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#96
April 12, 2008
It's In the Auction
Date Last Updated:-3/18/08
Welcome To Auction 96
We would like to start by thanking each of you for helping make Auction 95 and Auction 95 and a half the success that they were. Auction 95 and a half was a fun experiment that accomplished our goal of doing something fun and different while making available a large number of glasses to help fill the voids in many collections. The comments we have received from you have been very positive with many requests to repeat this type of venue in the future. We are planning on it and have one in the works for later in the year. It would appear that it may run for a shorter duration than the one just past.
Now let’s talk about Auction 96. Again we have what we think is a varied and unique selection of glasses for your consideration. This auction features many Disney items from one of the foremost Disney collections known. A lot of foreign and very hard to find Disney items will appear throughout the auction.
First off we have a real treat. The gentleman that purchased the Coca Cola test set of eight Snow White glasses a while back has decided that they really do not fit his collection and has offered them for sale. They are Item #1. This set features Snow White on one glass and each of the other glasses features a different Dwarf. This is a test set from the Coca Cola Company and Disney that was never issued and only a couple of the sets have ever surfaced. Now may be your last chance to ever acquire such a great addition to your collection.
We have not ignored the Pepsi collectors. Item #304 is one of only two known Pepsi Cola sponsored Popeyes Fried Chicken glasses that feature the Popeyes sign logo on one side and a Pepsi Cola single dot script logo on the reverse. Extremely rare glass. If you ask 100 Pepsi glass collectors if they have this glass or have even seen it I would bet that you would get 100 nos.
Items #2, #3, & #4 is another of the very rare and unusual Coca Cola test sets that have surfaced recently. It is a set of three Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark glasses. Each features a different character in an action scene. Be aware that while the glasses are in very excellent condition #2 has a large sploch of white paint missing in the head scarf of the main character. Again, a very seldom seen set of glasses that you may never again have a chance to add to your collection.
A real treat for you McDonald’s collectors. Seldom have we offered a McDonald’s piece as hard to find and unique as this one. Item #5 is a rare 1968 bisected arches McDonald’s 1000 th opening champagne glass. This glass was given out to select Owners/Operators in 1968 to commemorate the opening of the 1000 th McDonald’s store in Des Plaines , Illinois . It is the only glass known to have the bisected arches on the glass and the earliest first glass from McDonald’s. The glass is done in gold and while it has a very minor scratch in the gold the rare nature of this item makes it very easy to over look.
Items #7, #8, & #9 are each different test glass from Coca Cola done on the flair Coke glass that is so nice to look at. Look the description over as each is very different and unique. Glasses you will not see every day.
No, we did not forget you Pepsi collectors. Item #6 is a Little Lulu and Tubby Tom glass from Toon Tumblers that was issued for the Baltimore Comic-Con. Sponsored by Pepsi Cola this glass was only available to attendees at the show. While this is a newer glass, do not let that fool you. It is extremely hard to find as the comic collectors do not give up these types of items very easily.
Item #10 is another Disney/Coca Cola test glass. While the glass appears to be the same as the Mickey Mouse glass from the Mickey’s Christmas Carol set the top of the glass is quite different. While the issued set has a slight flair top this glass has a rounded bulge top that goes in instead of out.
Item #11 is a boxed set of two Flintstone glasses from Europe . Each glass features three characters with Fred, Wilma and Pebbles on one glass and Barney, Betty and Bamm Bamm on the other. The colorful packing does show some slight wear but could be considered very minor for this vintage set.
Items #12 and #13 are two extremely hard to find glasses from Europe . Believed to be swanky swigs these two glasses feature Disney characters. One has Snow White and some of the Dwarfs while the other shows Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy having a picnic. Again some glasses you will not run across in your everyday travels. Not ones you should let get away.
Items #19, #20, #25 & #26 offer some variations of glasses from the Arizona Cactus set. Please read the description over and add these different variations to your collection.
Sometimes something really unique pops up that you do not expect. Items #341 through #348 is a complete set of eight Smurf glasses from Argentina . Sponsored by Pepsi Cola each glass features a single Smurf in a colorful action scene and a red, white and blue Pepsi Cola logo displayed on one side. We have had a few singles from this set in the past but never a whole set.
Scooby Doo and the gang also have a prominent place in this auction. Items #228 through #233 are mustard containers from Europe that each feature scenes of Scooby and his friends. Some of these are extremely hard to find so check your collection and see which ones you need.
Among the listing you will find a number of harder to find items such as #368, Broom Hilda. Also we have four of the short monsters for you to look at and maybe add to your collection. #401 is Frankenstein, #402 is The Mutant, #403 is Dracula and #404 is The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Many hidden treasures await your search so now it is time for you to go to work. Look through the list, find your wants and needs and start the bidding.
Auction 96 will close on April 12, 2008. Have fun and enjoy the hobby. Carl and Mary
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