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2 weeks agoLuxury Tea Sets Worth Passing Down Through Generations
Luxury tea sets can fetch extraordinary prices at auction, often serving as cherished heirlooms.
a California Grapine syrup bottle is listed as having sold at Wm Morford Antiques for $12,650. The site describes the item as a "scarce, early label under glass soda fountain syrup display bottle for California Grapine brand soda, w/ hand applied lip and beautiful label." While the exact origins of the brand are hard to track, other listings for California Grapine bottles date them around 1910, making them a true piece of soda fountain history.