Chapter 254 The Precious Bottle (1/2)
Chapter 254: The Precious Bottle
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Hans was excited to see the green Santa Claus bottle had caught Mr. Sanders’s eye.
”What about this bottle?”
Bauer replied, ”Not bad—this bottle was made by Coca-Cola in 1922, the first edition of Santa Claus on Coke bottles to celebrate Christmas.”
”Just now I heard you saying this is a collector’s bottle?” Li Du mentioned, emphasizing the keyword.
Bauer nodded his head. ”Yes, in 1922, Coca-Cola was not a popular drink yet. There were fewer people drinking it during winter. Therefore, the number of bottles produced was small—they sold less than 5,000 bottles during that period.”
Hans commended, ”You’re so familiar with the history of the beverage maker. You’re like a walking treasure yourself!”
Bauer was someone who liked to hear nice things being said about him. He said proudly, ”Of course. I know this version of Coca-Cola bottle especially well because I also collected some items related to it.”
That gave Li Du a fright; he thought Mr. Sanders might have already had the first edition Santa bottle.
Bauer went upstairs and came back with two big picture frames that contained two old, vintage-looking posters.
In the first poster, Santa Claus was saying hello to a child who had stayed up to wait for him. The child looked refreshed after drinking a bottle of Coke.
The second poster had warmer color tones and depicted a fun, mischievous tone as Santa secretly brought two children to the fridge, and they all drank Coke together.
The illustration was outstanding for the second poster, as the cautious and alert expression of Santa was portrayed so well that people could make out what was happening with just a glance.
What was most distinctive about the posters was that Santa Claus had different colored clothing. Santa wore a green hat and green clothes in the first and red clothing in the second.
Bauer asked both Li Du and Hans to look closely at the two posters. ”Look at the first poster, look at the Coke bottle the child was holding and the one you brought over.”
Although the first poster was not as fine as the second poster, extra focus was placed on the illustration of the Coke bottle. They could see Santa on the green Coke bottle clearly, which the child was holding—it was exactly the same as the one they had brought over.
Hans suddenly said, ”This poster was created to promote this Christmas version of Coca-Cola, right?”
Bauer nodded with a smile. ”Yes, that’s right.”
Hans asked, ”That means the green Santa Claus bottle is the most valuable among the Coke bottles I brought?”
Bauer nodded his head again. ”Yes—I offer you 20,000 dollars for this special bottle. And 1,000 dollars each for the first generation Coke bottles.”
Li Du felt that the offer was reasonable enough, but Hans thought otherwise.
”Mr. Sanders, you’re the expert, so you should know these bottles are works of art. Moreover, this is the collector’s edition, green Santa bottle—you might not come across one ever again.”
Bauer said, ”You’re being dramatic—they’re only glass bottles. If you had the Space Can from Coca-Cola, I’d offer you 100,000 dollars!”
The Space Can Bauer mentioned was known as the ”Coca-Cola Space Can.” It looked similar to the usual Coke aluminum cans but it was full of high-tech elements.
This bottle was created in 1985 when the whole world was hyped up about outer space and astronauts. Coca-Cola had spent a large amount of money to design the Coca-Cola Space Can.
The company had developed a valve-capped can that would work in weightlessness to keep the cola fizzy without spewing out of the can.