Over the holidays I heard of a local hardware store that was closing. It had been open since the 1920′s. I decided to go and glad I did. They had been cleaning out the building and finding many items that had been forgotten. Among some of the items were; horse drawn plow parts, horse shoes and a few things I ended up bringing home were bottle related. They had found a few old bottle cappers, used to apply the crown cap onto a soda or beer bottle. They were old, but still in the box, never used. I bought one of those.
I also found bottles. Through the years, people would stop by and buy a soft drink. The bottles were places all over the store in hard to find corners,etc. I found a few Coca-Cola bottles, Tab bottle and a Sprite bottle.
You just never know what you will find at places like this. They also had a lot of old advertising signs, etc. The next time you hear of an old store closing, stop by, you never know what you might find.
January 13, 2012 at 12:23 pm |
hello i have recovered a christmas coke bottle from mobile ala dated dec 25 1923 in good shape is a mobile bottle rare?
January 13, 2012 at 2:32 pm |
Randy,
The Mobile 1923 bottle is not considered rare.
Doug
February 10, 2012 at 3:32 pm |
Great advice. I have been watching American Pickers and learned that old stores have great stuff like the items you described above.
February 10, 2012 at 5:05 pm |
I learned a long time ago about checking out any old store you might come across. I’ve found some great items over the years doing that.
Doug