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Posted 11 months ago
Signaholic
(75 items)
Well my wife and I went to this antique show at MTSU today, we try to go every year. Usually the prices are pretty high but thinking it would be fun and educational just to look around, we went anyway. We'd gotten about halfway thru the show and I stumble on this Coca Cola piece. Knowing the book pretty well, (Petretti's 12th edition Coke book) I'm always on the lookout for a more obscure item. This older gentleman had this 1940s Coca Cola therm. for sale! Not remembering the value in the book, I ran to the car and checked, ran back and looked at it further. He had a price of $95.00 on it, I said it seemed a little high and told him I was a serious Coke collector but didn't want him to loose money either. We talked further and he gave it to me for 80 bucks! I was, to say the least, excited beyond words. Coke is it, as my friend Ray likes to say and he isn't kiddin! When you find that cool Coke piece, you've never seen in person before, it's like CHRISTMAS! Heavier gauge metal was used on these therms. 9 inches long and very well made. The man told me he found this in an old warehouse clean-out he did back in the early 1980s. He said they've been hangin in his house for the past several years.
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That's a beauty pick my friend!!!
Hey thanks Tom! It was big fun today for sure.
What a great find Sign ! It makes up for all those trips we make and find nothing and one day we stumble on a GREAT find . Love it . If it was here I wouldn't put it outside the mercury would come out of the top for sure . Does it register to hot to be outside ? Thanks for the neat share sign :-)
Hey thanks Manikin! It's hot here to and humidity is up there too, YUCK!
Whoa, that's a sa-weet find right there Signaholic! Cherry pie ala mode. (I'm running out of superlatives to use when you guys post, man, a lot of home runs lately).
Hey thanks Michael, happy pickin this weekend buddy!
Thanks Dave! We're all in this together, I definitely have a plan for this place, hope I get there before I croak!
Nice find, perfect shape too.
Thank you Ed and Trey! Yep, got real lucky on this one, it was just lying there sayin "pick me"!
Thank you Longings!
"clicked" on your pict. in the book to see what that price was, NO WONDER YOU WENT DANCIN!! 300.00$ value on that one, which looked to be in G.C. at best, yours looks N.O.S. !!! MUCH NICER. glad you found a "real thing" bargain .
Mine is in much better condition than the one in the book but not in NOS condition Mike. The slogan has some scratches and there is some paint loss on it. Thank you tho!
You da man for scorin the sweet stuff Perry!Another stellar piece for your collection brotha!! BTW,whats MTSU?
Thanks Bernie!! It's a college here in middle TN.
Thanks mtg and leighannm!
Thanks chrissylovescats and trukn!