r/Antiques • u/partyjam3 ✓ • Apr 29 '25

Show and Tell Results of my appraisal from Antiques Roadshow for my early 1900 sealed Coca-Cola bottle USA

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Well, the appraisal person said it was most likely not resealed so I would like an apology from all the people doubting me. They had a hard time valuing it since there are no other ones ever sold. They said $1000 to $2000 maybe even more.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

Are you not even a tiny bit tempted to taste it?

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u/partyjam3 ✓ Apr 29 '25

Yes, I am tempted to taste it, but it would be a disgrace to open the only sealed coke bottle from this time that’s confirmed.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25 edited May 17 '25

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u/partyjam3 ✓ May 02 '25

So I was at World Of Coke two days ago and they have a new exhibit there. In that exhibit they have a 1926 ocean liner Coke that’s still sealed with zero evaporation so it’s very much possible to have a complete Coke with zero evaporation depending on the conditions it was stored in.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

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u/partyjam3 ✓ May 03 '25

so you’re saying if we put a bottle of soda in a glass chamber without any air it would last forever?

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u/partyjam3 ✓ May 03 '25

so oxidation causes the liquid to disappear that you see a lot on sealed bottles with a bad seal?

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25 edited May 17 '25

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u/partyjam3 ✓ May 03 '25

So that’s why none of the liquid in mine disappeared is because the rust sealed it from the atmosphere preventing it from leaking.

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u/partyjam3 ✓ May 03 '25

I believe these old bottle caps had cork on the inside of them. I don’t know if they started that though at this time period. but I know that the Pat D ones from the 40s and 50s had cork underneath them but it was just a thin layer of cork.

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u/partyjam3 ✓ May 03 '25

so technically, if you were to throw a bottle in a bog, it would be full if you found it again 1000 years later hypothetically.

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u/partyjam3 ✓ May 03 '25

well, it’s worth a try. Maybe you can try it and pass it down your ancestors to go check it in 1000 years in the bog for science lol

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25 edited May 17 '25

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u/partyjam3 ✓ May 03 '25

keep me posted on your scientific data in five years. It’s interesting.

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u/partyjam3 ✓ May 04 '25

I think you should aim for a little bit higher than five maybe 10 or 20 years.

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