posted on July 8, 2001 10:04:01 PM
My aunt went to an estate sale today and bought a box of papers. She only wanted a few things and said she was going to throw the rest away if I didn't take them.
In it (besides things from our town in the 1930s and national grain show ribbons from the 1930s)
were a pad of paper from a bottling works near here that looks like a resturant type order pad. It has places for number of cases and bottles sold, and empties returned. I wonder if I should sell a few of the sheets (its missing some anyway) seperately or if I should sell the whole pad and what I should start it at and call it?
The other thing was like a Coke representive notebook that kept track of all the stores, what signs they had, how many bottles sold each week, and had photos in it of coolers, signs, etc. The 3 ring binder is not a Coke issue, but there is probably 150 pages of everything from contest tallies of which business sold the most coke to order forms, etc. Even places to say if the coolers needed servicing and why, instructions on refrigeration, etc.
I remember seening on a message board a while back that someone sold some Coke stationary for $14 a sheet, so I'm wondering how I should sell these, each item individually or each piece of paper individually? I can find no items like these in active or completed items on ebay!
I sold some coca cola letterhead for between $75 and $148 per sheet. It was a very old and hard to find letterhead, and I lucked into a few. I have also seen some going for very, very low prices, and some that didn't sell at all.
Some of the things that you have may sell very well. Coca Cola collectors are a dedicated bunch .
It would help if you could post some pictures of a few of the items.
In any case, good luck to you. Most older coke items seem to do well on ebay.
posted on July 8, 2001 10:39:49 PM
I sell Coke items from the 1960s and
don't get much for them despite that
the condition is near perfect. However
your 1930s items are a different story.
For starters, use the correct spelling,
stationery, not "ary." I pulled up many
listings but none stating dates, and
bidding was poor.
It was a very old and hard to find letterhead, and I lucked into a few. I have also seen some going for very, very low prices, and some that didn't sell at all.
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