49er Bottle Jamboree

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Presenting a wide variety of of bottles and related pieces that help define Western collecting.
These bottles are an iconic representation of the bottle collecting genre from different geographical areas. These bottles from some of the Western states are flat out rare!!
The wonderful world of Western collecting has brought us some of the most cherished pieces imaginable. It has also brought us dozens of pieces literally unknown to the bottle collecting world – pieces that have come out of the woodwork from non collectors. Some of these are great rarities. Others are sparkling mint examples.

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Eagle Soda Works Bottle, Embossed Eagle1080 - Eagle Soda Works Bottle, Embossed Eagle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eagle Soda Works, Sacramento. Beautiful medium green pontil, western soda with applied top. This bottle has been long thought to have been from the Ea
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to 5*****C for (170.00 + 25.50BP) = 195.50
 
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Benecia Glass Eagle Soda1081 - Benecia Glass Eagle Soda
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sacramento Eagle Soda Works with the bold eagle embossed on a rectangular slug plate. Medium green., Pontil. This bottle is special because of the bea
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 5*****C for (475.00 + 71.25BP) = 546.25
 
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Henry Winkle Sac City1082 - Henry Winkle Sac City
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Henry Winkle, Sac (ramento) City, XX. Choice 1852-1854 California Gold Rush soda bottle. Winkle was unusual, using aqua glass to show off the color (o
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to k*****0 for (500.00 + 75.00BP) = 575.00
 
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Lynde & Putnam Mineral Waters1083 - Lynde & Putnam Mineral Waters
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lynde and Putnam Mineral Waters, San Francisco Cal., Union Glassworks Philadelphia. Deep cobalt, pontil, old soda. This example is one of the few L ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to w*********f for (850.00 + 153.00BP) = 1,003.00
 
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Eastern Cider in Yellow1084 - Eastern Cider in Yellow
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The California soda bottles in amber can be counted on one hand. At the top of the list are the Eastern Cider bottles, which are generally medium ambe
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thompsons Premium Mineral Water, Union Soda Works, San Francisco.1085 - Thompsons Premium Mineral Water, Union Soda Works, San Francisco.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thompson's bowling pin shaped soda in an unusual light green color. Good whittle, clarity. Somewhat crude glass with lots of bubbles. The lip ha...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 9*****F for (750.00 + 112.50BP) = 862.50
 
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B & G San Francisco1086 - B & G San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Classic California Gold Rush cobalt blue soda bottle. It dates from 1852-1853, managed by Bache & Grotjan. Pontil. "Mug" or fluted bas...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 5*****C for (550.00 + 82.50BP) = 632.50
 
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Two City Taylor Soda1087 - Two City Taylor Soda
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is the rare Taylor & Co., Soda Waters, San Francisco, Eureka. Pontil, cobalt blue. elongated bubbles, some surface wear, as usual. This is ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to a********x for (1,000.00 + 150.00BP) = 1,150.00
 
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Taylor & Co. Valparaiso1088 - Taylor & Co. Valparaiso
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a choice example of the Taylor Valparaiso soda bottle. Unusual teal-green, full of elongated bubbles. Pontil. This example was in the Grapenti
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Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to M*********n for (600.00 + 108.00BP) = 708.00
 
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Crystal Soda Water, Taylor's.1089 - Crystal Soda Water, Taylor's.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Crystal Soda Water Co., Patented Nov. 12, 1872, Taylor's U.S.P.I. Medium cobalt blue. Collar top. No holes (as made). This is as nice an example...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to a********o for (475.00 + 85.50BP) = 560.50
 
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