Chapter 255 254. The Precious Bottle (Time Alliance+4)

Seeing that a bottle had attracted his attention, Hans became excited and asked, "How about this bottle?"

"It's good, it's good, it's the original Santa Claus bottle that Coca-Cola made in 1922 to celebrate Christmas," Ball said.

"Just now you said it was a collector's edition?" Li Du mentioned key words.

Bauer nodded and said: "Yes, you know, Coca-Cola hadn't become a popular drink in 1922, and even fewer people drank this drink in winter, so this bottle was not produced much, and it was sold in total at that time. There are less than 5,000 bottles."

Hans praised: "You really know the history of these beverage families, and you are so precious."

Bauer is a person who likes to listen to good words. He said proudly: "Of course, and I know this version of Coca-Cola especially well, because I have collected some related peripheral products."

Li Du was taken aback, thinking that he also collected this bottle.

Bauer went upstairs and brought down two large picture frames, which contained two quaint old posters.

In the first of these two posters, Santa Claus greets the children who stay up late waiting for him, and the children are drinking Coke to refresh themselves.

The second picture is more interesting. It is Santa Claus with two children, and then quietly opens the refrigerator to drink Coke.

Among them, the artistry of the second poster is excellent, showing the cautious and vigilant expression of the old man to the fullest, and it can be seen at a glance that he is stealing a Coke with the child.

What's more interesting is that the colors of Santa Claus on these two posters are different. In the first one, he is wearing a green coat and hat, while in the second one, he is wearing red.

Bauer asked the two of them to come over and look at the poster carefully, and said, "Look at the first picture, look carefully, what does the drink bottle in the child's hand have to do with our current one?"

Although the first poster is not as exquisite as the second one, the Coke bottle in the child's hand is emphatically depicted, so its specific appearance can still be seen clearly.

Just like the Coke bottle they brought, the bottle held by the child has the figure of green Santa Claus on it, and the shape of the two is exactly the same.

Hans suddenly said: "This poster is issued to promote this version of Coca-Cola, isn't it?"

Ball nodded happily: "Yes, that's it."

Hans asked, "So this Santa Claus green bottle is the most valuable of all the bottles?"

Bauer nodded again, and said, "Yes, I can give you 20,000 yuan for this bottle, and I can give you 1,000 yuan each for the first version of ordinary Coke bottles."

Li Du felt that the price was not low, but Hans was dissatisfied, and said, "Dude, you are an expert, you know that these bottles are works of art, and some of them are collector's works of art, which may be out of print now."

Ball said: "What you said is too exaggerated. After all, they are just glass bottles. If you have space tanks, then I can give you a price of 100,000 yuan!"

The space tank is also a Coca-Cola bottle. It looks like an aluminum can, but it is full of high-tech elements.

This kind of jar was born in 1985. At that time, the space fever was prevalent in the world, and Coca-Cola spent a lot of money to design this bottle.

The inside of the bottle has a complex structure. Even if there is no gravity after entering space, there will still be no Coke floating out when the bottle cap is opened.

After the successful design of the space tank, it was adopted by NASA, and the astronauts flew out of the earth with it, so Coca-Cola created a record, and it became the first soft drink to fly into space.

This is not over. In 1995, 10 years after the first space flight, Coca-Cola simply sent a cold drink machine to the sky, which can provide astronauts with ice-cold Diet Coke and Coca-Cola. This is the first time that a cold drink machine has been used in space. work in.

Whether it is a space tank or a space version of a cold drink machine, they are both high in technology and high in price.

However, Coca-Cola has no intention of putting them on the market, just for advertising.

For an avid beverage collector like Bauer, the space can is an absolute star, but such a star is too elusive to buy.

Hans said: "We don't have a space tank, but these bottles should be worth less than a space tank. Man, these are works of art with a long history, and our grandparents weren't even born when they were born!"

Ball squinted his eyes and asked, "Okay, then tell me, how much do you want to sell these jars for?"

"The 1922 Santa bottles cost 40,000 yuan each, and the original Coke bottles cost 2,000 yuan each!" Hans said firmly.

Bauer shook his head and said, "No, the price is too outrageous..."

"Of course it's outrageous for a bottle, but they're no ordinary bottles, they're centuries-old works of art!"

Hans picked up the Santa Claus bottle and continued, "Man, we did some research before we came here. This kind of bottle is only found in Coca-Cola's company museum, and it's unique in other places."

Ball said: "Yes, that's true, but you want to sell a bottle for 40,000 yuan? This is crazy!"

Li Du said: "In such a hot day, we'd better calm down. How about we take a step back and sell this bottle for 30,000 yuan?"

Bauer tapped his finger on the table and said, "It's still too expensive, twenty-eight thousand yuan, this is my reserve price!"

Hans and Li Du looked at each other, and Li Du said: "For the sake of this guy's treat us to a delicious cold drink, let's just listen to him."

Hearing this, Bauer laughed, stretched out his hand and said, "Happy cooperation, guys."

Hans shook hands with him vigorously, and also smiled happily: "It's a pleasant cooperation, thank you for buying our products, I can see from your eyes, you have bought happiness."

Ball laughed loudly and said: "Of course, of course, these crystal little things are so cute, they can bring happiness to people, can't they?"

Ten of the twelve bottles were original green bottles, and two were collector's edition Santa Claus bottles. They sold a total of 70,000 yuan, of which the first edition green bottles sold for 14,000 yuan.

Ball transferred the money to Hans' account, Hans handed him the bottle, and the two shook hands again.

Drinking Coke, Hans asked again: "You have so many bottles, you must also need tools to store them. If we still have two vending machines, are you interested in taking them?"

Ball asked with interest: "What model?"

Hans said: "Great model, Peak-Shift, about 80% new, fully functioning."

Ball drank the Coke in the bottle in one gulp, then waved: "Follow me, I'll let you watch something."

He led the two into a room where more than forty vending machines were neatly placed, all with Coca-Cola labels.