1964 to 1966 Coca-Cola Football Bottle Cap Complete and Near-Complete Team-Set Collection (631)

Sold For:

$990

Year:

1964

Auction:

2023 Fall

Lot #:

3376

Category:

Featured

Tremendous collection of 631 assorted (621 different) Coca-Cola bottle caps spanning the years 1964 to 1966, all of which feature a portrait image of a football player on the underside. Each player is identified in print below his image, with the team name above. Condition ranges from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd-Vg), with some better. Seventy of the bottle caps have been affixed with glue to a Coca-Cola "Score with the Pros" board designed for that purpose. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1964 All-Star Complete Set (44). 2) 1964 Bears (10): Petitbon, Whitsell, Galimore, L. Morris, J. Morris, Karras, Leggett, Barnett, Johnson, and Bradovich. 3) 1964 Browns (30): Jim Brown, Ninowski, Webb, Scales, Parker, Ryan, Benz, Gain, Glass, Warfield, Wooten, Franklin, Hickerson, John Brown, Kanicki, Shorter, Groza, Truax, Lucci, Parrish, Fiss, Beach, Costello, Collins, Fichtner, Green, Morrow, Clark, Hutchinson, and Brewer. 4) 1964 Lions Partial Set (18/35): Barr, Brown, Clark, Gaubatz, Lions Logo, Lane, LaRose, Lary, Lewis, Morrall, Scholtz, Smith, Studstill, Vargo, Watkins, Whitlow, and Williams. 5) 1964 Redskins (7): Budd, Carr, Sample, Taylor, Pellegrini, Williams, and Paluck. 6) 1964 Vikings (4): Tarkenton, Kassulke, Franckhauser, and Brown. 7) 1965 All-Star Complete Set (34). 8) 1965 Bears (12): Taylor, Morris, Pyle, Leclerc, Lee, Evey, George, Atkins, Arnett, Bivins, Cadile, and Bears Logo. 9) 1965 Giants (26): Koy, Mercein, Timberlake, Katcavage, Walker, Moran, Winter, Child, Patton, Morrison, Lynch, Larson, Slaby, Costello, Dess, Lasky, Pesonen, Scott, Shofner, James, Stynchula, Thurlow, Wheelwright, Bolin, Wood, and Giants Logo. 10) 1965 National NFL Partial Set (23/70): Walker, Paluck, Adderley, Lilly, Ballman, Promuto, Warfield, Roosevelt Brown, Roger Brown, Lary, Tingelhoff, Marchetti, Johnson, Barr, Ringo, Wood, Cross, Gregg, Browns Logo, Gordy, Schafrath, Krause, and Jurgensen. 11) 1965 Patriots Partial Set (16/36): St. Jean, Eisenhaur, Farmer, McKinnon, Garrett, Hunt, Oakes, Nance, Dee, Patriots Logo, Felt, Schmidt, Watson, Morris, Wilson, and Dukes. 12) 1965 Redskins Partial Set (23/36): Paluck, Cesares, Bredlove, Pellegrini, Hernandez, Taylor, Coia, Krause, Carr, Sanders, Steffen, Nisby, Izo, Promuto, Sample, Richter, Carpenter, Huff, Barnett, Hauss, Reger, Seals, and Rotgens. 13) 1965 Vikings Complete Set (36) Plus Two Duplicates: Includes two duplicates (#9 and 34). 14) 1965 Vikings Partial Set (17/36): Swain, Lacey, Marshall, Linden, Reichow, Flatley, Hawkins, Cox, Calland, Rose, Tarkenton, Phillips, Kirby, Winston, Jobko, Walden, and Prestel. 15) 1966 AFL Partial Set (18/34): Kemp, Bell, W. Brown, Buchanan, Cappelletti, Daniels, Frazier, Hadl, Hennigan, Holub, Johnson, Lincoln, Lowe, Maynard, Morris, Namath, Paulson, and Talamini. 16) 1966 All-Star Complete Set (34). 17) 1966 Bears Complete Set (36) Plus Seven Duplicates: Includes the following duplicates: #1, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, and 27. 18) 1966 Browns Near-Complete Set (35/36) Plus One Duplicate: Missing cap #10 for completion. Includes one duplicate (#31). 19) 1966 Browns Partial Set (20/36): Brewer, Beach, Modzelewski, Houston, Lucci, Hutchinson, Morrow, Kanicki, Warfield, Johnson, Kelly, Fiss, Wooten, McNeil, Wiggin, Green, Williams, Parrish, Costello, and J. Brown. 20) 1966 Chiefs Partial Set (26/36): Missing the following ten caps for completion: #15, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30 Taylor, 32, 33, and 34 Dawson. 21) 1966 Giants Complete Set (35). 22) 1966 Giants Near-Complete Set (31/36): Missing the following five caps for completion: #10, 13, 17, 30, and 31. 23) 1966 Jets Complete Set (35). 24) 1966 NFL All Stars Near-Complete Set (32/34): Missing two caps for completion: #39 and 55. 25) 1966 Patriots Partial Set (19/36): Buoniconti, Huarte, Cappelletti, Shonta, Felt, Eisenhauer, Fraser, St. Jean, Arrington, Patriots Logo, Long, Romeo, Neville, Graves, Johnson, Hennessey, Garron, Canale, and Graham. Also included are two "Bo-Lyn's Flip Football" game boards sponsored by Coca-Cola. One board has a tape repair at the vertical fold, otherwise presenting in Good condition. The second board has had a playing piece (not present) cut from the board, otherwise presenting in Very Good condition. Total: 631 bottle caps. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot. Opening Bid $300.