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Posted 4 months ago
TGBWC
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ttomtuckers recent post of a "1941 Bottle carrier" prompted me to post this "Show & Tell," showing and telling the numerous items attempting to be sold on eBay on any given day.
Take a moment to check out just a few of the many fake, fantasy, questionable and just downright scam items on eBay. This is just a small sampling of what's out there. It's easy to produce a Coca-Cola decal and adhere it to an old item like a cash register, gumball machine or scale and attempt to describe it as "original" or "rare." Don't be fooled.
A ton of fake porcelain Coca-Cola signs are being produced in India, China, Australia and other foreign countries. These signs are crude and have age/distress marks, making them look old.
Again, do your research before paying a lot of money for this crap.
Coca ColaFrom its invention by John S. Pemberton in 1886 to today, Coca-Cola has bec…
nice articles and pictures, it always amazed me how many fakes are made and passed for real things, I've made an article on my blog some months ago with some fakes coca cola article here : http://fifties50s.blogspot.be/2012/10/coca-cola-fantasy-items.html
here in Belgium the item we see in every antique market is the sprite boy head, and every sellers are always tellin they are originals...