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Posted 1 year ago
TGBWC
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Yesterday, Daddy_Nobucks made reference to me having "too much stuff." So I figured I would post a few pictures of our closets and cabinets full of overflow, surplus or just no room to display Coke items.
Photo #1: Shows pin-striped Coke uniforms hanging in my closet, along with a stack of posters, calendars...plus stacks of trays...mostly newer trays though. Also storage boxes full of Coke items, mainly Coke convention gifts and mostly newer items from the 1980's-90's. I also have eight (8) cases of commemorative Coke bottles that I don't want anymore. Anyone want 'em?
Photo#2: Lots of extra paper items including over 80 Red Barrel magazines (gotta figure out a way to display these....maybe in a binder.), over 75 Pause Prints magazines (from the Los Angeles Bottling plant), CC Bottlers, pencils and stacks of other vintage paper items.
Photo #3: Another cabinet full of odds and ends
Photo #4: My Coca-Cola book/reference shelf...plus Coca-Cola annual reports dating from the early 1930s to 2005. Plus Coca-Cola Collectors Club monthly newsletters dating from 1980s to present. Just a wealth of information used for grading, dating and just "reading room" materials.
Someday I'm gonna go through these storage areas and weed out the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Those Pickers fellas call that a "Honey Hole"!
I'll be down to help you clean out your closets Ray.
That someday could be an excuse for a "Coke" party, every one gets a box or shelf to sort!! I see you also have Pet's 9, 10, and 11, which one do you think represents the market today?
Looks like a fire hazard to me big guy! you need an intervention before they come over from the "hoarders show" to start filming!! Time to start boxin that stuff and shippin it to the "needy" >8pack members,, apply here!! :)
Tommy: I think the 10th edition is a more realistic value for today.
And yes, c'mon down! We'll spread everything out on the floor and just take what you want. I've got over 300 commemorative Coke bottles that need a good home.
Right now I have only the 9th and 12th editions, so I usually kinda just average them for the things that catch my eye. One of my bosses is lurking around your area right now, I should have had him bring me as a carry on ( I know I could fit in the overhead) LOL
What? Ray is giving away stuff? Very gracious of you Ray. You're an old softy after all.
Hey Ray sweet stuff, in picture 3 you have a box to a toy soda foutain, do you have the toy in it or just the box? i have seen just the toy before have not seen the original box.
I've got the toy and little plastic Coke glasses too.