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Article: COCA-COLA CLASSICS; When Brand-Name Memorabilia Becomes a Magnificent Obsession
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 8, 1992
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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 ...