HELP IDENTIFY E.D. MEYER AUGUSTA GEORGIA COBALT BLUE SODA BOTTLE HISTORY ON THIS BOTTLE ????

johnq10458

BOUGHT THIS BOTTLE AT GARAGE SALE IN MEMPHIS TN. IT SEEMS THAT I HAVE FOUND A RARE BOTTLE. ANY INFO/HISTORY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. APPROXIMATE VALUE????? E.D. MEYER AUGUSTA GEO (GEORGIA)

Chris

Condition is of utmost importance to bottle collectors and flaws really do affect the value.

Your photos are quite small so I cannot make out the details but it looks like you have a burst bubble along the base edge and perhaps some other roughness in the body over the embossing.

The blue color of yours is a big plus but this is not a rare soda. It does have some value but not perhaps as much as you are thinking.

johnq10458

Thank you for the information. I am not a collector so any information is helpful. I thought it may be rare because of this article in the FHOBC magazine. I figured this was a reputable source.

Chris

Sorry, my error.

I checked auction results, and apparently looked too quickly. I found listings for an AW Meyer in Savannah whose bottles have only sold in the $100-200 range.

So much hangs on so few letters. The bottle is in rough condition which does hurt its prospects but it may just be that there are a few collectors that have to have one regardless of condition.

Even if rare, I can't imagine someone paying a whole lot for such a rough bottle...unless I am misinterpreting your photos....like I said, they are darn small pictures. Post some larger ones and you may get a different opinion!

will

Have a cousin tht dug one up in downtown Augusta sold it a couple days later for 4,000