Article: COCA-COLA CLASSICS; When Brand-Name Memorabilia Becomes a Magnificent Obsession

425 Coca-Cola lapel pins

370 Coke bottles

250 Coke cans

50 Coke trays

35 Coke Santas

4 large Coke machines

1 Coke-bottle-shaped telephone

To Bill Combs, Coke is the real thing, perhaps the only thing. Spending every free moment collecting Coke memorabilia, Combs and his wife, Cathy, have covered almost every wall of their Catonsville home with red and white mementos.

The only blank walls are in the just remodeled kitchen. But even there, one knows without even looking what's lurking behind the sparkling white cabinet doors: dozens and dozens of Coke glasses, mugs, plates, snack trays, popcorn dishes and ice buckets.

With more than 2,000 items in their collection, the ...

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