Needing info on some coke bottles

[bbusha]

I have some old bottles in my collection, and i need some information on them (year, rarity, value...etc). The first one is a brown straight sided bottle, bottled in Albertville, Alabama. It is a blown glass bottle. i have lived in Albertville for nearly 60 years and never have known Albertville to ever have a bottling company here.
The second is a Soda Water bottled by Coca Cola. It has square sides, and six stars on the neck. Bottled in Tuscaloosa, Al.
The third bottle is a mystery to me. it might and it might not be coca cola. Its a light blue hand blown glass bottle. All it has on it are three C's in the coca cola script and Birmingham, Al on the bottom.
Pics are attached in order. Thanks for your help!

 

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[SODABOTTLEBOB]

bbusha ~

Welcome to the forum. Ideally this topic might get more attention in the "Glass & Bottles" section. But since it's already posted I doubt anyone will mind. Almost all members stop by here for a look at things anyway.

There was indeed a Albertville Coca Cola bottler. Right at the moment I'm not sure of it's exact dates of operation, but at least through the early 1920s.

Your "Star" Coca Cola bottle is fairly common around the country, but not sure about the particular town it is from. However, they never contained actual Coke, but were made and used for fruit flavored sodas like grape, strawberry, etc. Popular during the 1920s and 30s.

Check out this site I am providing a link to and it will tell you more about dating various Coca Cola bottles. Your amber brown one with the script on the "shoulder" is listed there.

Link: http://www.antiquebottles.com/coke/

Your C C C is a total mystery at the moment, but suggest Coca Cola Company. I'll do some research if someone doesn't beat me to it.

Very cool bottles. Thanks for sharing.

I'll be back. In the meantime please enjoy the link.

SODABOTTLEBOB

 

[bbusha]

i got a couple of others that are throwing me for a loop too. the first one is a coca cola bottle similar to the amber one i posted above, but it is very different. 1: its a very light purple color. 2: it doesnt have a city name on it of where it was bottled or produced. 3: on the very bottom, instead of coca cola, it says C. Cola.
The second is a bottle that says Birmingham bottling company, it also says "this bottle is not for sale" in thin writing on the side.
Both bottles are hand-blown glass.

 

[SODABOTTLEBOB]

bbusha ~

Your CCC bottle is a knock-off / copy-cat that was intended to mislead people into thinking it was Coca Cola related. As far as I was able to determine, the three C's have no specific meaning other than that already mentioned. Knock-off brands were common in the 19teens and early 1920s. There were literally dozens of them, some of which Coca Cola had to take to court so as to protect their copyrighted name. Your CCC bottle is worth about $15.00 and is not considered rare.

Your other Coca Cola bottles are considered common, and typically are unless from extermely small towns. Common straight-sided-script Coca Cola bottles from about the turn of the century through the early 1920s generally range in value (depending in part on overall condition) between $15.00 and $25.00. (However, these prices are generally seen closer to their origin, as I have seen straight-sided Coke bottles like these sell in southern California for as much as $50.00+ ... but they are the exception to the rule). Again, the ones that bring the most are small town bottles and the very popular amber "arrow" bottles that have a circular-shaped arrow embossed on them. Most, if not all of the 1905-1915ish Coke bottles also had paper labels, but those are rare and hard to find with fully intact labels. (Note: As far as I know the first crown-top / straight-sided Coca Cola bottles didn't appear until "around" c. 1905. And has never been fully confirmed that I know of).

I hope this helps, and please feel free to post additional questions/photos, or contact me through a personal message, (PM). And if you should happen to post more photos, etc; please try the "Bottles & Glass" section. And one more tid-bit I'd like to suggest is to try and reduce your (cropped) photos to no larger than about 600/640. They will be more easily studied that way.

Thanks a million, and thanks for sharing.

SBB