254.Precious Bottle (Time League +4)
Seeing that a bottle had caught his attention, Hans became excited and asked, "How is this bottle?"
"It's good, it's good, it's the first Santa Claus bottle that Coca-Cola produced in 1922 to celebrate Christmas," Bauer said. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Just now you said it's a collector's edition?" Li Du mentioned the key word.
Bauer nodded: "Yes, you know, in 1922, Coca-Cola had not yet become a popular drink, and even fewer people drank this drink in winter, so not many bottles were produced in this bottle, and less than 5,000 bottles were sold at that time." ”
Hans complimented: "You know a lot about the history of these drink families. ”
Bauer, a man who likes to listen to good things, said proudly: "Of course, and I know this version of Coca-Cola in particular, because I have a collection of related merchandise." ”
Li Du was startled, thinking that he also had collected this bottle.
Bauer went upstairs and took down two large picture frames, which contained two quaint and old posters.
The first of these two posters shows Santa Claus greeting the children who have stayed up late waiting for him, including the children drinking Coke to refresh themselves.
The second one is more interesting, Santa Claus with two children, and then quietly opens the refrigerator and drinks Coke.
The second poster is very well ill, showing the old man's cautious and alert expression vividly, and it can be seen at a glance that he is stealing Coke with his children.
What's even more interesting is that Santa Claus is dressed in different colors on the two posters, the first one is wearing a green coat and hat, and the second one is red.
Bauer asked the two of them to come over and look at the poster carefully, and said, "Look at the first one, look carefully, what does the drink bottle in the child's hand have to do with what we are now?"
Although the first poster is not as beautiful as the second, the Coke bottle in the child's hand is highlighted so that it can still be seen in detail.
Just like the Coke bottle they brought, the bottle the child was holding with a green Santa Claus on it, and the two looked exactly the same.
Hans suddenly said, "This poster was sent out to promote this version of Coca-Cola, right?"
Bauer nodded happily: "Yes, that's it." ”
Hans asked, "Is that the most valuable of all the bottles in Santa?"
Bauer nodded again and said, "Yes, I can give you 20,000 yuan for this bottle, and I can give you 1,000 yuan for each of the first ordinary Coke bottles." ”
Li Du felt that the price was not low, but Hans was not satisfied, and said: "Man, you are a connoisseur, you know that these bottles are all works of art, and some are still collector's edition works of art, which may be out of print now." ”
Bauer said: "What you said is too exaggerated, they are just glass bottles after all, if you have a space canister, then I can give you an offer of 100,000!"
The space can is also a Coca-Cola bottle, similar in appearance to an aluminum can, but full of high-tech elements.
The jar was created in 1985, when the world was in the midst of space fever, and the Coca-Cola Company spent a lot of money to design this bottle.
The inside of the bottle has a complex structure, and even if there is no gravity after entering space, no Coke will float out when the cap is opened.
The space tank was designed and adopted by NASA, and astronauts flew it out of Earth, making Coca-Cola the first soft drink to fly into space.
This is not the end, in 1995, 10 years after the first time in space, Coca-Cola simply sent a cold drink machine to the sky, which can provide astronauts with cool Diet Coke and Coca-Cola, which is also the first time that a cold drink machine has worked in space.
Whether it's a space tank or a space version of a cold drink machine, they are very high-tech and expensive.
However, Coca-Cola did not intend to put them on the market, but only for advertising.
For an avid drink collector like Bauer, the space can is an absolute star, but unfortunately such a star is too much to buy.
"We don't have a space canister, but the bottles together shouldn't be worth less than the space canister," Hans said. Man, they're all works of art with a long history, and our grandparents weren't even born when they were born!"
Bauer squinted his eyes and asked, "Okay, then tell me, how much do you want to sell these jars?"
"The 1922 Santa Claus bottle sold for 40,000 yuan each, and the first Coke bottle sold for 2,000 yuan each!" Hans said categorically.
Bauer shook his head and said, "No, the price is outrageous......
"For bottles, of course, this is outrageous, but they are not ordinary bottles, they are all works of art with a history of 100 years!"
Hans picked up the Santa Claus bottle and continued: "Man, we did our research before we came, and this kind of bottle is now only available in Coca-Cola's corporate museum, and nowhere else. ”
"Yes, that's true, but you want to sell a bottle for 40,000 yuan?
Li Du said: "On such a hot day, we'd better calm our mood, why don't we take a step back, how about this bottle sell for 30,000 yuan?"
Bauer tapped his fingers on the table and said, "It's still too expensive, 28,000 yuan, this is my reserve price!"
Hans and Li Du glanced at each other, and Li Du said, "For the sake of this guy who invited us to drink a delicious cold drink, just listen to him." ”
Hearing this, Bauer laughed, stretched out his hand and said, "Happy cooperation, guys." ”
Hans shook hands with him vigorously and smiled happily as well: "Happy cooperation, thank you for buying our goods, I can see from your eyes that you have bought happiness." ”
Bauer laughed and said, "Of course, of course, these little things are so cute that they can bring happiness to people, right?"
Ten of the twelve bottles were original green bottles, and two were collector's edition Santa Claus bottles, which sold for a total of 70,000 yuan, of which the first green bottle sold for 14,000 yuan combined.
Bauer transferred the money to Hans's account, and Hans handed him the bottle, and the two shook hands again.
Drinking Coke, Hans asked, "You have so many bottles, you must need the tools to store them, if we have two more vending machines, would you be interested in taking them?"
Bauer asked with interest, "What model?"
Hans said: "Great model, Peak-Shift, is 80% new, and the functionality is completely fine. ”
Bauer took a sip of the Coke from the bottle, then beckoned, "Come with me, I'll show you something." ”
He led the two into a room with more than forty vending machines, all labeled Coca-Cola.