Lot
Number | Description | Final Bid |
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| PEARSON BROS. BODIE. Hutch style with applied top. The Pearson Bros. hutch or gravitating stopper style bottle is a very desirable one indeed. As most of us know, Bodie is but a ghost town now, simply a relic of a once bustling California town. What remains are a few artifacts, mainly bottles, with the name “Bodie.” This particular bottle is probably the most desirable of any known. Second one we’ve seen in many years, bid accordingly. Grade: 9.8 Barely a visible scratch, just perfect. Nice applied top. | $ 2,600 |
| BENICIA STEAM SODA WORKS CUSTAV GNAUCH. Tooled top. Here is another tough California hutch. A rare bottle, these were made from 1907-15. Grade: 9.4 Generally perfect. | $ 140 |
| RIVERSIDE SODA WORKS. Tooled top. 1890-1920. “PCGW” on base. Another extremely hard bottle to find, we have some nice hutches in this sale. Once again, condition is superb. Grade: 9.4 | $ 190 |
| LEMAIRE. Tooled top. The Lemaire soda is what we call a Maverick Soda, which was made from about 1895-1913. A Battle Mountain, NV bottle, Lemaire started his saloon around 1877. This is the first example we have seen of this Nevada piece, it is thought there are less than five known. Grade: 9.1 with some in-making irregularities and some very minor highpoint wear, which can be viewed in video. | $ 1,400 |
| HENRY BUSCH MINNEMUCCA NEV. Applied top. This Busch hutch has a misspelling that was never corrected. It is the first of four variants and was first made in 1885. This example has an applied top, so that makes perfect sense. Although the spelling error was never corrected, the bottles are still tough to find in any condition. Another interesting Nevada bottle and the first one we’ve sold in quite some time. Grade: About an 8.8 with no chips or dings, just a little stain and no highpoint wear. Has some nice whittle. | $ 1,000 |
| JOHN RISSE GUNNISON CITY COL. Here is another tough hutch, this time from Colorado and it appears to have been cleaned, but still retains loads of whittle albeit along with some minor scratching and some wear near the base. Grade: 8.7 A great example if you do not have one yet. | $ 160 |
| PIONEER SODA WORKS SAN FRANCISCO with monogram. Applied top. This is a larger than usual hutch/blob combination type bottle. With plenty of whittle and virtually no highpoint wear, it would be hard to complain about condition. Considered scarce, just a solid example. Grade: 9.2. | $ 180 |
| EASTERN CIDER. Applied top. If you’re looking for an amber soda, there are not many to choose from. Here is a terrific example of this popular bottle. Grade: Virtually no highpoint wear or scratching. A hint of stain on the mouth but really nothing that keeps this bottle from grading 9.6. | $ 250 |
| C&K EAGLE WORKS SAC CITY. Applied top. A cleaned bottle, this still retains a little light scratching but is generally very presentable. Grade: 8.2, sounds much worse than it is. | $ 110 |
| BJ MCGEE BENICIA. Applied top. Here is one of a few bottles from Benicia, California’s first capital. This one has been cleaned and it helps immensely. Lots of whittle in a nice deep aqua. No problems whatsoever. Grade: 9.5 About perfect. | $ 275 |
| BAY CITY SODA WATER CO SF with star on reverse. Applied top. We have a couple of these popular bottles in this sale. This example has lots of character but has been cleaned and exhibits various areas of scratching, although not really much highpoint wear. Grade: 8.5. Still a very pleasant example. | $ 110 |
| B&G SAN FRANCISCO/SUPERIOR MINERAL WATER. Iron pontil. Here’s a solid example of this popular mug based soda. Possibly cleaned, this has loads of whittle and would fit nicely into any collection. Great crudity with some scratching. Grade: 8.5. A lighter than usual specimen. | $ 350 |
| ITALIAN SODA WATER MANUFACTORY SAN FRANCISCO/UNION GLASSWORKS PHILA. Graphite pontil. This is one of two Italians that were recently found in Sacramento alongside the broken Bryant’s Bitters. One was blue and the other is this brilliant green. For original condition, this is quite a looker. It has the embossing on the back, in addition to slug marks. These are very early and made from 1856-63. Original red painted graphite. Strawberry soda? Grade: A solid 8.4, not bad for an unclean soda that’s over 150 years old. | $ 1,300 |
| ITALIAN SODA WATER MANUFACTORY SAN FRANCISCO/UNION GLASSWORKS PHILA. Graphite pontil. Here is the blue example and we felt it could use just a little more attention than the previous lot. Found next to the green one, it is a very vibrant blue. Grade: 8.7. A nice pair of Italians that are fresh to the market. | $ 800 |
| KIMBALL & CO. Graphite pontil. Here is a very whittled example in a light to medium sky blue. These Gold Rush sodas are tough to come by. Made for a Marysville concern, these bottles were made between 1853-56 which makes them one of the ealier western sodas around. It has never been cleaned and there are some areas where it might benefit the bottle. Grade: 8.3 but we believe that could be increased with a simple light cleaning. | $ 350 |
