matching Thermos bottles can sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars. One example is the King Seeley "Yellow Submarine" lunchbox from 1968 ...
An iron pontiled soda or beer bottle, c. 1855. Privy digging is directly linked to antique bottle collecting. Glass or clay bottles are the most likely items to be found in an average 19th century privy. Yet, more often than not they are found prohibitively damaged.
The history of bottle recycling in the United States has been characterized by four distinct stages. In the first stage, during the late 18th century and early 19th century, most bottles were reused or returned. [1] When bottles were mass-produced, people started throwing them out, which led to the introduction of bottle deposits. [2]
The vintage Cake Takers are highly sought after and can be found online for prices ranging from $25 to $60. They are not only functional but also a classic piece of Tupperware history that has ...
Price: About $2 per 16.9 fl oz. bottle Is there a bigger waste of money than paying for bottled water? Consumers spend more than 800 times more for bottled water than plain old tap water.
Vintage spirits, also known as dusties, are old, discontinued, or otherwise rare bottles of liquor. [1] The collectibility of a bottle is based on rarity, with age as a secondary factor. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The name "dusty" refers to the fact that many such now-collectible bottles had been sitting on a liquor store shelf or unopened in a home or ...
Among the most popular cans to collect are soda ones, [1] beer ones, [2] and car oil ones, [3] the latter of which are sometimes branded with well-known petrol company names. [4] Other cans that may be considered as collectibles are milk cans [5] coffee cans, syrup, salted peanuts, crayon and advertisement-oriented lithograph tins. [6] A soda ...