Beware of Coca-Cola bottles sold on eBay. My husband and I saw a bottle sold on eBay for $115 today. It was a dark purple contour bottle. Now I don’t know much about bottles but I do know that contour bottles are not worth that much money because so many of them have been made and they can easily survive years because of its durability. Also, there is no such thing as a purple Coca-Cola bottle. According to Antiquebottles.com, dark purple is not a natural color for these bottles and is caused by irradiating clear bottles. The older Coke bottles had manganese that will turn the bottle dark purple when irradiated.
So please, do your research and don’t pay for a bottle that is worthless.
If you have any questions about Coca-Cola bottles read the following helpful blogs/articles:
- Coca-Cola Bottle Man
- Coca-Cola Conversations: Lessons Learned: How Much is a Bottle Worth?
- EBay Guide: FAKE AMETHYST/PURPLE Coca Cola Bottles
Belkis,
Thanks for the link to your article about the altered bottles. They are popping up and people are paying way too much for them.
And thanks for visiting my blog!
Keep up the great work here at your blog. Looks great!
Doug
Hi Doug,
I was so happy to come across your blog! As I was doing research, there was so much information about fake bottles and yet people don’t want to read to avoid buying worthless items. So hopefully the link to your blog can shed some light to folks out there that need just a little bit of insight. I will definitely be visiting your site often! 🙂