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This weekend there will be the annual Hawaii All-Collectors Show at the Neil Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.  In addition to bottles there are many other interesting collectables that often show up here.  Details of show hours are listed below.

Date:
Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 10:30 am – 5:30 pm (Early Entry at 9:00 am)

Venue:
Blaisdell Exhibition Hall

Sale Date:
Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 8:30 am for both Early Entry and Regular sales.

Ticket Value:
$20.00 Early Entry (sold 8:30 am-10:30 am only)
$5.00 Admission (10:30 am – 5:30 pm) sold from 8:30 am, cannot enter until 10:30 am
$2.00 Child 7-11 yrs
Children under 6 are FREE.

Visit this link for a printable $1 off admission coupon.

http://www.ukulele.com/collect.html

Earlier today I ran across and interesting article describing an old time Hawaiian bottle collector Ozzie Kotani.  I found it on a blog written by Ron Jacobs who also is a collector.  His article takes you on a journey of collecting bottles back in the 1970’s. For those collecting bottles in Hawaii during that time I’m sure those were the, “Good ‘ol days”, with many stories of exciting finds. Take time to read the article and comment on what you think.

Ozzie Kotani Article

For all avid collectors the best place to get information on Hawaiian bottle collecting is from The Hawaii Historical Bottle Collectors Club.  For more information on how you can be a part of this exciting hobby check out this link: http://www.hawaiibottleclub.com/1.html

 

Here’s a bottle that caught my eye recently.  It’s a Liberty Soda Works bottle from Wahiawa, Oahu.  It was produced in 1938 by the company.  The red and white label features an image of New York’s Statue of Liberty with skyscrapers in the background.  The glass condition of the bottle is very good but there is considerable amounts of fading on the left side and on the back of the bottle.  It is an extremely rare find in any condition.  It sold on eBay for $910.00

Today a painted Oahu Soda Works bottle sold on eBay for $405.00.  That’s pretty impressive and I’m sure will be a nice bottle to someone’s collection.  Here’s a picture of the botttle that sold earlier today.  

I found this article today written in 2001 featuring some of our local bottle collectors Pat Lum and Paul Kanehiro.  The article makes mention of the bottle show that they used to have at McKinley High School each year.  It would be nice to have a show again exclusively for bottle collectors.  Here’s the link:

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/06/21/features/index.html

 

I know this website is a site for Hawaiian bottle collectors but I found a pretty neat site by Gene Takae today who shares his milk cap collection with us.  He shares some of his 58 different milk caps from Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai/Lanai, and the Big Island.  I thought some of us bottle guys might be interested in this.

http://hawaiianmilkcaps.tripod.com/

 

Yesterday an extremely rare milk bottle sold on eBay.  It was for a University of Hawaii quarter pint.  Quarter pints are much harder to find especially in mint uncirculated condition.  The bidding started at 99 cents and closed at $565.00.

I just came across this website today.  It’s a website created by Edwin Kaukali of the Big Island.  There are some pictures of old sodas and also an interesting history of the Owl Drug Company from Hilo.

http://home.pacbell.net/ekaukali/

Occasionally, I find time to follow some Hawaiian bottles being sold on eBay. Usually, the bottles that sell for a lot are the BIMAL (blown in mold applied lip) bottles. I don’t know much about the ACL (applied color label) or machine sodas but this one caught my eye today.

This bottle is from Sun-Brite Soda Works of Hilo, Hawaii. The bottle’s yellow and white label features a rooster crowing as the sun rises at dawn. The label reads “Refresh yourself with SUN-BRITE BEVERAGES”. The condition of the bottle was rated as excellent grading 9 on a scale of 10 and showing only slight traces of wear. This bottle sold today for $560. What a sale! I guess bottles from all time periods in Hawaii can fetch a reasonable chunk of change.