Bottled Up

April 12, 2022 1:45 PM

My decrepit old porch is under repair this week. Last night I got down between the joists and picked up the debris and trash underneath, and I found two old glass bottles, one a Coco-Cola bottle and one a Wilson's (side A & side B). One of the construction guys thought they might be worth something. They do seem to be vintage, and are in perfect condition, but I don't know anything about vintage beverage bottles or their market value. Can anyone tell me what, if anything, these bottles might be worth?
posted by orange swan to Grab Bag (3 answers total)

The COKE bottle has white printing on it so isn't really very old.
posted by mmf at 2:02 PM on April 12, 2022 [1 favorite]

I’m not an expert but a quick Google gave me this: “Newer contour Coke bottles from the mid-1960s forward will normally have painted white labeling, as do some others from as early as 1957. The earliest of these will most often have small date marks (also known as date codes) embossed on the waist as two-digit numbers, followed closely by other number-letter-symbol combinations. For example, a bottle marked “74.22 © – 1” would have been manufactured in 1974.”
Dating Old Coca Cola Bottles

To my eyes, this eBay listing looks very similar. It’s listed for $20.
posted by Monochrome at 2:21 PM on April 12, 2022

Similar Wilson's bottle on eBay.ca. Ontario seller is asking 60 dollars or best offer. Last week a similar Wilson's bottle, part of a two-bottle listing, sold as a 'best offer' -- and the original asking price was 23 dollars.
posted by Iris Gambol at 6:43 PM on April 12, 2022