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Article: Advertising items for soda pop are quenching nostalgia thirst; Current Prices Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. Bubble-blowing pipe: Popeye the Sailor, white plastic, boat shape, 5 inches: $35. Doll: Living Barbie, brunette, original silver-and-gold swimsuit, 1970s: $75. Wallet: Beatles, vinyl, Day-Glo pink, autographed, copyright Ramat & Co., London, 1964: $110. Catalog: Stanley Tool, No. 110, hard cover, circa 1911, 52 pages: $375. Camera: Manhattan Optical Co., double bellows, circa 1890, 8 x 10 inches: $445. Bicycle: Schwinn J.C. Higgins, three speeds, 1951, Sears, Roebuck & Co., 71 x 221 4 x 39 inches: $635. Candy jar: Pairpoint, flame & urn pattern, covered, 12 x 5 inches: $710. Vase: Pilkington pottery, stylized lions, frothy green glaze, marked, 8 inches: $920. Quilt: Patchwork, calico, circles, heart border, signed in squares, circa 1850, 84 x 98 inches: $1,275. Chair: George III library, molded flower head, padded arms and back, circa 1770: $3,450.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 3, 1997
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Carbonated drinks were served in drugstores before they were
bottled and sold at grocery stores. The drinks originally were
promoted as medicinal, but by 1900, they were marketed as delicious.
Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, Hires, Moxie and a few other brands were
popular in the early 1900s. Each company advertised with calendars,
tin trays, mugs, dispensers and small paper giveaways.
Collectors now search for old and new carbonated-drink advertising
pieces. This year, an old Hires syrup dispenser set a record when
it sold for $106,700.
Charles Hires was a Philadelphia druggist. In the 1870s, he
mixed a syrup that was diluted to make a health drink of roots and
herbs. He sold the syrup at his ...
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